Pride and Dignity in A Raisin in the Sun “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry follows a black family's struggle to make their dreams come true. These dreams, and the struggles necessary to achieve them, are at the center of the play. At the beginning of the play, we see a husband, Walter, and his wife, Ruth, fighting for Walter's dream of becoming a "move and shaker" in the world. business world using an insurance check as a down payment for a business. Walter tells his wife, "I'm trying to tell you about myself and all you can say is eat eggs and go to work," which is the first sign of Walter's recurring feelings that if anyone one in the family just wanted to listen to him and express their confidence that his dreams will come true. Following this argument, Walter goes to his job as a chauffeur, a job he so longs to get rid of because he would rather "be Mr. Arnold [his employer] than be his chauffeur." This episode illustrates a major conflict across the world. As Walter dreams bigger and bigger, he seems to leave "smaller" things such as his family behind. This estrangement from the family goes against the promotion of family values ​​and morals when his father would have simply been happy. working and caring for his family, Walter is more concerned with becoming an “influencer” without thinking about the resulting consequences for his family. Later that morning, Beneatha, Walter's younger sister, sparks a conflict by speaking in an unacceptable manner. about God – seemingly rejecting the values ​​he had been taught since childhood. This event shows another time when one family member threatens to ruin the inherent stability of the family structure by trying to build in a way that is completely inconsistent with the rest. of the structure. Beneatha, even though she believes she is improving, leaves behind an important part of herself and her legacy. Beneatha's talk about God is her attempt to show her independence and uniqueness to the world, but when she asserts herself in an area extremely sensitive to heritage and family structure, she threatens to wean herself off the one group guaranteed support in life. , the family. Once again, as with Walter, Benetha realizes later in the story that it is the fostering of long-held family values ​​and morals that provide the foundation on which to build a wonderful life..