Shattered Dreams A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a play about many things--growing up, family ties, and pride. However, the most important themes of all are the hardships of a black family living in poverty and the dreams of one particular black man. The story takes place in an old two bedroom apartment in the south side of Chicago where a family of five lives. The head of the household has just …showed first 75 words of 1050 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1050 total…from doing so. Walter realized that money wasn't everything; it only leads to greed and unhappiness. He learned there is so much more to life than money and if he had taken it, he would have thrown away his father's dream, to move his family into nice house. Works Cited Hansberry, Lorraine. "A Raisin in the Sun." Literature and the Writing Process. Ed. Elizabeth McMahan. Susan X Day. Robert Funk. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2002. 987-1042.