How Does Walter Affect A Raisin In The Sun

The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry has many interesting characters. In my opinion, the most fascinating character is Ruth because of her many emotions and captivating personality. She goes through extreme emotions in the play such as happiness, sadness, anger, stress, and confusion. Ruth is very independent, firm, kind, witty, and loving.

“A Raisin In The Sun” is a play in which Lorraine Hansberry, the author, shows on how money can have a major effect on many people’s lives. Walter, the main character, experiences on how the theme Money and Mortality has affected his own life. In the play “A Raisin In The Sun” Lorraine Hansberry uses certain characters to show the theme Money and Mortality, such as Walter, Beneatha and Mama.

A Raisin in the Sun is a drama that is a “Man vs. Society” type story. Walter Younger is the protagonist of the story even though he isn’t a traditional hero, evident by him stealing Beneatha’s college fund. Almost every protagonist is sympathetic, just because they are put in the spotlight and the audience wants to sympathise with him or her. Walter is the man and the societal issue he

The Raisin in the Sun is about an African American family who live in Southside Chicago in the 1950’s. In that time period, African American families typically didn’t have nice houses, good jobs, or a lot of money. The family of five in the book live in a two-bedroom apartment with a bathroom that’s down the hallway that they have to share with other families in the building. This causes a lot of tension and issues since they can never really get away from one another. These issues help develop some of the plot in The Raisin in the Sun and develops some of the character’s personalities and how significant they are in the play. Most of the characters in A Raisin in the Sun By Lorriane Hansberry that make influence in the story. The two

The 1960’s were a harsh time for African Americans and females. A Raisin in the Sun which was written by Lorraine Hansberry shows this very well by introducing different characters that represent different values during the time. The play involves an African American family that is struggling to survive with the way that their situation is. The characters shown throughout the play introduce key ideas from the 1960’s. The characters also introduce different contrasts that can be analyzed. The play also introduces an interesting topic on dignity. The three big points to analyze are the characters in the play, the contrast between characters, and the importance of dignity.

He is on the most important characters that influenced the plot because of his deportment in the scenes the class has read, deportment is his behavior and manners. Walter became very selfish, he believed that he should have a say with what happens with the insurance money, which accumulates several problems between Walter and all the other characters in the house. In fact, there is a great deal of hostility between Walter, Ruth, and Mama. Walters actions have even threatened Ruth and his marriage. It shows that, as a character Walter is becoming shallow and he is losing family value. In one of his arguments between him and Ruth, Walter exclaimed, “and you turn mine too, baby! That was my biggest mistake.” In these two short sentences Walter is telling Ruth that is biggest mistake was marrying her. With Walter saying this leaves the question, that will Walter and Ruth remain married or are their problems larger than they

In life people have ups and downs; the characters in A Raisin in the Sun experience many highs and many lows. Throughout the story there are many decisions that the characters toss around and debate. Mama, the mother of the family, receives $10,000 which is a very large sum of money for their family. It is up to Mama to decide where the money should go. The Characters in the story developed and their true desires are shown through the choices they make. The characters are faced with many obstacles and these hurdles reveal their character and help to shape the overall plot. In Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, the struggle to overcome oppression in order to actualize one’s dream is revealed through the character developement of Walter, Beneatha, and Mama.

Walter is the protagonist; however, although he does not appear to be a hero in the traditional sense of the word, he is the person who the drama revolves around. The play changes Walter dramatically. At the end, Mama says about him; "He finally come into his manhood today, didn't he? Kind of like a rainbow after the rain."

A Raisin in the Sun is an excellent example of distinctive character’s and conflict. Walter Younger and Ruth have no values to share together to help them appreciate one another. To a significant point, no view of possible solutions to their problems as they both find no peace in society. Walter accepts what he believes in the world is presented to him. At first, he does not wish to change his position.

This causes him to make mental jumps when working on a case and as a result, not everything he says makes sense. Walter easily becomes obsessed with a piece of music or food or a location because he is trying to remember something that someone removed from his mind. Walter is easily irritable because of his extreme intelligence and the fact that no one quickly believes him. Once he has the solution he is adamant that he is right which he generally is, leading to him rudely arguing with Olivia and Peter until they take him seriously. Walter is relentless and loyal. In every case, he never stops searching for a solution, doing everything he can think of to try to save people. If his plan involves a dangerous role, he likely will not tell anyone and carry out that role alone. Walter is not usually very courteous towards other people. His intentions are to help people but he often overlooks simple common

In chapter 8 Walter wanted to see the world around him like all the other writers but he couldn’t. It all just looked the same as always. In chapter 9 Walter passed the 7th and the 8th grade in one year. Also he had problems outside of school he had no friends really he had blocked himself out from the world even his family. In chapter 10 Walters’s grandfather went blind and had to move in with them.

Closing eyes as one listens to this song, they may picture Walter Lee singing it to Ruth. The first lyric of “say I don’t look much like a lover, doesn't mean that I won't try [to] set your world on fire” really shadows Walter in the way that in the first scene he didn’t act like a loving husband. He snapped, teased, and went against Ruth's intentions. So as almost like an apology, this lyric explains to Ruth that he knows he hasn't been acting like a good husband, but now he is “trying the best that [he] can.” Ruth also mentions in this scene that they haven’t talked about the baby she is supposed to be having and once Mama mentions this to walter, he may have thought the lyric of “sick of leaving things have done, leaving things half said” himself. There were many ties between Ruth and Walter in this scene that were broken and I think this song could exemplify what Walter could be feeling, instead of actually saying aloud.

In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry there are six characters who take place in the play most of the time; Ruth Younger (Wife), Travis Younger (Son), Walter Lee Younger (Husband/brother), Beneatha Younger (sister), Lena Younger (Mama) and Joseph Asagai (African guy). The Youngers are a poor African- American family that live in the South Side of Chicago and they have personal family struggles daily.

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a complex story about the struggles a family of five face while living in a tiny apartment on the southside of Chicago, post-civil war. Ruth, Walter, Mama, and Beneatha all seem to be struggling with the same issue disappointment. Ruth is disappointed in her husband. While Walter is disappointed with his failure of success, Mama is disappointed with her children. Whereas, Beneatha seems to be disappointed with the world.

This makes George want to be distant from him because whenever he wants to start a conversation, Walter will only reprimand what he says, and yell at him in a harsh tone. This makes their relationship very void and distant, so that they would end up not wanting to be around each other. If Walter keeps persistently arguing and bossing his family around, hey will not want to have anything to do with him. As a result, this will put a permanent gap in between their relationship.