A Raisen in the Sun

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, which is making his family be something better than what they are. Walter Lee’s flaw is that he feels they can only achieve this through having money. Walter Younger is what you would call the protagonist in this play, he is one of the main characters and he is trying so hard to be a man and the head of his family. He just wants to show his mother that he can fill his father’s shoes and that he can provide for his family. This also causes him to be the antagonist in this play, he turns into the bad guy when he becomes so focused on his get rich quick schemes that he forgets what his mother and what his family feels is the true meaning of a man and a true head of the household. In the first act of the play you get introduced to all of the members of the family and you learn that there are five people all living in one tiny apartment and sharing one bathroom. This is not an ideal choice for any family. When you first meet Walter he is rude to everyone in his family. Walter feels disgusted with his life and how things are being lived out. He is a chauffeur to a rich white man, with no room for advancement. Walter feels like less of a man because he is always sucking up to “the man” and he feels bad that he is unable to sufficiently provide for his family. His mother and wife have to work in other people’s kitchens just to make ends meet and for them to have enough money to pay for all of the extra expenses that seem to come up. All that Walter truly wants is to