I called walter for supper late that evening‚ He spoken back and said “ I’m not hungry.” I was thinking about what he said because he has not ate all day. I called him a repeated time and said “come down to the kitchen “ My husband was already sitting at the table with his meal ahead of him. Walter was walking pretty stiffened looking but i did not mind it. His father ask “ What’s wrong with you‚ boy?” Walter talk back as his common answer “Nothing.” My husband said the same thing just his tone
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to have an ambitious dream that they are all trying to achieve with insurance money earned by Big Walter. Walter Lee Younger‚ the man of the family‚ is a motivated man that is unhappy with his job as a chauffer. He has big dreams of opening up a liquor store to become a businessman so he can diminish his family’s poverty and live a normal life. In the course of this play we have learned that Walter Lee Younger can be very short tempered and make foolish decisions by not thinking them through as
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Hansberry‚ answers the question for the Youngers and the audience through Raisin in the Sun. The film version of A Raisin in the Sun featured the original Broadway cast‚ including Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger‚ Ruby Dee as his wife Ruth‚ Claudia McNeil as Mama‚ and Diana Sands as his sister Beneatha. Walter Lee dreams of opening a liquor store so that he can quit his job as a chauffeur. Already attending college‚ Beneatha dreams of becoming a doctor. As the family matriarch‚ Mama dreams that her
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Mama and what she decided to do with the money‚ to the last scene when Walter decides to become a man and stand up for what is right for the family. Even though dominance and submissive traits are noticeable throughout the play‚ the characters do not realize the effects of the traits within the family unit. The story is of a lower-class black family waiting for a $10‚000 insurance check for their Mama.. Her son‚ Walter Lee‚ is desperate to be a better provider for his family that he wants
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no concern but leadership. Throughout the whole play Walter wants manhood. However‚ in the late 1950s whites achieved more manhood than African Americans because society put them down making it hard for the men of the house to earn money and support a family. But Walter wants to prove society wrong. He wants to achieve manhood like his father. In order to make money and achieve manhood in “A Raisin in the Sun” written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Walter wants to own a liquor store and will do almost anything
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negative assets are‚ they are simply black and white pictures. Rather than a life of royalty‚ Walter lives a life of little importance with no story to tell. However‚ it has been the singular privilege of Walter’s unexceptional career to handle the works contributed by Sean O’Connell‚ a photography superstar who roams the world in search of exotic subjects. It is very clear from the beginning that Walter clearly admires Sean and wishes he could be more like him. That his unexceptional average life
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even just to pass high school. Walter Lee Younger’s dream was to make a lot of money. In pursuit of his dream‚ Walter let it get in the way of his family and values. In the Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Walter realizes that his family is more important than his dreams because‚ in the beginning‚ all he cared about was money and he was selfish but‚ in the end‚ he decided his family was more important than money. In the beginning of the story Walter was trying to pressure his
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Rough Draft In Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun‚” Walter Younger is an idealist who failed to see reality and how things actually work out. Walter is in his 30s yet he still lives with his mother‚ who holds the family together. He isn’t capable of caring for a family and making the right decisions. He has a dream of owning a liquor store that his family opposes to yet he still tried to obtain it. Walter is a man of flaws because of his bitterness towards others‚ such as George
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problem because during this time period they had segregation. The author wrote this piece because her family bought a house in a white neighborhood and they had to go to court for it since they were told they could not live there. The two characters‚ Walter and Mama influence the plot the most through dialogue‚ actions‚ and stage directions. The most impactful character in the play is Mama. In the play‚ Mama is the head of the house so she makes all of the big decisions. This
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because of the death of Walter Younger Sr. Ideas clash on how the money should be spent. Walter Lee‚ the protagonist‚ wants to invest in a liquor store‚ while his sister Beneatha wants to use the money towards her college and Lena‚ who is the mother‚ wants to buy something the whole family may enjoy. Throughout the play‚ the characters Walter Lee‚ Beneatha‚ and Mama all undergo changes when deciding how the check should be spent.
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