Hope Always Sprouts Up

In today's world with all of the atrocities happening all around from war to mass shootings, we could all use a little hope. Fortunately for mama in A raisin in the Sun, she has symbolically held onto the prospect of a better future through the tentative care of her plant. Despite the social and economic hardships they've faced, she's religiously refused to give up. I believe that this can help explain one of the last moments of the book. As mama "grabs her plant, and goes out for the last time," she carries on her dream for an improved life with her into her new home. This is to represent how even though they are physically integrated into the white neighborhood, they will not be accepted socially due to racial segregation as indicated by Mr. Lindner's constant attempt to persuade the Youngers to defer their plan to move into the neighborhood. Her worry that when there is a black weed placed within the garden, it will drive all of the surrounding vegetation to be driven out. The constant battle for racial equality will be the new dream of mama and of minorities as a whole. This can also be seen in Hansberry's first page where the location and time is set from sometime after World War 2 to the present. The reason there is no set end time is to say that the problems of racism presented in this book is everlasting and will never have a resolution. When future generations are to read this book, the can see this as well and reflect on their own society the same way that people today can. Because of all of this, Hansberry claims that no matter how many reforms and facades are posed, we will never truly be equal.