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A Raisin In The Sun Walter Transformation Essay

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Yan Oiveira
Ms. Orbe
English 1
5 January 2023
Walter’s Transformation
Sometimes money can brainwash people into thinking it's the thing that matters the most. This idea is shown in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry as Walter is trying to convince Mama to give him the insurance money. Although Mama has denied Walter’s request many times and had made it clear she wasn’t going to give him the money. Walter kept insisting because for him it was what mattered the most. Over the course of the story, Walter is dynamic because he changes from being selfish and money hungry to finally starting to make better decisions for his family.
In the beginning of the play Walter was selfish and was going crazy when the insurance money arrived. In …show more content…

In the play, Walter would get angry and go out to drink and come home drunk. That changed when Mama appeased and gave him the money. In the text Mama says,” I want you to take this money and take three thousand dollars and put it in a savings account for Beneatha’s medical schooling. The rest you put in a checking account with your name on it” (Hansberry 107). This shows though Mama gave Walter the money she gave him specific directions in what to do with half of it. That it was going into Beaneatha’s medical schooling. So, throughout the play Walter got really happy when Mama gave him the insurance money but he was selfish and irresponsible in spending it all in the liquid …show more content…

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