Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

Walter focused solely on the money and this caused him to think that all the money is his and he can go and do as he pleases. He was obviously disappointed when Mama did not give him any of the money initially but when she entrusted him with the remaining $6,500 it brought about a sense of pride and responsibility that had long eluded him. It was almost a renewing moment for Walter as his family life changed for the better since he was now acting as the man of the house.

Walter is in for a big surprise. When his mother finds out about his plans, she rains on his parade. She decides to exercise her authority as the holder of the check. She’s going to fulfill her dream instead; buy a house, with a garden, for her family. Walter still thinks he’s going to get the money.

Walter just cared about money he didn’t care about nothing he was only interested in money because he wanted to open a liquor store so he was only interested in mama’s money,mama didn’t want to give him the money for something like that. Walter didn’t care about his wife being pregnant because he was mad at mama for buying a house so walter didn't care about anythng.Walter didn’t believe in his sister beneatha wanting to be a doctor he told her to just be a nurse. Walter was just waiting for the money to come because he was thinking mama would give him that money. Mama didnt give the money to walter so he got mad and run away from home and did not show up for two days.WALTER…Just tell me where you want to go to school and you’ll go. Just tell me, what it is you want to be – and you’ll be it….Whatever you want to be – Yessir! (He holds his arms open for TRAVIS) You just name it, son…(TRAVIS leaps into them) and I hand you the world! (lorraine Hansberry,pg.2.2.131)

After completing the book “Night” by Elie wiesel I believe that his main theme was ,The brutality of the Holocaust caused a loss of humanity in those it affected. This theme can be seen strongly near the end of the book as Wiesel describes the S.S officers behavior “They had orders to shoot anyone who could not sustain the pace. Their fingers on the triggers, they did not deprive themselves of the pleasure” showing that they truly did not care about the lives of those they were treating so horribly, showing their intense loss of their basic humanity. Another instance of the loss of humanity caused by the holocaust is when the German civilians throw bread onto wiesel's train car "Meir, my little Meir! Don't you recognize me … You're killing

After they got the check Walter was begging for it, so he could invest in a liquor store. Mama however, want to buy a big new house with the money. The only problem with that is the house she wants is in an all white neighborhood, Clybourne Park. After Mama breaks the news to Walter that she bought the house she tells him that he can have the money. She tells Walter to put it in the bank and save it.

Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun is a play about segregation, triumph, and coping with personal tragedy. Set in Southside Chicago, A Raisin in the Sun focuses on the individual dreams of the Younger family and their personal achievement. The Younger's are an African American family besieged by poverty, personal desires, and the ultimate struggle against the hateful ugliness of racism. Lena Younger, Mama, is the protagonist of the story and the eldest Younger. She dreams of many freedoms, freedom to garden, freedom to raise a societal-viewed equal family, and freedom to live liberated of segregation. Next in succession is Beneatha Younger, Mama's daughter, assimilationist, and one who dreams of aiding people by breaking down

In the end, Walter comes to a realization when Travis is looking upon him that he does not want to give up his dignity, he steps up and becomes a man for his family. “And we have decided to move into our house because my father- my father- he earned it for us brick by brick.” This signifies that the money they still have would be invested into the house because they could create new memories and aspirations there. The family all had plans of doing something with the money, but in the end, they all agreed upon purchasing the house and that can represent that family can stay together during tough times and hardships. “What I mean to tell is that we come from people who had a lot of pride. I mean- We are very proud people” The Younger family know that Walter has finally become a man, and they are very proud of him. Walter will not give up on himself and his family, he will remain ambitious and face the future with his family.

Walter has to stand his ground against Ruth to prove that he is a father figure for Travis as he is maturing. This proves that Walter's driving force to be the head of the family is Travis. Overall,

Mama seeing that her own son is being destroyed because his dream has been deferred makes a large decision. Mama realizes that it is time for Walter Lee to become the head of the house. By giving Walter the remaining sixty-five hundred dollars of the insurance check she shows that she trusts Walter. By doing this it makes Walter the head of the Younger’s house along with resurging his dream. Walter’s attitude towards every character is changed. He sits his son Travis down and asks ‘“...what kind of man you going to be when you grow up[?]”’(495) Travis responded with wanting to be a bus driver, but Walter being happy tells Travis to aim higher.

For these reasons, Mother bought the family a new house and put it in the name of Walter's son, Travis. In other words, she made an investment in Walter's future and his family. Mother saw the family falling apart and that their feelings of resentment for one another, and general discouragement in their lives, was an effect from living like sardines in their tiny dreary apartment. Walter, however, did not see it this way and felt nobody would listen to what he wanted. He wanted the same thing as his mother, to make an investment in his and his family's future, but he had his own idea of how to do it. As he tries to explain to his mother, "Sometimes I

The isolating and confining nature of the setting in “The Yellow Wallpaper” reflects the narrator’s feelings of oppression. The narrator’s husband, John, uses his position as a high standing physician to persuade their friends and family that the narrator is not sick, leaving her with no one to turn to about her postpartum depression. He constantly invalidates her beliefs and opinions in regard to the treatment of her own illness, and instead forces her to follow the famous “rest cure” treatment regimen. The narrator is whisked away by John to a seemingly abandoned estate, described as “quite alone, standing well back from the road, quite three miles from the village” (Gilman 77). The isolated location effectively limits the narrator’s ability

Mama's inheritance of ten thousand dollars left by her deceased husband provides fodder for conflict in the family. Each of the family members, envisioning their own American Dream, has an idea of how the inheritance should be spent. All of these ideas, of course, conflict with Walter's "get rich quick" scheme. Mama, Ruth, and Travis all have the dream of moving to their own home with a white picket fence, a garden, a place for Travis to play outside and a bathroom that is not shared by other

Walter is the son of Big Mama and the brother of Beneatha. He only likes doing things his way and he often gets in conflicts with his family about not being the “man of the house.” Walter works as a chauffeur to rich white people but his dream is to run his own liquor store. Towards the end of the play, it becomes clear that Walter’s dream was never meant to be. After being given the remaining $6500 from Big Walter’s life insurance, Walter gives the full amount to his friend to fund their liquor store.

Walter is upset about what Mama has done. She chose to fulfill her dream of a owning a home over anyone else’s dream.

Just when Mama was beginning to trust Walter and gives him money to take to the bank, he reveals that he “never went to the bank at all” (129). This shocked Mama and asks, “You mean…you sister’s school money…you used that two…Walter?…” (129); Walter realises what he has done and answers “Yessss! All of it…It’s all gone…” (129), in an ashamed and stressed out tone. Consequently, this makes mama extremely upset she says, “I seen him grow thin and old before he was forty...working and working and working like somebody's old horse...killing himself...and you -you give it all away in a day-” (129). This reveals that Walter betrays Mama, because of his want for money, which Mama would not help him with because of their different