Raisin In The Sun Ruth Character Analysis

Ruth, Walter's wife, was pregnant when her husband was in a great despair. Although Walter lost the money and also her dream, Ruth forgave him and encouraged him to start everything over. Ruth, whose dream was to be wealthy and to have a fine family, calmly accepted the fact that her dream was only a dream. . Like Ruth and Walter, we initially think that any offer of cash is a blessing for the Youngers because it represents a chance to abandon their dingy apartment and begin a new life.

During "After the War", Ruth and the others travel throughout Europe and across the sea in an attempt to smuggle a group of orphaned children to Palestine, where they hope to build a Jewish homeland. At the end of their journey, Ruth has not only helped in getting herself as well as a large group of children, to freedom. With the help of Saul, Zvi and many other strong characters she meets along the way ,Ruth has also gone from full of despair and anger to rediscovering hope.

     Ruth’s dream is to improve her family’s lifestyle and move into a house where she can raise Travis and the new baby. To realize her dreams she should not put everyone else’s wants and needs in front of hers all of the time. She should express her feelings more often so that her family will listen and help her to reach her goals. The play supports this view by showing how Ruth often neglects her feelings and pays great attention to her family’s feelings, wants, and needs.

In Igbo culture, twins are an abomination and must be left to die in the evil forest after birth (Achebe 65). Although Okonkwo, the main character of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, does not have a twin, he and Walter Lee, from A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, are similar characters who have similar experiences. Both Okonkwo and Walter feel pressure from society to be someone, but on their journey of becoming the ideal person, both lose something important like reputation or morality and eventually fall apart.

Ruth will go beyond her way get make her family happy. She started working more hours to make everything happen for them. One day Mamma give Walter half of the money, but she said to put three thousand in the saving for Beneatha’s school but Water didn’t listen but he put the whole 6,500. Ruth and Mamma were very upset but what happen happen already. In the book Ruth say “ I don’t know what it is- but he needs something I can’t give him anymore”(Hansberry, pg.85). Ruth relationship this quote shows the tension and misunderstanding of Ruth and Walter in their relationship. Ruth shows that she honestly doesn't know what to do to help their relationship. When Walter did that mistake by butting all the money to store it became a big problem to the family. Ruth family poor financial situation has to double as a housewife and working mother. Both Ruth and her husband Walter are frustrated with their lives, and their marriage is in trouble. Now Ruth has to find some type of job to cover the house bills and everything else. Ruth and Walter finally found a day to go out and she was telling everyone about it. She said “Lord, that man – don’t changed so ‘round here. You know – you know what we did last night? Me and Walter Lee?…(Smiling to herself) We went to the movies. (Looking at BENEATHA to see if she understands). We went to the movies. You know the last time me and Walter went to the movies together?BENEATHA No. RUTH Me

The Importance of Minor Characters in Raisin in the Sun In the play Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry, minor character play and extremely important part in the storyline. From influencing main characters to make choices, criticizing them, reminding them of where they came from, and reflecting the environment of the 1950’s in America, these minor characters are crucial for making this play interesting and historical.

Meet Ruth (name of pictured playby), a woman born into the elite mulatto class of Haiti that was created during France's control over the island. Her family uprooted and moved to Louisianna when she was twelve. This whole change became a major culture shock as the fmaily quickly realized they were no longer at the top of the racial or economical food chain. Her father had his own plans for how he was going to make it and the family once again ended up with more than enough money. Due to her parents encouragement, Ruth began a woman against the world sort of compaign as she found herself running into almost every bussiness possible. Her three main focuses became talent mangement, jazz singing, and land ownership.

Walter has to stand his ground against Ruth to prove that he is a father figure for Travis as he is maturing. This proves that Walter's driving force to be the head of the family is Travis. Overall,

Character analysis A Raisin in The Sun My character analysis will be about Beneatha. She is the younger sister of Walter Lee Younger. She also resides in the same house as her brother. At the beginning of the play, she is confident and acts as if she is smarter than everyone else.

Being a chauffeur was not a job that Walter was happy or proud to be doing. Ruth, Walter’s wife, worked in other people's houses taking care of their children. In the beginning of the play when Ruth is feeling sick Mama suggest that Ruth does not go to work but Ruth refuses because she is afraid of losing her job (Enter quote if needed). Since African Americans were not part of a high social class it was easy for them to lose their jobs, they were considered replaceable since there were some many other people looking for employment. Walter also faces losing his job when he fails to show up to work for three days straight, which resulted in his boss calling the Youngers and threatening his job( ENTER QUOTE IF NEEDED).Throughout the play Walter talks, on multiple occasions, of opening up liquor

Secondly, during the play Ruth is shown as a housewife who takes care of their son Travis, and is always cooking and cleaning for Walter. A prime example of Ruth is just being a lady who serves her man is when Walter is having George over and he tells her “ Why don’t you offer this man some refreshment. They don’t know how to entertain people in this house, man” (Hansberry 1488). Since Walter works all day driving around, he feels empowered to belittle his wife, and view her as a servant. Thus setting the expectation that women are just supporting roles to their husbands, and are meant to cater to the needs of the husband. Moreover, Ruth is relied on to get Walter and Travis ready for work and school. “Will someone listen to me today!” (Hansberry 1481). Ruth is therefore the caregiver for the family; she is heavily depended on to support her family, while her husband complains about getting the money to open up a liquor store with his friends or about driving his “white” boss around everywhere and being jealous because he isn't successful.

First, Ruth, is one of the women in the house who changes Walter’s decisions in the story. Her relationship towards him is poor. Ruth nags at the beginning, saying “Eat your eggs Walter” (Hansberry 34). This angers him because she repeats it multiple times throughout, not understanding him, showing their strained relationship. Ruth is also shown to not be on Walter’s side on multiple occasions. For example, when Walter finds out that Mama spent the money on a new house, he does not like it. Ruth however is not feeling the same way as him, and tells him “Walter honey, be glad” (Hansberry 92). Ruth tells Walter to be glad, because their views are different. Ruth thinks this was beneficial to the family, yet Walter does not. This hurts Walter throughout the story as he feels alone with no one on his side. Walter know this when he says “Cause ain’t nobody with Me! Not even my own mother!” (Hansberry 85). Since he is alone, and believes no one cares about him, he tries to fix his own mistake when he decides he will get more money saying, “That White man is going to walk in that door all to write checks for more money than we ever had.” (Hansberry 143). Ruth does not like Walter’s idea, but he does not care as no one is on his side, which disappoints Ruth.

Ruth is a very strong woman with morals and a belief in God. Ruth loves her husband and her son and does her very best to take care of them. She is always putting the needs and desires of her family above her own. Ruth has always been supportive of Walter, but recently they have not been communicating well. Ruth tries to convince Mama to allow Walter the chance to invest in the liquor store by saying, “something is happening

Hudis Shilsky: Hudis is the mother of Ruth who unfortunately suffers from being partly paralyzed and polio, but still keeps a youthful and healthy face. She is obedient when it comes to her husband Tateh’s commands, and is big-hearted and kind. Unable to speak English, she depends on Ruth’s skills of being bilingual to help her translate for her. When Ruth leaves her family to restart in Harlem, Hudis, desperately becomes ill and dies. Hudis’s siblings and parents live in New York and are well-to-do but hardly give any attention to Hudis due to the fact that she is handicapped and poor. Hudis was always kind to customers of color who came into her store and treated everyone equally, and Ruth always saw the good in her mother’s soul. After Hudis’s death, Ruth suffers from feeling terribly guilty as if she had let her mother down, and does not feel forgiven until she discovers the faith of God and becomes Christian.

Ruth’s unselfish dreams affect her positively because they push her to work and to not accept the life she has now. In an argument with her mother in law, Lena, Ruth proclaims, “Lena—I’ll work…I’ll work twenty hours a day in all the kitchens in Chicago…I’ll strap my baby on my back if I have to and scrub all the floors in America and wash all the sheets in America if I have to—but we got to MOVE! We got to get OUT OF HERE!!” (140) Ruth is inspired and driven to work by the idea of a better life, she will “wash all the sheets in America,” to escape the reality of her living situation. When Lena uses her alimony money to buy a house for the family Ruth joyously responds to the news, “So you went and did it! … PRAISE GOD! Please, honey—let me be glad…you be glad, too. Oh, Walter…a home…a home.”