It’s All Mine
Selfish. Unrealistic. Greedy. A man who wants to do nothing else but invest some money into a business to better his life and will do anything in his power to do so. He will hurt the ones he loves in the process, but will they ever forgive him? Lorraine Hansberry, author of A Raisin in the Sun, portrays a story of a poor, African American family, the Youngers, who receives a lot of money from their father/husband's insurance but they all have different plans for it. A self-centered, impractical man named Walter Lee Younger wants to use his Mama’s money to keep for himself to buy a liquor store. The money means everything to him and he will do anything to get a hold of it but will it risk his family’s future?
A small, crowded apartment that resides in Southside Chicago inhabits the Younger family in which they call home. Lena, a well respected mother of Walter and Beneatha, waits for money from her deceased husband’s insurance. Her hopes after receiving the money is to buy a nice home where the
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Ambition and determination are examples of his strengths. He shows this by sticking with his plan to finance the insurance money and using the money to become successful. Once he can own the liquor store, he will then be able to support his family the way he intends to. On the other hand, Walter shows signs of being selfish and greedy. He puts his own wants first and does not pay attention to what the family actually needs. As Walter starts to head for the door, Ruth indignantly says “I got something to talk to you about, Walter.” Walter, without stopping, says “That’s too bad” (71). He ignores his wife’s request to talk just so he can go to the bar to drink. Little does he know it was about Ruth and her being pregnant. Furthermore, the Younger family, especially Mama, wants to live in their own house with more room for all of them. Unfortunately, Walter pushes his mom’s dream aside to get to his