Walter's Transformation
Walter’s Transformation
Lorraine Hansberry’s character Walter is a man who wants to follow his dreams. Throughout A Raisin in the Sun, Walter tries to fix his family’s financial problem but instead makes them worse. Walter’s plan to become rich combined with Hansberry’s dialogue indicates that if we are consumed with envy of someone else’s accomplishments, then we forget to appreciate what we have.
“…Walter Lee is so interested in ‘bout the store… I mean we figured it out me and Willy and Bobo.” Walter’s mind is set on the topic of money which leads him to his friends’ idea of investing all their money into a liquor store. Walter wanted to immediately invest into his friends’ scheme. Because Walter wants to become rich, he decides to invest all the insurance money into his scheme and forgetting about what he could do for his family. Walter is obsessing over his idea to invest in the liquor store. He wanted Ruth to support him in something that wouldn’t benefit the family and would go against their beliefs. When Walter obsesses over his ideas he loses sight of what was really important. When we envy others we forget about ourselves and the people we care about. “…Your old man is alright, man… he thinks big you know what I mean… I got some plans that could turn this city upside down…” Even though Walter hates George he still wants to talk to him about his “get rich” schemes. Walter goes on and on about his plans to George. All Walter wants is money and that’s what he tries to get out of George with his business schemes. Walter talks to George about his father and asks him for help on his big plans. When Walter starts on with one of his schemes he feels like he is the most important person. Walter is distracted from the other things in his life that need attending to instead of his ideas of getting rich. If we become too envious of other people, then we start to forget about the important things to us. “…We are very proud and that this is my
Lorraine Hansberry’s character Walter is a man who wants to follow his dreams. Throughout A Raisin in the Sun, Walter tries to fix his family’s financial problem but instead makes them worse. Walter’s plan to become rich combined with Hansberry’s dialogue indicates that if we are consumed with envy of someone else’s accomplishments, then we forget to appreciate what we have.
“…Walter Lee is so interested in ‘bout the store… I mean we figured it out me and Willy and Bobo.” Walter’s mind is set on the topic of money which leads him to his friends’ idea of investing all their money into a liquor store. Walter wanted to immediately invest into his friends’ scheme. Because Walter wants to become rich, he decides to invest all the insurance money into his scheme and forgetting about what he could do for his family. Walter is obsessing over his idea to invest in the liquor store. He wanted Ruth to support him in something that wouldn’t benefit the family and would go against their beliefs. When Walter obsesses over his ideas he loses sight of what was really important. When we envy others we forget about ourselves and the people we care about. “…Your old man is alright, man… he thinks big you know what I mean… I got some plans that could turn this city upside down…” Even though Walter hates George he still wants to talk to him about his “get rich” schemes. Walter goes on and on about his plans to George. All Walter wants is money and that’s what he tries to get out of George with his business schemes. Walter talks to George about his father and asks him for help on his big plans. When Walter starts on with one of his schemes he feels like he is the most important person. Walter is distracted from the other things in his life that need attending to instead of his ideas of getting rich. If we become too envious of other people, then we start to forget about the important things to us. “…We are very proud and that this is my