A Raisin in the Sun - A Dream Deferred

"When a cat take off with your money he don't leave you no road maps!" (II.iii.128)
This lines, while fairly sad, is also one of my favorites in the story. It also has a large impact on the family - and relates to the poem "A Dream Deferred." This play explores the possibilities of what happens when  dream is deferred. To some, it "dries up like a raisin in the sun." It loses its possibility of happening but lingers around as a memory. In the case of Walter, it does just that. It gets taken out of his hands by the time he finally decides to move foward with it. But I think that most of all, a dream deferred "sags like a heavy load." This burdened the entire family and brought them down until they finally were able to move forward with their dream. Thankfully, the family is finally able to achieve their dream. Otherwise, it might have exploded.