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NOP hy' nt Go ayHamish Robb Mrs. Volpe English 10, D Block 19 December, 2015 A Raisin in the Sun on Walter When cornered by the harsh reality of his financial decisions, Walter realizes and =, shouts, “THAT MONEY IS MADE OUT OF MY FATHER'S FLESH." (128). Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun is a story which blends the ideals of dreams and the authenticity of if, and so there is very Iitle doubt that when Walter, the father ofthe, family, tries to realize his dreams, he instead is faced witha situation that instead would pores not occur in his dreams. His dream was to own a liquor store for the family as a good investment, so when he got the chance to use his late father's life insurance money for his liquor store, he made a risky decision to leave the money with a man named Willy, who was clearly untrustworthy as he instead took all of the money Walter gave him. Walter, despite being the literal father of the family, is decidedly immature. The larger a idea to his dreams is that money will solve his family’s problems. His justification for owning a liquor store was that it could be a profitable investment for the family. Yet, Walter failed to listen to the rest of his family, who had somewhat agreed that owning a house would make them happy. Along the way of trying to succeed in his dream, he ends up failing the rest of his family's dreams. Due to his unwillingness to compromise his dreams for the rest of his family, Walter is dynamic as he shifts between being the a 5 a protagonist and the antagonist in the play.Walter starts off as a protagonist because the goal for the first section of the story is about what the family, which includes Walter, will do with their insurance money. Walter's plan was to invest the money to start a liquor store on the premise that the store could provide the family with more future income. Mama, the widow and intended recipient of Walter Sr.'s insurance money, disagrees with Walter's idea not just because of her religious belief against alcohol, but because she feels that Walter's plan is not going to make the family happy. When Mama asks him why he is so obsessed with making money, Walter replies, “Because its life, Mamal” (74). What this statement» means is not only a confirmation that Walter is obsessed with money, but also shows ah “ez compromising with Mama's dream to own a real house and Benetha's dream of going to that he only wants to find a quick solution to the family's problems. Instead of college, Walter would rather invest their money. Walter's idea disregards the family's happiness and sense of togetherness for money. Mama later decides to buy a house with the family's money as a conclusion to their problems, which crushes Walter and causes him to silently turn his back and sulk. While Ruth is open to owning a house even if tis in a white neighborhood, Walter complains to Mama, “So you butchered up a dream of mine - you - who always talking about her children's dreams” (95). He is put against Mama because he had no intention of compromising his own dream with the dreams of his family, which means that if any decision other than his own were made, ree ee US yee Oe ae Ney ieee he would be complet. ied. After Mama sorted her money for the new house, she decided to trust Walter to go to a bank and sort the remaining money into a savings : account for Benethat and a checking account for Walter. Despite Mama's trust inWalter, he decides to take the money and give it to Willy, the man who supposedly was going to use the funds along with Walter to open a liquor shop. This does not end well as Willy runs off with all of the money, leaving Walter with nothing. His next idea is to. find Mr. Lindner, the man who previously acted as a representative for Clybourne Park, and offer to accept his deal to be given more money than the family payed for the new house as long as they did not move to it. When Walter tells Mama his solution to their new predicament, Mama explains her argument as to why Walter should not accept Mr. Lindner’s deal. “Son - | come from five generations of people who was slaves and Pert Bey sharecroppers - but ain't nobody in my family never let nobody pay ‘em no money that #4 eit was a way of telling us we wasn't fit to walk the earth. We ain't never been that poor.” oe (143). What Mama's statement means to Walter is that accepting the money wil strip them of their dignity, not just their house. Eventually when Mr Lindner arrives at the Younger family's home, Walter finally takes the advice and hopes of the rest of his family and declines to accept Lindner's deal. Since Walter was able to make a compromise with his family, he was able to work with his family as a protagonist again As Walter Lee Younger tried to achieve his own dream of owning a liquor shop, he disregarded those of his family and made no effort to compromise alongside Mama's dream of owning a house. He put himself against Mama as he could only accept his ‘own dream without any change. Walter became an antagonist to his own family. Only through Mama's constant forgiveness, trust, and ability to see more than a person's wes appearance, Walter was able to make a decision to tun down the money from Mr ‘XN Lindner and bond with his family again. Walter started off as immature and unwilling tocooperate, which lead to his disagreement with Mama and made him unable to see why his idea could not work out alone. Walter later was able to become mature and make an informed and responsible decision for his family. 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