Pride and Dignity in A Raisin in the Sun"A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry follows a black family's struggle to achieve their dreams. These dreams, and the struggles needed to achieve them, are the heart of the play. At the beginning of the play, husband, Walter, and wife, Ruth, are seen arguing over Walter's dream of becoming a "mover and shaker" in the world. business world using an insurance check as a down payment on a business venture. Walter tells his wife that "I'm trying to tell you about me and all you can say is eat those eggs and go to work," which is the first sign of Walter's recurring feelings that if anyone in the family wants to just listen to them and trust that his dreams would come true. Following this discussion Walter goes to his job as a chauffeur, which is the job he so wants to eliminate because he would rather "be Mr. Arnold [his employer] than be his chauffeur. This episode illustrates a serious conflict throughout As Walter dreams bigger and bigger, he seems to leave behind the "smaller" things, such as his family moving away from him is contrary to the promotion of family values ​​and morals, while his father would have simply been happy working and taking care of his family, Walter is more interested in becoming a "mover and shaker" without thinking about the consequences that would result for his family. Later in the morning Beneatha, Walter's younger sister, initiates a conflict by speaking in a unacceptable way about God – seemingly rejecting the values ​​she has been taught since childhood This event shows yet another time where a family member threatens to ruin the inherent stability of the family structure by trying to build in a way that. it is completely incompatible with the rest of the structure. Beneatha, while believing she is bettering herself, is leaving behind an important part of herself and her legacy. Beneatha's speech about God is her attempt to show her independence and uniqueness in the world, but when she asserts herself in an area extremely sensitive to heritage and family structure, she risks weaning herself from the only guaranteed support group in life. , the family. Once again, as in the case of Walter, Benetha realizes later in the story that it is the promotion of long-standing family values ​​and morals that provide the foundation on which to build a wonderful life..