Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

Every human has dreams, whether it be a doctor or a store-owner and to initiate and achieve these goals money is the biggest factor. Lorraine Hansberry’s central idea of her play A Raisin in the Sun set in the 1950s are money controls our dreams. The character’s aspirations are achieved through finances in which they lack until given a security check following their father’s death. Money controls the dreams of Walter, who wants to become a business owner, Beneatha who dreams of being a doctor, and Mama’s dream of owning a home. Walter is a man who dreams of becoming a business owner but lacks the finance needed to achieve these dreams until the security check. His character allows currency to control his dream,
“You wouldn’t understand yet, son, but your daddy’s gonna make a transaction . . . a business transaction that’s going to change our lives. . . . (108). Moreover, Walter’s ambition is reflected by his yearning for money:

Oh—So now it’s life. Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life—now it’s money. I guess the world really do change . . .
WALTER. No—it was always money, Mama. We just didn’t know about it (74).
Currency is Walter’s only way of achieving this dream which is vital to his character and only proves Lorraine Hansberry’s main idea that without money, attaining your dream would be near impossible. Achieving dreams is no exception without initiating them. Beneatha must go through schooling to attain her dream as a doctor which costs currency, “---but if Mama got that money she can always take a few thousand and help you through school too--can't she? (37). Without currency Beneatha’s dream wouldn't be possible when Walter lost the money she realized it may not be achievable: BENEATHA. … I wanted to cure. It used to matter. I used to care. I mean about people and how their bodies hurt… ASAGAI. And you’ve stopped