Greedy In Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

Shallow. Greedy. Naive. A man who is only concerned in making money will ignore anything in his way of reaching his goal. But how far will he go? In A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry shows us what life was like in the 1950s for a man only looking to make money. Walter Lee Younger, a selfish, money hungry and naive person whose dream is to own a liquor business would do anything to succeed. As the end approaches, he came to realize how he was manipulated by his so called business partners. Walter’s dream of opening a business slowly faded away. The Younger family lives in Chicago in the 1950s. For a family of five, they lived in a tiny apartment. The family has big dreams. Mama dreams of owning her own home and keeping her family together. On the other hand, Walter nearly destroys his relatives because of his dream of owning a liquor store. Walter’s sister Beneatha wants to break everyday stereotypes and become a doctor. Ruth, Walter’s wife, puts her dream of having her own home aside in order to be support her husband's dream. Without a doubt, Walter puts himself before anyone and anything else. Walter, a father

He starts off as a greedy, naive, and shallow man. A man who only cares about his dream of being an owner of a liquor store. Time goes to show how much of a naive man he is by giving the money mama gave him to his business partners who ended up taking it all for themselves. As time goes on and mistakes have been made, Walter comes to realize that his family means more to him rather than making a ton of money in which he dreams about. Without a doubt, Walter still cares about making money, but he has come to the terms that he needs to think about his actions. By the time the end of the play approaches, we see Walter as more of a family guy and a less selfish