... lucrative albeit shady business deals concerning liquor store with his friends Bobo and Willy Harris. Beneatha wants to use it to become a doctor. Neither Ruth nor Mama has any real wish for the money other then groceries and the welfare of the others. Both Beneatha and Walter hotly contest who has more right to ... does not think that he should get the money. This is a constant struggle and it takes their focus away from other important maters such as Ruth's pregnancy. Mama puts a stop to this by doing something sensible. She buys a house in Cleburne Park, an all white neighborhood! Th...

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... which could possibly fulfil each one of their dreams. Hansberry demonstrates how the Younger family endures their deferred dreams mainly through the characters of Walter, Mama (Lena), and Beneatha. When a family faces deferred dreams, it can cause rising tempers amongst the family, defiant attitudes, and great sadness. Early ... because she doesn't necessarily support his dream of investing the ten thousand dollars in the liquor business. Ruth refuses to help Walter coerce Mama into giving him the insurance money for the investment. Walter seemingly a good man confesses to his wife Ruth ...

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... with Walter, his wife and boy. Walter's wife Ruth "Ruby Dee" is an emotionally resilient wife, and Travis "Stephen Perry" is Walter's and Ruth's child. Mama uses part of the money to put a down payment on a house. She wants to set aside 3,000 dollars of the money for Beneatha's college education. She decides ... first started the sun was shining in the window it was a start of a new day. When it was gloomy out the window everybody was depressed then at the end when they are taking out the furniture to move Mama holds her hand by the window and the sun shines on her hand and leaves a .....

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... . The leaders of each section were depicted by their attitude towards life and desire to put the family in different positions. These people were Mama, Walter, and Beneatha. Mama is the leader of one way of thinking, she desires the family to be together and for the Youngers to be one strong unit. ... . Even though his intensions were good, him being a partner in a liquor store would only make his drinking worse, and him dealing with drunks all day would make him grow farther away from the family. At least he was making an effort to get the family economically right. Unlike his sister Ben...

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... scene, Beneatha made a point how she feels about a person on the inside. She felt others including Mama needed to understand that she looks beyond the surface of people. According to the text page 756, she explains to Mama: "Oh I just mean I couldn't ever be serious about George. He's-he's so shallow." Ruth replies ... proves her point about looking beyond the surface. Beneatha does not want to be in a relationship with George simply because he can support her. However Mama and Ruth have a difficult time understanding her point of view. If anyone could see where the Youngers came from it...

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... than one person come true, while dreams that are only for personal reasons, don't. In the story a lower class African American family tries to get by through everyday life. One day Momma gets a ten thousand-dollar check from her insurance company. Each member of the family has his or her own idea of what will be done with the money. Walter ... dreams though, and no matter what some of her family members say she will become a doctor, and she will push herself until her dream is fulfilled." To go to Africa, Mama- be a doctor in Africa"(150). Momma Younger has perhaps the largest and most ...

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• Grade Level: High School