Every day, I think to myself, how could I make myself a better person? Well, it can differ based on where one stands in life. For example, it is uncommon to meet someone who has reached their maximum potential during their younger years. This is also known as a lack of self-actualization. Though children don't usually make it to this level, it can happen in adults as well. In this case, I chose Walter to demonstrate a lack of self-actualization because throughout Lorraine Hansberry's book that takes place on the south side of Chicago, people who have not achieved the lower levels of Maslow's theory of Hierarchy of needs (Walter Younger) cannot fulfill his/her own needs or their family's needs. Therefore, In Lorraine Hansberry's play “A Raisin in the Sun,” Walter demonstrates a lack of self-actualization illustrating that a self-centered person cannot fulfill their dreams without acknowledging and taking consideration of their children's dreams.
By learning and reading about Walter's life and how he interprets it, I have come to realize that his egotistical way of thinking is shown in a way that he like things to go his way and doesn't acknowledge other and their ideas. For example, he mumbles to himself: “We one group of men tied to a race of women with small minds” (Hansberry 35)! As a response to Ruth while he
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Walter regains almost all of the levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs but still seeks self-actualizations as he continues to be more open minded in the future. This creates the effect of how the family will be more successful. If it weren't for Mama and her talk with Walter, there may not have possibly been a future where the family as a whole could achieve maximum potential and full