Raisin In The Sun Rough Draft
Why they all so excited about that insurance money? Since Big Walter passed, we’d all known that cheque would come someday. Ten thousand dollars…in my hands. Just a slip of paper in my own bare hands, with four zeros written on it, clear as clear can be. This money, this cheque, this one slip of paper, could rise this family up, or tear it down, into pieces, pieces and pieces. I don’t know about this money alright, it sure will change my family, but will it change us for the worse or the better?
This paper ain’t nothin’ but just a cheque to me, it’s worth nothin’, nothin’ at all. We got along just fine without this money before, when Big Walter were here, and now, I know we be fine without it! This money ain’t no big deal at all, to me at least.
But to my kids, my daughter in law and my dear grandson? I know they all excited ‘bout it, they ain’t never seen so much money before – they all got their own big dreams, and they all want that money for them dreams. My boy so excited, every mornin’ he talk ‘bout that money! He keep sayin’, “the money’s comin’ soon Mama, the money’s comin’!”
I know that boy want to invest in the liquor store with Willy Harris, he practically got his heart set on it! But we ain’t never been no people to do business out here, we just workin’ folks, servin’ the community. My goodness, that boy even got his wife sold on the store. She sayin’ that colored people ain’t gonna ever get ahead til’ they start gamblin’ on some of them things in the world. I don’t know what got into that girl! I know she love Walter, or she ain’t never would’ve tell me to give him a chance. I wish my boy would see how good his wife is.
And Beneatha? She a strong, fearless girl, always arguin’ with Walter, them two always got themselves up in a knot. I know she want to be a doctor, and she wanna go to medical school! I got faith in my girl, she could do anything she wants, and I’m proud of her for steppin’ up! But I’m worried ‘bout her. She’s always changin’
This paper ain’t nothin’ but just a cheque to me, it’s worth nothin’, nothin’ at all. We got along just fine without this money before, when Big Walter were here, and now, I know we be fine without it! This money ain’t no big deal at all, to me at least.
But to my kids, my daughter in law and my dear grandson? I know they all excited ‘bout it, they ain’t never seen so much money before – they all got their own big dreams, and they all want that money for them dreams. My boy so excited, every mornin’ he talk ‘bout that money! He keep sayin’, “the money’s comin’ soon Mama, the money’s comin’!”
I know that boy want to invest in the liquor store with Willy Harris, he practically got his heart set on it! But we ain’t never been no people to do business out here, we just workin’ folks, servin’ the community. My goodness, that boy even got his wife sold on the store. She sayin’ that colored people ain’t gonna ever get ahead til’ they start gamblin’ on some of them things in the world. I don’t know what got into that girl! I know she love Walter, or she ain’t never would’ve tell me to give him a chance. I wish my boy would see how good his wife is.
And Beneatha? She a strong, fearless girl, always arguin’ with Walter, them two always got themselves up in a knot. I know she want to be a doctor, and she wanna go to medical school! I got faith in my girl, she could do anything she wants, and I’m proud of her for steppin’ up! But I’m worried ‘bout her. She’s always changin’