Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry haves a bunch of characters and all of them are important. But some are so important that without them there will be no book and that is Walter and Mama. They are the most important by their dialogue (the things they say) and their action to each other for example Walter trying to invest in a liquor business and when Mama brought a house for the family to live in. But to know how they are important then kept reading.

Walter is important by his actions and the things he say. One of his biggest things that he said is that money is worth more than the family value. In A Raisin in the Sun he says “No- it always money, Mama” and this starts a conflict/fight with the family mostly Ruth and Mama because the way they remember dad he would never have said something like that. But what they don’t know that Walter is depressed and wants a better life for him and his family but people are stopping him so he gets mad and wants to go out and drink to make him feel better but that isn’t good because when he comes back he want to argue some more. To make …show more content…

But the way she uses the money in her own way to make the family how she wants it to be and Walter even stated that she was making his family into hers. When Mama didn’t give Walter his liquor store and brought a house instead that made her look very selfish. In her own words she said, “And there ain’t going to be no investing in no liquor stores”, so she refused to let Walter get his own business. But of course, this isn’t the only time where she said some very important news, that she really wasn’t supposed to say. Mama is the type of person/character to get her way by any means necessary and if she don’t, she will try to argue with or find another way even if she must use her

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