"But Lord, child, you should know all the dreams I had 'bout buying tha thouse and fixing it up and making me a little garden in the back--And didn't none of it happen."
This quote from Mama is a perfect reference to why the book is called "A Raisin in the Sun". The title is an allusion to a poem by Langston Hughes called "A Dream Deferred". The quote from the poem that contains the title is, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up, like a raisin in the sun?" The importance of this is to allude to the dreams of the Younger family. Their dreams of a huge house, changing the world, an end to racism, and an end to sexism are in risk of becoming a dream deferred. The book title alludes to the fact that if they sit around and watch their dreams pass them by and not work for it, their dreams will dry up and pass them by "like a raisin in the sun". Many of their dreams, such as a house or an end to racism, have passed them by because they have sit back and let it. However, things are changing as they get a new house.
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