Author Lorraine Hansbury borrowed the title of the play "A Raisin in the Sun" from the poem "A Dream Deferred", by Langston Hughes, to refer to the dreams of the characters in the play. This play is about the dreams of the Younger family and how those dreams were deferred. Though Mama, Walter, Ruth and Beneatha Younger all lived in the same house, their dreams were all different. Mama dreamed of her children's dreams, and about buying a nice house. Walter set his dream on a liquor store with Mama's insurance money. Beneatha, on the other hand, wanted to become a doctor and Ruth, Walter's wife, wanted to be wealthy.
             Mama always devoted her life for her children. In a cramped living situation with a lifetime of hard work, she was waiting for her late husband's insurance money to arrive. On receiving her insurance money of ten thousand dollars, she decided to spend three thousand dollars to buy a house in Clybourne Park and also planned to put some money in the bank for Beneatha's school. Although she was able to buy the house, her dreams were deferred when she came to know that the remaining money was wasted by Walter's foolishness.
             Walter, on the other hand, dreamed about starting his own liquor store business, so that he could provide for his family and make them proud of him. He was upset when he heard that his mother had spend the insurance money on a house and that she was planning to put the remaining money for Beaneatha's medical school. But Mama, who always wanted her son to be happy, trustingly gave the rest of the insurance money to Walter and he in turn gave the money to his friends to help him in his liquor store business without realizing that they betrayed him. When he realized that he had lost all his money, Walters's dreams were also deferred.
             Ruth dreamed about becoming wealthy and having a fine family. Since her husband was not successful in starting a business, Ruth's dreams of becoming wealthy was also shatte...