Compare And Contrast Walter And Mama In A Raisin In The Sun

`s are Walter Lee Younger and Lena Younger. In Raisin in the Sun Mama and Walter’s American dreams conflict and impact the family through materialism and desire to be the ideal American family in society.

According to Roy Disney, “When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.” This is an excellent representation of the characters in A Raisin In the Sun, all of whom have similar goals of success, but seek different pathways to that success according to their individual values. Walter knows what means a lot to him and this makes it easier for him to make his decision the end about what to do. The play A Raisin in the Sun was written by Lorraine Hansberry, in the 1950’s and takes place in Chicago surrounding the circumstances of the Younger family. When the family gets the final check of $10,000 as compensation for the head of the family’s death, Mama really thinks that for the best interest of her family that it should be used for a house, but Walter’s sees

Walter’s masculinity is being questioned in both the play and the movie. It is clear that Mama is the head of the family. Walter cannot provide for his own family and that really gets to him. He has to step up his game and he finally did when he declined Mr. Linder’s proposition.

Yessir- whatever you want to be- you name it son! And I?ll hand you the world.? (108-09). Walter?s false confidence allows him to make such a strong promise to Travis. Walter is unable to see that these things he is promising Travis quite easily may not become reality because he is solely focused on his dreams. Therefore, he believes everything he promises as a result of his dream will become a reality. Furthermore, as a result of his sole focus on dreams, Walter is unable to associate himself with decent people. The prime example of this poor association is Willy Harris. At this present time in the novel, Walter is seeing the true extent of his impaired judgment due to focus on his dreams. As he discusses his ?business transaction? with Bobo, one of his colleagues, Walter is unable to see Willy Harris for the true epitomic evil doer he is. As his evident mental block continues, Bobo gives him insight on the growing problem, ??what?s a matter with you, Walter! When a cat takes with your money he don?t leave you no road maps.?? (128). Walter is beginning to learn the consequences of trusting a malevolent man like Willy Harris. Walter is solely focused on his dreams and quite palpably, it was a mistake. His judgment is so impaired, he trusts this man with the money Mama selflessly gives to him and his sister and it instantly vanishes. Finally, Walter is unable to see he is affecting those around him because he is singularly focused on

Mothers are the people who protect us and care for us most in this world. They will do whatever they can for their children. The character of Mama in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is no exception to the multitude of mothers that would sacrifice everything for their child. Even in the midst of gaining $10,000 from which Mama can spend however she’d like she sees her family begin to fall apart before her and puts them first when spending any of the money. Mama acts as a leader of the household and acts with only their well-being in mind; she does this by buying a house for the family, giving the remaining money to her son Walter after buying the house, and allowing Beneatha to see Asagai instead of George.

Mama later states, ¨You something new, boy. You ain't satisfied or proud of nothing we done. I mean that you had a home; that we kept you out of trouble till you was grown; that you don't have to ride to work on the back of nobody's streetcar—You my children—but how different we done become¨ (Hansberry 523). Mama has done what she could to give Walter a better life, unfortunately he does not appreciate those sacrifices. Walter blames Mama for his present situation, which hurts and shows how he always finds someone to blame for what's going on.

Walter has always been so selfish for doing things for himself. He cares for his family but the things he does make it seem

Consequently driving him to lose sight of the best things in life, family. The first of walters problems is anger, anger is destructive, anger causes people to say and do things they would never think of. Walter Younger, is angry, angry at his family's lack of support, angry at his mother's role as the leader of the family, and most importantly, Walter

Walter and his family want to live a better life and Walter is going crazy to make sure it happens. This is a lot like a lot of families today, they work and work, only to settle for less. It's not like poverty is a temporary thing. It get passed down

She had put a down payment on a house in Clybourne Park. This made Walter especially angry because because Clybourne Park was a highly white neighborhood. Walter felt betrayed and in more ways than one. Walter being the oldest male in the house, considered himself the head of the house. Mama going off and fulfilling her dream instead of his made him irate. He called Mama out; “You run out lives like you want to. It was your money and you did what you wanted with it, so what you need was for me to say it was alright for? … So you butchered up a dream of mine - you - who always talkin’ ‘bout your children’s dreams” (95). Walter wanted nothing to do with Mama. He felt cheated out of what was most likely the only opportunity he would ever have to achieve his dream. At this point, Walter was absolutely uncontrollable. He started deliberately acting out as if he was a teenage boy. It did not stay that way long though. Eventually, Walter went back to normal, but only after Mama did something that may have not been the best idea. Mama ended up giving Walter the last sixty-two hundred dollars that had not been spent. Walter instantly changed. He

From that moment on Walter keeps getting more and more controlling. For example, he tries to make Jesse stay in the meth operation by manipulating him saying he will not get his money if he leaves. Overall, the characters all seem to be hiding different secrets from each other all while protecting those they love without getting caught and going to jail for life. These people are

The relationship between Mama and Walter is the most important to the play. Mama often accuses Walter on the loss of his family values, saying he is ‘a disgrace to your father’s memory’ (A.1S.2). Mama takes the power away from Walter at this point, showing that despite the man being

Mama is one of the main characters of the story. She has worked very hard and has committed her

Mama is a character that knows what she wants. Like she knows what’s best for a family without having to ask anybody suggestions which makes her most important character. The other characters don’t really know what they may what. Like the for example the three adults are showing that they don’t know

When she denies him the money for the store, he responds, “You tell that to my boy tonight when you put him to sleep on the living-room couch” (I.ii.). Walter uses this form of pathos so that he can persuade his mother for the money. He wants his mother to understand that with this money he can finally become the man of the house and provide for his family.