Dreams in A Raisin in the SunLena, Walter, Ruth, and Beneatha Younger all lived under the same roof, but their dreams were all different. Being the head of the family, Lena dreamed of her children's dreams and would do whatever it took to make them come true. Walter, Lena's eldest son, realized his dream in the liquor store he intended to invest with his mother's money. Beneatha, on the other hand, wanted to be a doctor when she finished college and Ruth, Walter's wife, wanted to be rich. “A Raisin in the Sun” was a book about “dreams deferred,” and it is in this book that Lorraine Hansberry had fluently described the dreams of the Younger family and how those dreams became “dreams deferred.” Lena Younger, mother of Walter and Beneatha, was a widow in her sixties who dedicated her life to her children after her husband's death. Retired from working for the Holiday family, she was waiting for her husband's insurance money to arrive. With the ten though...