Throughout the span of one’s life, betrayal of others becomes an ordinary thing. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin In The Sun, the Younger family is betrayed not only by external forces, but also by themselves. The betrayal begins at the beginning of the play when the much anticipated life insurance check valued at $10,000 finally arrives. This check; however, also brings reminders of their lost father and husband, Walter Lee Younger Sr.
The reader becomes familiar with the Younger family, who are a poor African American family living in an undersized apartment in Chicago. When the Younger family receives the check, Mama decides to use part of the money to buy a suitable house for the 5 and eventually 6 family members. After Mama makes a down payment on the house, she entrusts Walter with the rest of the money, which was a total of $6,500. She requests that he “take three thousand dollars and put it in a savings account for Beneatha’s Medical schooling. The rest you put in a checking account- with your name on it. And from now on any penny that come out of it or that go in it is for you to look after.” (Hansberry pg. 107) This shows how much Mama trusts her son, and also how big of a risk she could possibly be taking. She knows …show more content…
… That’s how come one day when you ’bout seventeen years old I’ll come home and I’ll be pretty tired, you know what I mean, after a day of conferences and secretaries getting things wrong the way they do … ’cause an executive’s life is hell man-.”(109) Being that Walter now possessed $6,500 he could begin pursuing the construction and legalization of a liquor store. So Walter and his two business partners, Bobo and Willy decide to combine their money and give it to Willy to take down to Springfield and finalize the
The reader becomes familiar with the Younger family, who are a poor African American family living in an undersized apartment in Chicago. When the Younger family receives the check, Mama decides to use part of the money to buy a suitable house for the 5 and eventually 6 family members. After Mama makes a down payment on the house, she entrusts Walter with the rest of the money, which was a total of $6,500. She requests that he “take three thousand dollars and put it in a savings account for Beneatha’s Medical schooling. The rest you put in a checking account- with your name on it. And from now on any penny that come out of it or that go in it is for you to look after.” (Hansberry pg. 107) This shows how much Mama trusts her son, and also how big of a risk she could possibly be taking. She knows …show more content…
… That’s how come one day when you ’bout seventeen years old I’ll come home and I’ll be pretty tired, you know what I mean, after a day of conferences and secretaries getting things wrong the way they do … ’cause an executive’s life is hell man-.”(109) Being that Walter now possessed $6,500 he could begin pursuing the construction and legalization of a liquor store. So Walter and his two business partners, Bobo and Willy decide to combine their money and give it to Willy to take down to Springfield and finalize the