The play “A Raisin in the Sun” demonstrates a story in which a black family overcomes a lot of difficulties and finally achieves its dream of owning a new house. A lot of people interpret this play as the main character Walter’s redemption because at the end of the play Walter finally stands up as a man and takes the responsibility of leading Young’s family to make a better life. During the play, Walter caused a serious problem for the whole family which is losing a large portion of their father’s insurance money and drag the whole family into a deeper level of poverty. And every member of the family is looking forward of expecting these money can bring them to a better life. Therefore, Walter is desperate. He wants to call Mr. Lindner, a white man who has already been kicked out by Walter and accept Mr. Lindner’s s suggestion that he give up the new house for cash. Thus, Walter tells the family that he is ready to exchange the new house for cash, and this action will be a shame for Walter. In the end, Walter refuses Mr. Lindner’s suggestion. Because Walt feels he cannot do this kind of shameless thing in the face of his little son. In the end, Walt follows his self-esteem and leads his family to move to a new house and start a new life. Although Walt makes the most serious mistake in the play, he also experiences the greatest transformation of his life. At the beginning of the play, he is just a common person who yearns for wealth. But at the end of the play, Walter becomes the leader of the family and leads his family to start a new life.
       Although Walter’s action of rejecting Lindner’s suggestion is redemption, the whole play is more about the unity of the whole family. At the beginning of the play, everyone in the family acts strong, so that, they only support their own ideas instead of listening to others. For instance, Walter Lee from the play. Walter is a man who wants to feed the family by investing in opening a liquor store. However, other family numbers do not agree with him. In Walter’s mind, he thinks his dream is to bring the family a huge amount of wealth and ensure the family gets a better life. And this dream has a dominant position in his heart. So, throughout the play, whenever Walter mentions his dream, we can see a lot of quarrels and frustrations, as well as his anger, which all showcase his passion for achieving his dream instead. For instance, the sentence, “Walter (Violently): No! ‘Cause ain’t nobody with me! Not ever my own mother! (pg. 85)” shows Walter goes mad because no one seems to respect his dream. Mama announces that she has used a large portion of the insurance money that Walter wants to use for opening a liquor store to buy the family a new house. And Walter’s wife Ruth is so supportive of Mama’s plan. But Walter feels that other people simply do not respect his dream. In this scene, we can see that the family is not united because everyone hopes to exchange their own effort for the happiness of the whole family in their own ways, but the amount of the insurance money is limited. Therefore, they must sacrifice others’ benefits to achieve their own goals.
       There is a huge contraction at the end of the play where the family is making peace and cooperation with each other, trying to have a new life and the part of the whole family was fighting for their dreams. In the end, as Walter’s money has been stolen by his partner to start a liquor store, the whole family realizes that the only way that they can bring the whole family a better life is to cooperate as a team. From the previous plots, we can learn that everyone in this family has their dreams to achieve like Walter wants to invest in a liquor store to let the family get a wealthy life while Mama wants to buy a new house and let her family live a better life. But the money available to this family is limited. So, whenever one wants to use his way to bring the whole family a better life, another person will stand out and oppose the idea. But at the end of the play, Walter rejects Lindner’s offer and persist that they want to be in the new house. This shows the whole family as a group has overcome the difficulties of racial discrimination. At the end of the play, where Mama says, “Ain’t it the truth! Look at all this here mess. Ruth, put Travis’ good jacket on him…Walter Lee, fix your tie and truck your shirt in, you look like somebody’s hoodlum! (Pg.149)” At this time, we can see the whole family is working in unison to achieve their shared dream for the first time throughout the play. Their only goal is to quickly move to a new house and start a new life. From the whole play, we can see that each of the family members has their own dreams and they all have strong characters. But at this time, they put their family above anything else, which shows the whole family is beginning to realize the importance of unity.