The symbol that represents the strong will in the Younger family is one of the daughters, named Beneatha Younger. As a college student, she normally brings progressive ideas to the household and fills the other with optimism regarding the future.
The Younger family is an African American family who lives in the city of Chicago. They are currently subjected to economic hardship, as 5 people live in a small room where there is a single bathroom to share for 2 couples.
Opportunity for an improvement in living conditions arrises when the Lena, the mother of the family receives a $ 10,000 check as a result of her defunct husband's insurance payment. This opens up a specter of possibilities on how to use that money. Beneatha, which is the youngest of the brothers, argues that it should be used for her to enter medical school, as she sees as the best way the family could profit from it.
