The Younger family is a poor household trying to survive in Chicago in the 1950s. Although they do not have much money or material items‚ they have each other‚ their family‚ to love and cherish in life. Lena‚ the head of the household‚ teaches the value of family over money‚ but Walter sees money as the most important thing in his life. Walter betrays his mother‚ Lena‚ many times throughout the play A Raisin in the Sun by going by what he knows and not what his parents taught him. Controlled by the
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I choose for “Raisin in the Sun” is Walter Lee Younger. The play shows that Walter Lee Younger is a black African American male that is depending on a $10‚000 life insurance check to get him and his family out of their struggles. Walter Younger can be really hard to get along with. He picks fights with his sister‚ Beneatha. He says all kinds of mean and hurtful things to Ruth‚ his wife‚ and is even short with his mother‚ Lena. I will be analyzing who Walter Lee is‚ what he want‚ describing his personality
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Award winning Best Musical (1973). Walter Younger‚ a father and husband at best‚ struggles to define himself as one person with set traits as he chops and changes back and forth from disappointments and triumphs. Walter Younger‚ a 35 year old African American man‚ serves (or at least tries to serve) as a father‚ husband‚ and son. Amongst these‚ Walter juggles their importance with attempting to succeed at having a better life. Walter is described as a handsome man who is almost dangerously ambitious
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domestic affairs of an African-American family: the Youngers. However‚ in order to capture the complexity of the family’s financial and social reality‚ Hansberry offers a multitude of perspectives with her characters that strive to accomplish their own dreams‚ yet refuses to condemn or commemorate the actions of the characters to better their situation. It is this refusal‚ on the playwright’s part‚ that allows characters — like Walter Lee Younger — to be performed differently by actors. By contrasting
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Walter Lee Youngers’ Characteristics In the 1920’s‚ many African-American families had left the southern states and migrated north to Chicago’s South Side in search of the “American Dream”‚ dreaming of freedom‚ equality‚ and the opportunity that was supposed to be available to every American. This “American Dream” was sought by many African Americans in the U.S. Written by Lorraine Hansberry and produced in 1959‚ The play: A Raisin in the Sun‚ gave readers a strong meaning about the values of
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this type of character in Walter Younger. Walter Younger‚ a man striving to push his family into the middle class‚ whether the attempt is risky or downright controversial. Some characters will make questionable decisions‚ and these decisions could lead to fortune‚ or failure. In a segregated 1950s Chicago‚ a small African-American family lives in a small 3 room apartment in a crowded apartment building. Award-winning A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ features Walter as a leader-to-be in this
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Walter Lee Younger Character Analysis People’s intentions are sometimes very unclear. It seems like they are doing one thing but are really have some other intention in the end. Like when you ***. In Loraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun‚ Walter Lee Younger is very similar in that aspect. He comes off very money hungry right from the beginning and seems somewhat selfish wanting to use his father’s insurance check. We can also see Walter lee is a very ambitious character but in the end
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starting to slip away from us” In this scene‚ as usual‚ Ruth and Walter Lee are bickering but I now see where the root of the problem lies. It is like they have become accustomed to the life they live but do not want to accept; Ruth and Walter placed blame where they saw fit. They fault one another for letting the other down; all their aspirations in life were nothing but pipe dreams now.
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where there are none. Characters Walter Lee Younger and Willy Loman are prime examples of this‚ both pinning their hopes on unattainable dreams to hide the feelings of failure. The theme of illusion versus reality is present in both Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman through the portrayal of main characters Walter and Willy in their struggles for happiness and prosperity. Although the two characters have similar dreams‚ Walter‚ a dynamic character‚ breaks
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powerfully conveys the dream of her character‚ Walter Younger. Presented by having him explicitly ask for help to complete his dream‚ by having Walter reach his dream then fail‚ then by having those dreams change and become something new. Transforming from a man wanting to purchase a liquor store with the money from his father’s death just so he can become more wealthy‚ to wanting to support his family in their act of moving to a white neighborhood‚ makes Walter a more well rounded character who cares for
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