Walter’s Selfishness Leads to Disruption in the Younger Family
Walter’s Selfishness Leads to Disruption in the Younger Family
Gevin Kibbons A Raisin In The Sun Essay April 19th, 2012 Shults 10/11 English, 4th Period In Hawthorne’s play, A Raisin In The Sun, Walter is a man just like many others; he has a job, a family, and he also has ambitions in life just like anybody else. Walter is not the only one in his family that has ambitions, almost everybody else in his family have ambitions as well. These ambitions created conflicts between family members after they all found out that Walter's mother (Lena) have been settled by an insurance company for the death of her husband, and she is about to obtain a large sum of money. Walter was already making plans in how to spend his mother's money in one of his twisted ideas without considering others. It is obvious that Walter is somewhat ignorant to the necessities of everybody else in his family except for his child. Walter was not the only one in that house who was already making plans for that money. His sister Beneatha was also making plans in spending that money on her medical degree; this lead to a problem between Walter and his sister Beneatha. Walter, in a selfish manner, was trying to manipulate his mother in order to make her feel sorry for him and give her no option but to give him some of the money of the settlement that she just received. His mother, trying to make him feel better, tells him that he is a nice-looking young man with an occupation, a good wife and a brilliant son; but Walter still being selfish tries even harder to make his mother feel sorry for him: A job. Mama, a job? I open and close car doors all day long. I drive a man around in his limousine and I say, “Yes, sir; no, sir; very good sir; shall I take the Drive, sir.” Mama, that ain't no kind of job . . . that ain't nothing at all. Mama, I don't know if I can make you understand. (73)
Walter uses his job
Gevin Kibbons A Raisin In The Sun Essay April 19th, 2012 Shults 10/11 English, 4th Period In Hawthorne’s play, A Raisin In The Sun, Walter is a man just like many others; he has a job, a family, and he also has ambitions in life just like anybody else. Walter is not the only one in his family that has ambitions, almost everybody else in his family have ambitions as well. These ambitions created conflicts between family members after they all found out that Walter's mother (Lena) have been settled by an insurance company for the death of her husband, and she is about to obtain a large sum of money. Walter was already making plans in how to spend his mother's money in one of his twisted ideas without considering others. It is obvious that Walter is somewhat ignorant to the necessities of everybody else in his family except for his child. Walter was not the only one in that house who was already making plans for that money. His sister Beneatha was also making plans in spending that money on her medical degree; this lead to a problem between Walter and his sister Beneatha. Walter, in a selfish manner, was trying to manipulate his mother in order to make her feel sorry for him and give her no option but to give him some of the money of the settlement that she just received. His mother, trying to make him feel better, tells him that he is a nice-looking young man with an occupation, a good wife and a brilliant son; but Walter still being selfish tries even harder to make his mother feel sorry for him: A job. Mama, a job? I open and close car doors all day long. I drive a man around in his limousine and I say, “Yes, sir; no, sir; very good sir; shall I take the Drive, sir.” Mama, that ain't no kind of job . . . that ain't nothing at all. Mama, I don't know if I can make you understand. (73)
Walter uses his job