The Universal Dream

            Saturday night, I was watching The Internship when I realized that Nick was quoting Harlem, by Langston Hughes, when he quit his job as a mattress salesman to take a risk and join his friend, Billy, for an internship interview at Google. Nick reasons, “…because I don’t know ‘what happens to dream a deferred. Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?’ I don’t want to find out,” quits, and leaves for the interview. Billy and Nick beat the odds regardless of their less-than-stellar educational background and are accepted into the internship program due to their unique views of life. Once in the program, however, they are outcasts, and just like African Americans in The Raisin in the Sun they are singled out, segregated from the rest of the interns, cast off into the group of rejects, and continuously bullied by the “superior group” of interns.

Billy, Nick, and their group of outcasts encounter enormous difficulties; however, their teamwork and bonding allowed them to overcome all the challenges and win jobs at Google. In the beginning, Billy says, “Aren’t you tired of asking for just enough to get by? I want to do something that matters. I want to have a life that I’m excited about and that’s great… Nick we have our future waiting.” This dream of achieving more and creating a better future is universal; it is shared by the Younger family and still lives on in today’s generation, too. It motivates even those whom everyone believes destined to failure and insubordination to persevere and never give up on their dreams. With the strength of their family and their dreams, perhaps the Youngers, too, will overcome all odds and create a better future.