In a house with five people, everyone has different dreams. With a ten thousand dollar life insurance check on the way, what dream will come true? Due to so many different dreams and ideas, tensions are high in the Younger family. Everyone wants money to go towards their dream. Along with the power to destroy a dream, Mother has the power to choose which dream "shall dry up like a raisin in the sun" (Hughes 2-3). Mom has the power to choose whether to honor what her husband, Big Walter, wanted, what she wants, and what is best for the family, or whether she will choose the dream of her son, Walter Lee. Walter Lee's dream for himself is to own a liquor store. To realize his dream he will need all ten thousand dollars from his insurance check. His plan is to go into business with his friend Bobo, along with a business partner, Willy. Walter is careless about what he would do with the money: “Invest big, play big, hell, lose big if you have to, you know what I mean” (Hansberry 84). In other words, Walter is completely blinded by his dream to the point of becoming blinded...