A Raisin In The Sun And Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Analysis

The American dream is the idea that â€Å"every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative†. A Raisin’ in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams presents us how the American dream plays its role in two different families in the same period of time, 1950. These two plays demonstrate the readers how race and class difference impacts the growth of a family and highly impacts the generation that follows. In these two particular plays, two families lived in the same historical time period represents two different background race and class; which shows the readers how the class is the hugely impacted by the race and why it was†¦show more content†¦According to Big Daddy, from a field hand, he rises to become an â€Å"overseer† of the plantation and then becomes the co-owner of the plantation and finally becomes a sole owner and manager of this rich piece of farmland. Therefore, Big Daddy represents a body of the people who arrive in the America with the hope of pursuing success and happiness and willing to work tirelessly to achieve their dreams in order to pursue the American Dream. Big Daddy’s success not only make him a successful individual but it also allows the rest of his family to live a comfortable living through wealth and prosperity and pursue their own dream comfortably. To elaborate, Big Daddy’s son Brick, a pro-football player and â€Å"still a pro-football player at the age of twenty-seven† has the opportunity to pursue his dream living on his father’s sweat and blood made farmland because he doesn’t have to worry about his earning since his father is already a multi-millionaire and able to provide with everything he will ever need. Brick knows that he is free and allowed to chase whatever the dream he has for himself without a worry because living on a rich farmland, Brick is aware that his father is able to back him up and his family with any sort of