Explain the connection between the poem, A Dream Deferred and A Raisin in the Sun.

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up 
like a
raisin in the sun? 
Or fester like a sore-- 
And then run? 
Does it
stink like rotten meat? 
Or crust and sugar over-- 
like a syrupy
sweet?

Maybe it just sags 
like a heavy load.

Or
does it explode?

Lee Younger is a dreamer. He dreams of
having his own business. When that dream falls apart, Walter's dream can be compared to
Langston Hughes's poem "A Dream Deferred." In Hughes poem, he compares a broken dream
to various concepts.

No doubt, Walter is carrying a dream deferred. It is as
a raisin that dries up in the sun. Walter loses all of Mama Younger's insurance money and Walter
is left with a dried up dream. His deferred dream is like a sore that festers and runs from the
infection. Walter's dream can be compared to a sore that festers and runs. He erupts from all
the disappointment of his broken dreams. He drinks heavily and comes home verbally abusive. He
is sarcastic and filled with infection from his festering dream. His dream "stink[s] like
rotten meat." Walter's dream is gone, along with the money that Willy Harris took from
Walter.

Truly, Walter can relate to Hughes's poem. His dream sags and
explodes, leaving Walter to pick up the pieces of his broken dream. Walter screams and yells
like a wounded animal. His dream explodes as he explodes. He shouts out in anger and hurt. Willy
Harris has destroyed Walter's dream of having his own business. What happens to Walter's
deferred dream? Does it resemble Hughes poetic comparisons?

No doubt,
Walter's dream is found among the deferred dream of Hughes's poem. He is a bitter man who has
lost all hope. His dream is an infectious sore which runs and sags until it explodes. Hughes, in
his descriptive , understands what a dream deferred looks like. The visual images he conveys are
metaphorically expressed and show a connection to Walter and his deferred dream.

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