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The American Dream in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun


When I was a junior in high school, I had the privilege to read a story called A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. To make a long story short, it was about living the "American Dream". Hansberry wrote her story in 1959. The "American Dream" that she describes and the one that currently exists are vastly different. In 1959, the dream was to work hard and live a comfortable life. American?s believed that you would live a good life as long as you had your family and had food on the table. Let?s fast forward to 2003. The "American Dream" is to have two cars, a glamorous house, a pool, a 40 hour a week job, and oodles of "stuff". I define stuff as material possessions such as DVD?s, video games, and TV?s. When did the dream go from being happy to having tons of material possessions?

I am devising a tipping point strategy to change the "American Dream" back to having a close relationship with your family, working hard, and being happy. By changing the dream, Americans will be happier and have less stress in thei... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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