What would be a good thesis statement for A Raisin in the Sun?

A good thesis statement
would relate to one of
the key thematic aspects of this play, which is dreams and their
importance
to the . It is very obvious from the early scenes in the play that each of the
main
characters has their own dream of how they can rise above the
circumstances that threaten to
keep them pressed down in society. , for
example, dreams of being a doctor,of having her own
business and Mama of
having a house for all of them where they can thrive. The dream of Walter
is
something he refers to when talking proudly toabout his future life when he has achieved
that
dream:

You wouldnt understand yet,
son, but your daddys
gonna make a transaction... a business transaction thats
going to change our lives... Thats how
come one day when you €˜bout seventeen
years old Ill come home... Ill pull the car up on the
driveway... just a
plain black Chrysler, I think, with white wallsnoblack tires... the gardener

will be clipping away at the hedges and hell say, Good evening, Mr. Younger. And Ill
say,
Hello, Jefferson, how are you this evening?

It is clear
from the details of this dream that
Walter's dream is made up of a combination of the
conversations he would have
heard working as a chauffeur and also his own impression of the kind
of
houses such people live in and the cars they own. However, the quote does continue to
talk
about him having a better relationship withand Travis being able to
study at any university,
which indicates his dream is not entirely
materialistic.

What happens during
the course of the play,
however, is that each character realises that the most important dream
for
them as a family is to own their own house, as it unites them as a family. Each one of
them
is therefore willing to put aside--temporarily perhaps--their own
personal dream in order for
them to pursue this dream. A good thesis
statement would therefore be:

The
characters in
each pursue their own individual dream, but by the end
put
their individual dreams aside to pursue a collective dream that they
recognise is vital for
their unity and survival as a family.

This allows for an exploration of
dreams whilst also ensuring that
the one dream of having a house is focused on with sufficient

importance.