Symbolism is when the author uses a character or an object to add a deeper understanding of the story. Even a tedious work of literature can be roused when symbols are applied. The 1959s play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry comes from the poem “Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes. The Younger’s are an impoverished family who lives on the Southside of Chicago during the time of World War II and escapes poverty through the $10,000 insurance check followed by Big Walter’s death. Considering the poem what Langston Hughes wrote about, the dream discussed is most likely to differ due to the American Dream of success and wealth. Mama’s plant, the eggs, and the apartment represent symbols in the book that represents the struggle of achieving …show more content…
The plant might look like an accession to the Younger’s family, but it is symbolizing the dreams of that family and for the other African Americans in the country. It also shows the struggle of keeping up her dreams. For example, “She goes to her which has remained on the table, looks at it, picks it up and takes it to the windowsill and sits it outside, and she stands and looks at it a long Then she closes the window, straightens her body with an effort and turns around to her children.” (Hansberry 139). This quote shows that Mama lost hope on her son, Walter because he disappointed her by losing the money and due to this failure Mama’s lost her dreams. But, she did not give up, she got up straight and faced her children with another plan to become successful. Every plant needs sunlight to undergo the process of photosynthesis to grow bigger, but if there is no sunlight, the plant will eventually wilt and dry out. For instance, “Lord, if this little old plant get more sun than it’s been getting it ain’t never going to see spring …show more content…
The eggs represent Walter’s hope and dreams but the egg does not turn that way he desired it to because of his wife, Ruth, who informs him to come back to reality. It becomes self-evident when the text states,“Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His woman say: Eat your eggs. (Sadly, but gaining in power)… Eat your eggs and go to work. (Passionately now) Man say: I got to change my life, I’m choking to death, baby! And his woman say—(In utter anguish as he brings his fists down on his thighs) —Your eggs is getting cold!” (Hansberry 33-34). This quote shows that Walter is trying to tell Ruth about his dream and how he is going to change his life, but Ruth keeps on telling him to eat his eggs because she is exhausted of hearing something they cannot achieve. Walter has been trying to inform everyone in his family about his aspiration of opening a liquor store, but no one listens to him, for example, “See—I’m trying to talk to you ’bout myself—(Shaking his head with the repetition)— and all you can say is eat them eggs and go to work” (Hansberry 34). Walter is complaining to Ruth that she is not listening to him but keeps on telling him to eat his eggs and go to work because of the time period they live in. In addition, the eggs can also