... then to tell him he needs to sit down and talk to his wife, which is more important, because she's family (A Raisin in the Sun, 869). Mama notices also how Walter and Ruth's relationship is uncertain (A Raisin in the Sun, 855) which is why she wants him to talk to Ruth about her pregnancy ... the family's values by deceiving them into thinking that he did the responsible thing with the money, what the family wanted done with money. He fooled Mama into believing he was grown up and could become the head of the family. When the family learned of his mistake, the family became away of wha...

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... 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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... selfish man to a selfless one is his mother. Walter, through the guilt he felt after hurting his mother, grew up and took responsibility for his family. Mama is a very strong character in this play. She is the keystone to the Younger family's metaphorical bridge. Being Walter's mother, she has authority over him ... of her family and buys them a house. Walter, who believed that the money would go towards his dream to buy the liquor store, is crushed. Mama, seeing that Walter is depressed, tells him, "I'm telling you to be the head of this family from now on like you supposed to be" ....

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... has not gone to work in three days. This is news to Ruth who gets very mad. Walter tells her where he's been going. After listening to him Mama decides to give Walter some of the money. She paid 35 hundred on the house so there was only 65 hundred left. She handed Walter all of it and ... told him to put 3 thousand in savings for Berneathas schooling and the rest was his. Scene three: It is moving day at the Youngers small apartment and everyone is in a good mood. Ruth is telling Berneatha about how different Walter has been acting. They have been going out and ... can only imagine how...

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... the money in a liquor store. His sister, Beneatha, wants to use the money to finish school, so she can pursue her life as a doctor. Mama would rather use the money to buy a home and leave their run down house in the ghetto. Their frustration is obtained from their dreams being deferred ... store: WALTER: You wouldn't understand yet, son, but your daddy's gonna make a transaction a business transaction that's going to change our lives That's how come one day when you 'bout seventeen years old I'll come home I'll pull the car up on the driveway just a plain black Chrysler, I think, with wh...

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... Walter Younger after a harsh realization that his dream of a liquor store and a fancy, leisurely life have been demolished. Mama and Ruth face more realistic dreams, and strive to one day have a happy family. Mama exuberantly tells Travis that "She went out and bought you a house! (91)- as she wants more than anything ... to see her family smiling and happy. Mama Lena is willing to risk prejudice in order to provide a comfortable ... life; she was a poor lady who had little money, lived in poverty, and was widowed. Mama comments "We ain't no business people Ruth. We just plain working fo...

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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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