A Raisin in the Sun / Lorraine Hansberry

I find the placement of the poem dream deferred at the beginning of the play is very powerful.  The whole play is almost an elaborated version of the poem.  The title also talks about raisins similar to the poem.  In the poem it makes a simile between differed dreams and dried up raisins.  The title of the play is a raisin in the sun which would dry up like the in the poem.  In the play each character has a personal dream which just seem to be out of reach.  They all hope to do better with their lives but do not seem to have enough money do actually fulfill their dreams.  They then get a 10,000 dollar insurance check which gives them a chance to reach their dreams but it does not seem to be enough for everyone.  “So you butchered up a dream of mine-you-who always talking ‘bout your children’s dreams…” (Hansberry 492).  Walter’s dream is differed and he seems to shrivel because of it.  This is a lot like what would happen to a raison in the sun.