Follow Your Dreams

Dreams are aspirations that reflect a human’s wants and desires in life. They are a fundamental element that drives human beings to achieve the impossible. Dreams have the ability to motivate oneself to set goals and ideals for the future. Each person in some part of their life has had desires that they would like to accomplish. Without these desires, there is nothing to motivate one’s actions and attitude. However, most people believe that satisfaction only exists once a dream is achieved. Louisa Alcott, an inspirational novelist in the 1880’s once stated “Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. ” In this quote, Alcott argues that acquiring a sense of satisfaction is not only limited to achieving one’s dream but also in the attempt to follow them.” This sort of satisfaction is displayed in the play, “A Raisin in the Sun.” It is shown through a family of four who struggle to attain their dreams as they face numerous obstacles such as racism and poverty. In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry uses the family’s struggles to reveal the value and importance of dreams in an oppressive environment using location, character and tropology to stress the importance of the process in attaining one’s dream rather than the fulfillment of one.

The use of Location in “A Raisin in the Sun” is the most dominant element in the play. The apartment the family of four resides in is located on the Southside of Chicago during the 1950’s. In this era, segregation between African Americans and white Americans were still prominent. In fact each race lived in separate parts of the city. The white Americans ...

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Hansberry, Lorraine. "Act 1." Lorraine Hansberry's A Rasin in the Sun. New York: French., 1984. 13-14. Print.

Hansberry, Lorraine. "Act 1." Lorraine Hansberry's A Rasin in the Sun. New York: French., 1984. 13-14. Print.

Hansberry, Lorraine. "Act 1." Lorraine Hansberry's A Rasin in the Sun. New York: French., 1984. 32 . Print.

Hansberry, Lorraine. "Act 1." Lorraine Hansberry's A Rasin in the Sun. New York: French., 1984. 49 . Print.

Hansberry, Lorraine. "Act 1." Lorraine Hansberry's A Rasin in the Sun. New York: French., 1984. 160 . Print.

Hansberry, Lorraine. "Act 1." Lorraine Hansberry's A Rasin in the Sun. New York: French., 1984. 109 . Print.

Hansberry, Lorraine. "Act 1." Lorraine Hansberry's A Rasin in the Sun. New York: French., 1984. 155 . Print.