The Youngers want the money so they can move out of the dark apartment. However, is money all about the American Dream? Sandra Hanson stated, “Findings suggest that a majority of Americans consistently reported that he American Dream (for themselves and their family) is more about spiritual happiness than material goods” (Par. 1). Some of the family members in the play believe that money values more than happiness. The family wants to get out of the apartment and move to something better for them, but they lose the value in what really matters because they are so caught up trying to reach their American Dream. Walter Younger’s investment in the liquor store could bring the family out of poverty, he wants this to happen because he wants to be
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Walter lost the meaning of what the “money” really meant to mama that it wasn’t about the money it was family. Beneatha, his sister, is wanting the money for her so that she can attend school to become a nurse. However, Beneatha becomes greedy and forgets what she should value. “Now here come you and Beneatha- talking ‘bout things we ain’t never even thought about hardly, me and your daddy. You ain’t satisfied or proud of nothing we done. I mean that you had a home; that we kept you out of trouble till you was grown; that you don’t have to work on the back of nobody’s streetcar-You my children- but how different we done become” (Hansberry 382). Mama wants Walter to be the man that she remembers him being, not the man that doesn’t want to have an abortion because of he is so caught up in money. Mama ends up feeling bad for Walter because he started drinking, so Mama gave him the insurance check and he lost all of the money. This money for Walter was a way to prove himself to Mama and the family that he will get them out of
Walter lost the meaning of what the “money” really meant to mama that it wasn’t about the money it was family. Beneatha, his sister, is wanting the money for her so that she can attend school to become a nurse. However, Beneatha becomes greedy and forgets what she should value. “Now here come you and Beneatha- talking ‘bout things we ain’t never even thought about hardly, me and your daddy. You ain’t satisfied or proud of nothing we done. I mean that you had a home; that we kept you out of trouble till you was grown; that you don’t have to work on the back of nobody’s streetcar-You my children- but how different we done become” (Hansberry 382). Mama wants Walter to be the man that she remembers him being, not the man that doesn’t want to have an abortion because of he is so caught up in money. Mama ends up feeling bad for Walter because he started drinking, so Mama gave him the insurance check and he lost all of the money. This money for Walter was a way to prove himself to Mama and the family that he will get them out of