We all aspire to do things in our life. These things can be simple, achievable goals, or they can be dreams of being a rich and famous movie star or athlete. However, no matter how achievable or reasonable an aspiration may seem, there will almost always be limitations that will try to stop you from attaining your goal. This situation is used everywhere you look: in your life, in movies, in novels, etc. Two stories that contain dreams and barriers are A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, and
             Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. Both of these brilliant stories contain several instances of a character or characters having their dreams suddenly blocked by an obstructive limitation. The characters from Of Mice and Men and A Raisin in the Sun share similar and different dreams, but all of them are confronted by obstacles.
             The characters in the two stories share a similar aspiration and limitation. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, one of the aspirations of the family is to find a better home. The one they live in has cracking walls and roaches, as well as "furnishings that are typical and undistinguished and that have accommodated the living of too many people for too many years (Hansberry 23)" and "a table or a chair moved to disguise the worn places in the carpet that has fought back by showing its weariness elsewhere (23)." This desire of a decent home is also found in Of Mice and Men. It is George and Lennie's dream to "have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs... a big vegetable garden and a rabbit hutch and chickens (Steinbeck 14)." Both of the groups of characters are poor and live moderate, sometimes depressing, lives. One group is a poor black family in Chicago, the other a duo of poor laborers. For them to want a better home is a natural aspiration, but the limitation for both groups is poverty.
             One difference between the groups' aspi...