Raisin In The Sun Dynamic

When Ruth, Beneatha, and Mama see Walter acting like this, they are shocked and are disappointed in how he is acting. Walter tries to cope with the current situation he is in, and he realizes that his family is by his side and that is what matters to him in that moment.

During the final scenes of the play, Walter shows a dramatic change in attitude after the family buys a new house. Throughout the play, Walter constantly talks about wanting to be respected and not looked down upon, but he doesn’t ever do much about it. Instead of trying to change his circumstances, he complains and drinks to make himself into a nebulous state to feel

She tells him that from now on, Walter will be the head of the family. “It ain’t much, but it’s all I got in the world and I’m putting it in your hands. I’m telling you to be the head of this family from now on” (Hansberry

Walter urges his mother to give him the money from their father's life insurance. With this money he intended to help the family by earning all the money in the house, getting them out of poverty by buying a liquor store. “Is it all gone? Son, I gave you sixty-five hundred dollars. Is it all gone?” and Walter replied, “Yesss! All of it… It’s all gone…” (II.ii.129), but his actions made the family get set back even more because he lost the sixty-five hundred dollars. This happened because of his selfishness. He always wanted to be the big

The utmost dynamic character in the play, Walter Lee completely changes his attitude regarding his own race, from the beginning to the end. Originally, Walter focused on money, and material items in order to fulfill his dream about opening a liquor store, he believed that “money is life” (74). He didn’t care about his family’s dreams, and willing to sacrifice Beneatha plans of being a doctor. However, his intentions for using the money were acceptable, as he wanted “pearls round [his] wife’s neck” and he couldn’t stand that his son “sleeps in the living room"(143). Walter wants the best for his family, and as a result, is upset for the reason that he can’t provide it with merely a job as a chauffeur. His frustration causes him to believe the

This is shown in a conversation between Walter and mama when he says, “Mama. I never.went to the bank at all”, while mama replies with, “You mean.your sister's school money.you used all of that too. Walter?” (102). This quote proves that Walters ambitious attitude has only reflected his selfishness, because of only using the money for himself and ultimately, letting his family down.

Walter's frustration festers and his anger turns inward towards his family who, in Walters eyes, do not understand him. Walter's family members do understand him and they also want to amass material dreams, but Walter's family members know that it is going to take work to get there.

Toward the end of the play his spirit is broken, and he behaves almost like a madman, plotting to give in to Lindner and accept his offer; this action greatly worries his mother. The whole time, Walter wasn’t simply looking for a chance to follow through with his plans. He was seeking support from the system that he found himself subject to. This idea comes up in Gertrude Samuels’ Even More Crucial Than in the South. “…the real drive that is now rising ominously is a demand for personal dignity” (Samuels 1546). His personal dignity is at stake repeatedly throughout the story when he finds himself battling against a troubled family and a corrupt system.

As described in the play, Walter is a man who wants to be able to provide for his family and be seen by others as having a good status, yet he is blind sighted by a constant need to have money and often forgets the needs of his family. Walter starts out the book in a

In the beginning of the play, Walter is portrayed as a very selfish and inconsiderate individual, as stated previously. The main reason behind this is because of the money that Mama was receiving from her husband’s death. Walter has always had the dream of being a businessman by owning his very own liquor store and because of that, it allowed his actions to get the best of him. Walter became very obsessed with the money rather than prioritizing his own family and their emotions/needs. As the play progresses, Walter continues to make unethical decisions that end up tearing his family apart as well as making his current situation worse than it already is.

During rough times, Walter tended to lash out on his family more often,”You tired, ain’t you? Tired of everything. Me, the boy, the way we live - this beat-up hole - everything”(). Walter tries so hard to provide for his family, becoming cynical in the process. Walter frequently lashed out on Ruth, treating her like a punching bag,“Just for a second – stirring them eggs. Just for a second it was – you looked real young again...It’s gone now – you look like yourself again!”(). In another eruption, Walter once again, ridicules Ruth by stating,”That’s it. There you are. Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His woman say: Eat your eggs.Man say: I got to take hold of this here world, baby! And a woman will say: Eat your eggs and go to work. Man say: I got to change my life, I’m choking to death, baby! And his woman say – Your eggs is getting cold!”(). The frequency in which he ridicules his family is an indication of his perception of them and also signifies his aforementioned self-esteem

Walter Lee Younger’s yearn for wealth ultimately results in a difficult decision for his family. In the play, Walter expresses his desires to his son, Travis, in a very important scene that was left out of the movie. Without the interaction of Walter and Travis, the importance of money is not recreated in the movie as it was in the play. In A Raisin in the Sun, the Youngers are forced to choose between financial stability or five generations of pride. As in the play, Leon kept the same idea as Hansberry by allowing the Youngers to be prideful (A Raisin in the

At the beginning of the story, you see that Walter a very selfish about many things. Selfish about his dream of owning a liquor store, to just caring about the money, he shows very selfish traits. He doesn’t care for the rest of the family dreams as well. Beneatha wants to attend college to become a doctor, Mama wants to buy a house, but all Walter only cares about himself. At the end of the book, we see him become a more selfless character.

This is plainly seen as Mama asks on page “Son, how come you talk so much ‘about money?’ and Walter replies, “Because it is life, Mama!” and he proceeds to say “It was always money, Mama. We just didn’t know about it.” After this is said there is a realization that Walter’s intentions aren’t so much to support his family, but he is driven by money, for money.

Showing his frustration to his mother, Walter does not feel like he will ever acquire his dream because he feels like he never got the chance or opportunity to. The inability of not able to provide a better life for his household is causing him to stress, act out of character and clouding his decision making. With nowhere else to turn he thought he could use his father’s life insurance money to invest into a liquor store which turned into a scam. Walter feeling trapped from making advancements in life, he makes a huge mistake and learns from this error. In the play Walter is talking to mother describing his anger,