Why Is Walter Younger Dreams

In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Walter Younger wants to be a “real man”. His dream is to become successful in business and make his family rich. However, when all his money is stolen, he becomes very pessimistic, abandoning the ideas of morality and dignity. At the end of the play, his son Travis inspires him to value his family’s pride over materialism. Over the course of the play, Walter’s view of manhood changes from someone wealthy and successful to a person who has pride and believes in human dignity.

The last theme is the impossibility of dreams. Most of the characters dream of a

The Younger family scrapes through life, each person searching for their own version of the American Dream. Walter clings to the original American Dream of being successful, even if that means going against his mother’s wishes. Mama wants a house for her family, this dream causes her to not fully support Walter’s dream. Walter holds on to his dream of being successful and nothing less, however Mama only wants a home for her family, meaning “Her dream is unacceptable to Walter, who will have nothing less than the complete American Dream, since her version of it only amounts to surviving, not living in the fullest sense” (Washington 94). Their dreams are so different and Mama struggles to support Walter’s risky dream of becoming successful through opening a liquor store. Finally out of the goodness of her heart, Mama gives him the remaining part of the insurance money to start his business, however Walter loses this money to a dirty friend. Thus causing pain to not only himself, but also his family. Barriers and issues constantly block or prevent him and his family from attaining the wealth and success that Walter desires so greatly.

In A Raisin in the Sun, by Loraine Hansberry, each character views the world in extremely varying manners. Upon first meeting the Youngers the traits of ambition, fulfillment, and longing are all present within the family. Each character takes on a unique world view, and their varying perspectives often clash. From the very beginning of the play, Walter argues with his wife Ruth over matters of money. These battles for power and control are regular occurrences in the Younger household. The most significant of these battles is between Mama and Walter. In the initial sections of the play, most of these arguments revolve around Mama’s recently acquired money. Walter and Mama have opposing perspectives on how to spend the money. Walter believes

Imagery in The Raisin In The Sun displays uniquely to distinguishes each feeling or reaction proceeding to the characters. The reader gets more of a better image of situation, actions and feelings as illustrated “Mama: Son do you know your wife is expecting another baby? (Walter stands stunned and absorbs what his mother has said.) That’s what she wanted to talk to you about…” (Act 1 Scene 2 Page:1568.) With this image you can examine him feel so much emotion Walter at that time. The imagery of him just sitting there blank as stone, the feeling of anguish, speechlessness and surprised with the news that may seem as bad news giving him the image of unhappiness. Furthermore, it exposes the possibility to be a restriction Walters dream and the families dream as said according to Mama: “Mama: I'm waiting to see you stand up and look like your daddy and says we done giving up nary another one… I'm waiting.” This is a big interpretation towards the American Dream that they needed money but it was a load of work to provide enough for Travis and the baby. It consumes the part of Walter that he can't explain with money, it was his one and only chance to use properly for himself. In Addition, Walter is not just being selfish but he is just seeing the outcomes of his dream be put down. Then again there was also a big huge family that was living in the house; in which was also needing to provide Mama but she expected more from her son, to be wise enough to choose between the right and

One can see the difference in dreams with the Younger family. Lena dreams to have little home with garden, to breath fresh air, to feel the sun and hear the birds. Beneatha wants to find her place in the world, she is striving to become a doctor and being independent, but can’t seem to find where she belongs as an educated independent black women, she thinks finding her roots in Africa will give her what she needs. Ruth just wants more space, to not be living on top of each other, to have more to show for her and her family’s hard work. She is elated when Lena buys a house “Well – well! – All I can say is – if this is my time in life – MY TIME – to say good-bye – to these goddamned cracking walls! – and these marching roaches! – and this cramped little closet which ain’t now or never was no kitchen! . . . then I say it loud and good, HALLELUJAH! AND GOOD-BYE MISERY . . . I DON’T NEVER WANT TO SEE YOUR UGLY FACE AGAIN!” Walter is the big dreamer, he doesn’t want the humble dream of a little house and a yard, he wants it all, and he wants to be rich, like George and his father, he feels that if he has it all he will have no worries, unlike how he constantly worries

A Raisin in the Sun is a drama that is a “Man vs. Society” type story. Walter Younger is the protagonist of the story even though he isn’t a traditional hero, evident by him stealing Beneatha’s college fund. Almost every protagonist is sympathetic, just because they are put in the spotlight and the audience wants to sympathise with him or her. Walter is the man and the societal issue he

Mama concerns herself only with the fact that she and her family will own the house, and not have to dwell in the tired, old apartment on Chicago's Southside. In a sense, Mama's dream has "crust[ed] and sugar[ed] over like a sugary sweet" (Hughes Lines 7-8). Her dream has changed to fit the circumstances she must cope with. The character of Mama represents those who do not shrivel up and die just because their dream does.

With the insurance money coming it gives a sense of wonder in the younger family. The money gives sparks to new and old dream because with the money coming. Members in the younger family might be able to obtain those dreams for themselves. Mama’s dream is buying a house and moving out of that overcrowded , one bathroom apartment . While at the same time having a healthy loving family . As she tells Ruth one day “Been thinking that we maybe could meet the notes on a little old two-story somewhere… we use part of the insurance money for a down payment” ( Act I , Scene 1). Once the insurance money comes in Mama’s clinches her dream and buy that house. When she tells Walter, Ruth, and Beneatha she gets mixed emotions when Mama says “ What you you think your grandma done with that money?... She went out and bought a house” ( Act II , Scene 2). When Mama buys the house she is getting more than just a house. She is getting her family back to, even though Walter was mad she spent the money. By buying the house she obtains her american dream of buying that two story house and because of Mama buying the house her family will become closer together because of

The first evident theme presented in the novel is the nature of dreams. The role of dreams gives people a sense of the meaning of life. Human beings create dreams for their life and their future; without dreams, humans are left with little to no connection

What makes a person make a good choice or a bad choice? What influences that person? Is it the people around that person? These are all questions to wonder about, and in the end of the script it is all answered. Walter in “A Raisin in The Sun,” by Lorraine Hansbery, is a character surrounded by women who do not understand him. Over the course of the story, Walter makes many choices that change their lives in the story, because of Ruth, Beneatha, and Mama.

“Check coming today?” The Life Insurance check that Mama will soon be receiving is the source of all the dreams in the Younger family. A major argument that Lorraine Hansberry makes in her play A Raisin in the Sun is the importance of dreams. Dreams are what each member of the Younger family is driven by. Mama wants to have her own home in a nice part of town; she does not want her children growing up in a place with rats. Walter wants to have a successful business so he can surpass the poverty that has plagued his family. And Beneatha wants to get a good education, become a doctor, and marry a nice man. Dreams are especially important to the Younger family as they come from a poverty laden family and desire to live the “American Dream.”

I believe that the book has the same theme as the poem, because I get a theme about dreams, whether it be forgotten dreams, or dreams that are still being followed at that time in the play, because grandma Lena Younger, talks about when she and her late husband first moved into that runned down apartment, back when it was brand new, she reminisced about how their move their, was only temporary at the time, looking back on it now, it wasn’t so temporary after all, but the plan was to only stay their for a year, a year was all it took for them to save up for a better house they thought, but that dream didn’t go as planned, and walter I believe the father name was, his dream of opening a store, a liquor store, his dream that circled around, and

All of the significant characters in the play have dreams. Walter wants to start a business in order to better support his family. Beneatha, his sister, wants to get an education to become a doctor. Mama and Ruth want their family to be happy. They all believe that their lack of money is holding them back, so when they receive the insurance check they believe they will finally be able to achieve them.

In the book, “A Raisin in the Sun”, the family is faced with many challenges. Between gender, discrimination, family, social classes, and the very unique American dream, conflictions surfaced and began to become bigger problems. At the end of the book, the Youngers moved out of their apartment. But, we did not know what the future held for this family. If the Youngers stayed in the old apartment they were living in, they would revert back to their old habits. “Who’s fighting you? Who even cares about you?” (Pg.32). In this quote, Walter talks about his wife’s importance. He shows how vulnerable he was and took out all his anger on her. This quote relates to reverting back to their old habits because Walter and Ruth would continue to complain about how they see no change coming for them to work for.