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.

Because of this new depression, Walter starts to get himself wasted every day. He hasn’t been showing up to work, and faces the prospect of losing his job. Mama, realizing the potentially catastrophic effect this can have on her family, must intervene. She gives her son the one thing he has always wanted, power. She gives him the remaining $6,500 to use as he wishes (except for the $3,000 to Beneatha’s continued

In act II scene II, Mama confides in Walter with $6,500, advising him to reserve $3,000 for Beneatha’s “medical schooling” (107). Mama trusts that Walter will think of his family before he thinks of himself, and he disappoints everyone when he invests the money in a conman. Mama refuses to believe that Walter never deposited his “sister’s school money” because she understands that Walter essentially just destroyed Beneatha’s schooling and doctor career, in addition to her own dream: a house that would allow doors to open to many opportunities for Travis and Ruth’s baby. Although this is a negative situation, Walter’s mishap is a lesson in disguise for Beneatha, Ruth, but most importantly Travis. Travis will learn from this how to cope in ways that are for the greater good; Ruth will learn that her husband is not a perfect man, and now she knows how to work things out; and Beneatha learns how to fend for herself.

She shows desire to help her family by giving Walter 3,500 dollars to better himself. She says “There is nothing worth holding onto, money, dreams, nothing else… if it means it’s going to destroy my boy.” This is a major show of love and her desire to improve her son’s life because it is all that is left of her husband’s life insurance.

His response is to call back Mr Lindner to talk business. He admits to Mama that he lost all her money, but also the money for Beneatha’s schooling. Hence Walter believes accepting the money from the Clybourne Community will change the situation. As he explains to Mama he states “I’m going to feel fine Mama. I’m going to look that son-of-a-bitch and say alright Mr Lindner thats your neighborhood!

Walter, he wants to open his liquor shop, and uses the money he was given to try to make that goal reality. Mama, she dreams to have a garden one day, and she takes care of a plant as a start to try pursuing her goal. There are all these sub-stories aside from the main plot which consists of all the Youngers struggles to achieve their hopes and dreams; Furthermore, there are many themes throughout the play, A Raisin in the Sun, but the most important of them all is to always pursue your dreams.

Walter loses the money that Mama gives him by trusting the wrong person, but he redeems himself by the end of the play by refusing to take the neighborhood representative's buyout offer.

A family is supposed to work together through their problems. Mama tries to come up with a solution to make everyone happy because nothing is as precious to her as seeing her family worry-free. She decides to put a down payment of thirty-five hundred on a house while giving Walter sixty-five hundred to split between him and his sister. Mama’s only rule is that he put all that money in the bank. At this moment, the Younger family saw some light at the end of this dark tunnel.

The American Dream is like a ladder that allows people to climb up and achieve their dream. The American Dream is an idea of gaining wealth and achieving the ultimate success that a person wants. Literature often reflects the idea of the American Dream. The play A Raisin in the Sun by, Lorraine Hansberry portrays different aspirations of an African-American family who struggles to attain their dreams. In the article and speech,“For Foreign-Born entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley is the American Dream” by Joseph Jaafari discusses how immigrants achieved their dreams.

(118). Beneatha wants no part of Walter and doesn’t even call him her brother. This makes Walter feel left out and invisible, he feels so depressed that the whole business plan is being pushed on him and he wants to get it done as soon as possible but a dream takes time and he is not going to get his dream right away even though he thinks it works that

Mama implies that the money was more than just currency, but what is left of her husband’s dream to bring success to his family. She is terribly disappointed with Walter for losing all of the money so easily, and not putting it toward to what he promised. Because of this great loss, Walter is still left with no money. His dream to become wealthy is now at the bottom of the gutter, all over again, and he has to work even harder as well as gain his confidence back in order to fish it out.

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

Mama gives Walter chances to prove himself and sometimes he fails. For example, when Mama gives Walter the money for the liquor store investment and Beneatha’s college money to bring to the bank. Walter blows his chance by investing all of it in the store and one investor takes all the money and leaves. Walter lost all of his and Beneatha’s money, but Mama still had faith in him when no one else did. She is on his side and allows Walter to make the final decision to whether they are moving or not when Mr. Lindner

Mama is angry because she does not want money to destroy her family's happiness. Mama's dream was to move out of their tiny apartment into a new big house where they could all live happily. "Seem like God didn’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams." (I.i.18). Mama believes that her dreams are value nothing if her kids are not happy, thus she offers Walter the rest of the money after buying her new home.

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