A Raisin In The Sun Quote Analysis

Plato once said, “A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.” This quote can relate back to a play called A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry in 1959. It is about the Youngers, a black family living in the 1940s. They receive money from an insurance company after the death of a family member; the money begins to change the family. One person who changes is Walter, a man who, at the beginning of the play, is irresponsible and childish. Mama gives Walter some of the money to put in the bank, but instead of putting the money away, Walter loses the money. He begins to realize that the choices made can affect everyone. Lorraine Hansberry reveals her theme through Walter. In the beginning of the play, Walter is careless about …show more content…
After Willy Harris steals the money given to Walter by Mama, Walter states, “...Life just like it is. Who gets and who don’t get. Mama, you know it’s all divided up. Life is. Sure enough. Between the takers and the ‘tooken’” (3:1). Walter had lost the money that he was responsible for putting away for the family. Walter is realizing that he did the wrong thing and made the wrong decision by giving the money to someone he could not trust. After all this, Walter had a plan to abandon the idea of the new house and receive the money from Linder. Mama keeps Travis to watch Walter, when Walter suddenly announces, “And we have decided to move into our house because my father-my father-he earned it for us brick by brick. We don’t want to make no trouble for nobody or fight no causes, and we will try to be good neighbors. And that’s all we got to say about that. We don’t want your money” (3:1). Walter chooses to change his decision and keep the house rather than accepting the deal with Linder. He had made yet another decision in favor of his family, showing he has changed overtime. Walter had finally matured and became conscious that his decisions affect