Character Analysis of Walter in “A Raisin in the Sun” Throughout this play you really see the Younger family go through a lot. You can really see them at their highest points and their lowest. Also‚ you can see them go through changes in their personal lives and personalities. The most prominent character where you see these changes is Walter Lee Younger. He is just a man that wants what he feels is best for his family and he is willing to pretty much do whatever he has to do to achieve his dream
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cause breaks in relationships. Walter causes a break in his relationship with Mama‚ his mother‚ when his dream of opening a successful liquor store does not come true. Walter is a main character in A Raisin in the Sun‚ who lives with his wife‚ Ruth‚ sister‚ Beneatha‚ and son‚ Travis‚ in a small apartment in Chicago. Walter has always had a dream of opening a successful liquor store but that one dream causes pain for many members of his family. For instance‚ when Walter finds out that his mother spent
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came he talked out the side of his mouth because he had been in jail so long. Walter and a couple of his friends knew a kid named Richard Aisles who hurt his eyes over that summer so then they decided to try to hang Richard. Then when they was about to hang Richard Reverend Abbott walked in the basement of the church and he was shocked because what he saw . Mrs. Conway called Walter a very bad boy‚ so on in class Walter liked to read his comic books during class. After Mrs. Conaway ripped up Walter’s
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going to receive a check for 10‚000 and the family is ecstatic for its arrival. Walter Lee Younger is the most dynamic character in the book. Walter’s character develops from materialistic and greedy‚ to the man that his family wants him to be‚ a leader of the household who values them more than anything. Lorraine Hansberry demonstrates Walter’s growth through the use of characterization. In the first scene‚ Walter and Mama are discussing his dream of opening the liquor store. Not surprisingly
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that Mama has a large check coming from her late husband’s life insurance. This excitement starts to create a large uproar of arguments in the family. The arguments ranged from Walter and Ruth to Mama and Walter to
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The Sun‚ Walter is a man just like many others; he has a job‚ a family‚ and he also has ambitions in life just like anybody else. Walter is not the only one in his family that has ambitions‚ almost everybody else in his family have ambitions as well. These ambitions created conflicts between family members after they all found out that Walter’s mother (Lena) have been settled by an insurance company for the death of her husband‚ and she is about to obtain a large sum of money. Walter was already
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Name:______________________________________________ Date: ______________ A Raisin in the Sun: ACT I Study Guide Questions 1. According to Mama‚ how would Walter’s father feel about Walter? Disappointed and ashamed 2. What are all the Youngers waiting for? The life insurance check ($10‚000) 3. What do Mama and Walter argue about? They argue about what to do with the check/liquor store. 4. What is the Younger home like? Small‚ overcrowded‚ apartment living‚ worn
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arguments and complaining. Walter and Ruth get into conflicts all of the time‚ and then there is Walter and Mama with their struggle for the money. These are just some of the conflicts in this story. The generation gap poses problems between Mama‚ Walter‚ and Beneatha. Mama has stuck to her same values ever since she was a child. She is the oldest women in the apartment‚ and is the wisest. She controls the household at the beginning of the play but then hands her control down to Walter by giving him the
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roadside stand in Buena Park‚ California. In the 1920’s Walter Knott was an unsuccessful farmer from Pomona‚ California who came across some hybrid plants that were a cross between blackberries‚ red raspberries‚ and loganberries. Walter Knott nursed the plants and decided to name them Boysenberries after the person who claimed to have created the hybrid plants‚ Rudolph Boysen. The boysenberry was the official trademark of the Knott Family. Walter and Cordelia Knott bought 10 acres of land in Buena
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of them. All of these are typical aspirations‚ but because the Youngers are African American‚ there are also racial aspirations involved. Walter‚ Beneatha‚ and Mama are all adamant to achieve this goal‚ however‚ they fail to notice their lack of diligence towards reaching their goals. Perceiving how trust‚ loyalty‚ and money are significantly important to Walter‚ Beneatha‚ and Mama‚ the three characters let their selfishness‚ avaricious‚ and stubbornness affect their access to their American Dream
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