The American Dream In Ruth's

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¨There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.”- Lorraine Hansberry. This quote helps me understand how much Lena loves her family. Ruth's dream was to move and get a better, improved house. Beneatha's dream in the future was to become a doctor and go to college. Lena had a dream to make her family happy. The first fantasy of Ruth's was to go and buy an upgraded house with her family. The barriers in Ruth's way are the welcoming committee telling them to leave and giving her a hard time with moving in. In the movie she struggles with having a tiny house with her whole family in it. She had lots of hope for her family to be in better condition and her imagination life became reality.

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