Walter Lee Younger, one of the main characters from A Raisin in the Sun is a desperate dreamer that strives to be able to take care of his family. Walter experiences the most change out of all the characters throughout the the play. The play tells the story of Walter and his family as they struggle to survive the abounding hardships that a black family faces in the 1950s in Chicago. Throughout the play, he makes countless decisions that hurt the members of his family and himself, but by the end of the play, he is able to regain their respect and change his ways. Walter has a great deal of self-hatred which is also changed by the end of the play.
In the beginning of the play Walter is a immature man. He picks fight with everyone, especially his sister Beneatha. He doesn't show any support for her passion to be a doctor and tells Beneatha “to go be a nurse like other women-- or just get married and be quiet”(38). When he tells Beneatha this it shows her he doesn't believe in her and doesnt take her seriously. He makes it seem like women are less than men and aren't cut out to have that job or shouldn't even waste their time trying. Walter is a nasty man to his wife, Ruth, he says all kinds of rude and …show more content…
Walter wasn’t ready to bring himself to act so shameful in front of his own son mainly because he cannot bring himself to let go of the remaining dignity he had. Travis had a bif impact in Walters change in the play because it showed Walter the example he was leaving for his son and he didn’t wanted Travis to turn out to be like him. Walter thought about his son's, wife's, sister’s, and mother‘s life in the beginning of the play he did all the wrong things for his family. Now, he matured in a selfless way through the challenges he faced in the hard times he had.Walter finds his self respect and changed into a respectful man and learned from mistakes he
In the beginning of the play Walter is a immature man. He picks fight with everyone, especially his sister Beneatha. He doesn't show any support for her passion to be a doctor and tells Beneatha “to go be a nurse like other women-- or just get married and be quiet”(38). When he tells Beneatha this it shows her he doesn't believe in her and doesnt take her seriously. He makes it seem like women are less than men and aren't cut out to have that job or shouldn't even waste their time trying. Walter is a nasty man to his wife, Ruth, he says all kinds of rude and …show more content…
Walter wasn’t ready to bring himself to act so shameful in front of his own son mainly because he cannot bring himself to let go of the remaining dignity he had. Travis had a bif impact in Walters change in the play because it showed Walter the example he was leaving for his son and he didn’t wanted Travis to turn out to be like him. Walter thought about his son's, wife's, sister’s, and mother‘s life in the beginning of the play he did all the wrong things for his family. Now, he matured in a selfless way through the challenges he faced in the hard times he had.Walter finds his self respect and changed into a respectful man and learned from mistakes he