Dreams in Poverty

Dreams in Poverty Today in the U.S.A. alone, some 29.9% of female-headed households live in poverty. In a home where chores are nothing but your everyday routine, and going to work means putting food on the table, you sometimes find little or no time to dream, or think about what it is you want to do with your life. Today, dreams are common in many poverty stricken homes, mostly because the person wants to …

…which would describe “The Tenement Room: Chicago”. Next would be that dreams are present, but not expected, which would represent “Kitchenette Building”. The Final level would consist of “Raisin in the Sun”, with it receiving the highest amount of dreams and expectation of the dreams to come true. Overall, I believe that in so many ways these poems are different, but are in so many ways the same, but overall only share one thing, Poverty.