Who Is To Blame Walter Lee

A name was mentioned in Act II in parenthesis before Ruth’s line, which sparked an interest in me to research it. Where the playwright put her name, I could not just ignore it. She was a critically acclaimed actress and singer during a time where people of color were not widely accepted in the film industry. After further research, she was awarded a Tony the exact same year the civil rights movement, in 1968. Maybe Hansberry wanted this line said in the way Pearl Bailey would say it.
“You remember how we used to talk when Travis was born … about the way we were going to live … the kind of house … (She is stroking his head) Well, it’s all starting to slip away from us” In this scene, as usual, Ruth and Walter Lee are bickering but I now see where the root of the problem lies. It is like they have become accustomed to the life they live but do not want to accept; Ruth and Walter placed blame where they saw fit. They fault one another for letting the other down; all their aspirations in life were nothing but pipe dreams now.
Walter Lee is quite the character and certainly keeps me on my toes.
At the end of Act II, it broke my heart when Walter discovers that Wily has ran off with all the money gave him. He truly believes his harebrained schemes will work out but was the first to tell his sister she should not be a doctor; an actual career that is realistic. I felt horrible because he had so much riding on this and not only did he put himself jeopardy but also his sister. He had this once in a lifetime chance with all that; I just wish he would have been wiser by at least some of the money away for safe
keeping.