“Were all in the same game; just different levels. Dealing with the same hell; just different devils.” Even though this quote isn’t directly related to the book it applies to the Younger household. Each generation of women has their own ideas of what their life should be and are trying to figure out their issues. In reality though they all stand for the same thing, which is overall happiness. At the end of the book they all come to realize the fact is they can work together to achieve all their goals. It takes a while though because their personalities are so different. Mama is selfless, Ruth is two-faced and Beneatha is selfish, but they figure it out. Mama is the head of the house and the oldest. Her age isn’t what differentiates her from the other generations of women, it’s how long she has been a mother. Mama has a dream just like Ruth, Beneatha, and Walter. The difference is Mama can’t have her dream without the happiness of not only her kids but Ruth to. Unlike Beneatha’s who would be fine with going to MED school even if it meant Walter didn’t
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Ruth is not old yet but she’s past the college years. Ruth is kind of like a shadow of Mama. Ruth’s a mother just like Mama and she is very kind hearted like to but it’s more hidden. Ruth isn’t always nice, she can get mad sometimes because she feels as if Beneatha should listen to her. Which isn’t always the case, and Beneatha never really follows what she says. Ruth is a lot kinder towards Walter and Mama. You never really see Ruth directly being mean to them. Like when Walter goes to Ruth “Who even cares about you” (Lorraine Hansberry 87) she doesn’t say a single mean thing back, she does the opposite by offering him milk. I think Ruth has very different personalities towards different people which is why it’s really quite hard to tell her true character. You could even say Ruth is kind of two faced. But overall Ruth just means good just like
Ruth is not old yet but she’s past the college years. Ruth is kind of like a shadow of Mama. Ruth’s a mother just like Mama and she is very kind hearted like to but it’s more hidden. Ruth isn’t always nice, she can get mad sometimes because she feels as if Beneatha should listen to her. Which isn’t always the case, and Beneatha never really follows what she says. Ruth is a lot kinder towards Walter and Mama. You never really see Ruth directly being mean to them. Like when Walter goes to Ruth “Who even cares about you” (Lorraine Hansberry 87) she doesn’t say a single mean thing back, she does the opposite by offering him milk. I think Ruth has very different personalities towards different people which is why it’s really quite hard to tell her true character. You could even say Ruth is kind of two faced. But overall Ruth just means good just like