walter
Walter
In the play Raisin in the Sun by Lorrain Hansberry there are quite a few characters that I can relate to without difficulty. The character I can relate to easily is Walter. Walter is a poor man who dreams big and always wants more for himself and his family. By dreaming big it also makes Walter very selfish and negligent. While he acts this way it causes a lot of pressure on the things that mean the most to him, his family and marriage. Throughout the play Walter, like a lot us in the real world, took his mistakes and learned from them.
Walter is a big dreamer. Through out the play Walter showed great determination in opening a liquor store. By opening up a liquor store Walter thinks it will be his chance to finally step up as the man of the house and provide luxurious possessions for his wife and family. “Somebody tell me – tell me, who decides which women is suppose to wear pearls in the world. I tell you I am a man and I think my wife should wear some pearls in this world.” (III. I. 143) Since Walter doesn’t have the money to buy expensive things for his family, he feels like less of a man. As Walter continues to feel like less of a man, it makes him more bitter each passing day.
As Walter’s aspiration for the liquor store increases he starts to become more greedy and narcissistic, especially when his father’s ten thousand dollar insurance money check gets closer to arriving. As the family waits for the check to arrive there is anticipation on how the money is going to be divided. Walter is getting jealous of his sister Beneathea because, like Walter, she is a big dreamer and is becoming a doctor, and he knows his mother is going to put away money for her medical schooling. Walter and Beneathea were bickering about what Mama should do with the money and Walter got quite hot headed and said, “Who the hell told you you had to be a doctor?” (I.I .38) At this point in the play Walter was being very egotistical and didn’t realize that he and his
In the play Raisin in the Sun by Lorrain Hansberry there are quite a few characters that I can relate to without difficulty. The character I can relate to easily is Walter. Walter is a poor man who dreams big and always wants more for himself and his family. By dreaming big it also makes Walter very selfish and negligent. While he acts this way it causes a lot of pressure on the things that mean the most to him, his family and marriage. Throughout the play Walter, like a lot us in the real world, took his mistakes and learned from them.
Walter is a big dreamer. Through out the play Walter showed great determination in opening a liquor store. By opening up a liquor store Walter thinks it will be his chance to finally step up as the man of the house and provide luxurious possessions for his wife and family. “Somebody tell me – tell me, who decides which women is suppose to wear pearls in the world. I tell you I am a man and I think my wife should wear some pearls in this world.” (III. I. 143) Since Walter doesn’t have the money to buy expensive things for his family, he feels like less of a man. As Walter continues to feel like less of a man, it makes him more bitter each passing day.
As Walter’s aspiration for the liquor store increases he starts to become more greedy and narcissistic, especially when his father’s ten thousand dollar insurance money check gets closer to arriving. As the family waits for the check to arrive there is anticipation on how the money is going to be divided. Walter is getting jealous of his sister Beneathea because, like Walter, she is a big dreamer and is becoming a doctor, and he knows his mother is going to put away money for her medical schooling. Walter and Beneathea were bickering about what Mama should do with the money and Walter got quite hot headed and said, “Who the hell told you you had to be a doctor?” (I.I .38) At this point in the play Walter was being very egotistical and didn’t realize that he and his