Dreams And Dignity About A Rai
The American Dream, although different for each one of us, is what we all aspire to achieve. In the film A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family, who are black, all have a dream to better themselves and to have what all other American families want ¾ a shot at the American Dream. The American Dream to the Younger family is to own a home, but beyond that, to Walter Younger, it is to be accepted by the hegemony and not to be marginalized into a lower social category.
In an article from The Wall Street Journal entitled “The American Dream”, President Clinton refers to the American Dream as the belief that “if you work hard and play by the rules, then something good will ...
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poor, stupid, black servant. The hegemony’s social construction of reality about blacks as being lesser and the hegemony’s ethnocentric perception of being superior, is corroborated in an article titled “The Colour Bar of Beauty” from The Peak. Cristina Rodrigues, a member of the black cultural and social activist group Olodum, says “ In Brazil, nobody wants to be black because the mass media equates black with poor and stupid” (Aujla 2).
Walter has a loving relationship with his family members, but he also has a relationship that frustrates him. Walter’s family frustrations are brought on by society’s lack of socioeconomic advantages for “other” and Walter’s inability to acculturate and achieve a better life for his family. Unconsciously, Walter’s American Dream is to assimilate into the mainstream and become a part of the affluent hegemony.
Walter’s frustration festers and his anger turns ...
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a place for Travis to play outside and a bathroom that is not shared by other tenants. Walter’s sister, Beneatha has a dream of going to medical school and being able to help others. And Walter wants it all! Walter wants the money, the house, a business, and an overall good life for him and his family. Walter, like many other Americans, measures his dream by income (Stein 1).
Mama, deciding that the family needs to realize the dream of owning their own home, makes a small down payment on a house in the “white” suburbs. Mama, believing that Walter must ascend as the man of the family, entrusts him with the balance of the inheritance. This act by ...
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