QUOTES
"Oh—So now it’s life. Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life—now it’s money. I guess the world really do change"
Mama(Lena)
Whats Ruth's dream?
She wants to build a happy family and believes one step toward this goal is to own a bigger and better place to live
She is not aggressive; she just lets life "happen" to her. She is the "worn-out wife" with a tedious, routine lifestyle.
Ruth
Died and left their family a huge check
Big walter
" No—it was always money, Mama. We just didn’t know about it."
Walter Lee
Whats beneathas dream?
wants to go to school
His life has been impacted greatly by racism and poverty, and all he desires is to be wealthy so he can support his family and achieve his dreams. He is ambitious, but with this strong ambition comes selfishness and desperation.
Big Walter
Went out and bought a new house
Mama (Lena)
"Love him? There is nothing left to love."
Beneatha
Whats Walters dream?
Own a liquor store
She is patient, loving, and kind with her family, she often struggles to connect with her children because of her conservative, religious point of view.
Mama (Lena)
Took beneatha's share of the check and used it for their own wishes.
Walter
He said everybody ought to learn how to sit down and hate each other with good Chrisitan fellowship.
Beneatha Younger
Whats mamas dream?
New house
She is a kind and generous person, who seeks to become a doctor out of a desire to help people. She brings politics into the apartment and is constantly talking about issues of civil rights.
Beneatha
doubled as a housewife and a working mother, working as a domestic worker, who is a person that cleans the homes of other people.
Ruth
“Cause sometimes it's hard to let the future begin!”
Lena(mama)
Whats big walter's dream?
Support and make sure his children have everything they need
He is a likeable child because, although he might be mischievous at times, he is always mannerly. He seems sheltered and overprotected by the numerous adults in the household,
Travis
earns some money by carrying grocery bags and likes to play outside with other neighborhood children, but he has no bedroom and sleeps on the living-room sofa.
Travis