TASK 4

Try to Connect…
• Reflect on this poem written by Langston Hughes. How do
you associate it to the story, “The Raisin in the Sun”?
• Dreams Deferred

What happens to a
dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
 Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten
meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
Like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
Like a heavy load,
Or does it
explode?
What was your
analysis in the
poem “Dreams
Deffered”?
 The speaker is
suggesting that this
dream is delayed and
frustrated and that
time is of the essence-
this dream has to be
fulfilled or else.
The reader offered
a series of
comparisons. The
dream is like:
 o a raisin in the sun- a
fruit which was once
juicy, a nutritious food,
now is a seed to dry up
and become useless. As
the sun rises each day,
time passes, nothing
happens.
 o like a sore- flesh
wound or symptom of
illness which was once
neglected, begins to
turn bad and could be
harmful to the health.
Too late for bandage or
cream.
o rotten meat- a protein
foodstuff that has been
left out or forgotten
about and is already
beyond use. There’s
something rotten in the
state of forgotten
dreams.
 o a syrupy sweet-
sugar brings energy
and life but this has
been out too long
and gone crusty. That
dream was sweet
once upon a time.
 o a heavy load- who
wants to carry such
weight unnecessarily.
Everyone has baggage
but doesn’t history show
some people have
always carried more
than others.
Further analysis…
The final line
metaphorically sums up
the whole notion of what
can happen when an
individual’s or people’s
dream fails to manifest I
real time.
 Oppression, societal
pressure, prejudice
and historical
baggage and other
factors can play their
part in denying the
dream.
A Raisin in the Sun
- Lorraine Hansberry
-Characters
-(In Order of Appearance)
- Ruth Younger
- Travis Younger
- Walter Lee Younger (Brother)
 - Beneatha Younger
- Lena Younger (Mama)
- Joseph Asagai
- George Murchison
- Karl Lindner
- Bobo
- Moving Men