A Raisin In The Sun Literary Analysis

The American dream is one many try to capture and yet fail because they don't really know what helps them try and reach the pursuit of happiness. Many people believe this is what makes you happy but don't know what it takes to make it. While some believe education leads to happiness and a better way of life. Just like in excerpt from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Yet in the excerpt from the play, “A Raisin in the Sun”, the character believes money is the only thing that will get them to better life. In the excerpt from the play,”A Raisin in the Sun”, the character,Walter, seemed to only be concerned with money. I say this because the First line walter states says “Did it Come?” referring to money. This ultimately shows Walter’s ambitions as a person. Water seems to be unhappy with his life because he still lives at his mother's house with his wife and kids and is not very wealthy. He is also upset because when he goes to town he see’s educated people living the lives they want with money. He is trying to achieve the American dream without the right building blocks to do it. …show more content…
In the narrative Frederick was treated as a slave but got along with the white people. He was not worried about money or other fine things in life. He was worried about his education, learning to read and write. He wanted to learn to read and write because he knew it would lead to a better life when he escapes to the north. He states “I wished to learn how to write , as I might have occasion to write my own pass” he says this because he realized that education would ultimately lead to a better