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"Harlem" by Langston Hughes reflects the dreams of the characters in Hansberry's, A Raisin in the Sun. At the beginning of the play, Hanberry had the producers flash the lines of Harlem over the screen because the lines go with the play. Both pieces of work describe what can and does happen to dreams. A Raisin in the Sun is a play with an African-American family whose struggles affect their dreams. Grandmas dream reflects on the poem with the quote "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a soar - and then run?" Grandmas dream was to live in a house and own a garden where she could grow tomatoes and flowers. Grandma had dreamed this ever since she was married. When her husban