A Raisin In The Sun Quote Analysis

How would you feel if your dreams were crushed by your own family? In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, “A Raisin in the Sun,” the Younger family was expecting a check that could possibly change their life. At the beginning of the play, Walter was furious and wanted the check to invest in his little liquor store but by the end of the play, Walter kept his cool and realized that family was more important to him. At the beginning of the play, Walter wants to run a liquor store with the insurance money from Mama’s husband passing. When obstacles like his family not having trust in him. get in the way, Walter reacts by becoming more and more depressed. according to the text, “Yea. you see,this little liquor store we got in mind cost seventy-five thousand

In the middle of the play, Walter is desperate for that money back because of a sad and horrendous betrayal by Walter's friends. Walter reacts by becoming more angry and desperate, which makes him lose dignity. For example, for what? What do you want to see him for? We are going to do business with him.” This quote explains how bad he wants the money back. Additionally, the text says, “You talking about taking people's money to keep us from moving in that house.” This piece of evidence further explains how mad Walter is for them to keep them out of their future home. At the end of the play, Walter gets betrayed by his so-called friends, taking money from Walter and leaving. This makes Walter mad and breaks out of character by screaming and tearing up a bit. Near the end, he finally realized he wanted to be the man of the house that his family needed. His dreams changed from the beginning of the play because he soon found out that no circumstance should ever allow you to lose your pride. The text states, ”I'm going to feel fine,