Comparing The Works Of Ruth And Walter Lee

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Change in their inner appearance and voice helped provide courage within their family who had unfavorably accused Ruth and Walter Younger of injustice. To dream of personal universal dignities is supposed to not threaten the basic social order. Walter Younger’s cross cultural values represent a hero’s true ascendancy that draw on the strength of an incredible ability of simply refusing to give up. The independence of an adult out there in the darkness where they watch reality as a cruel game is how to learn to cry silently. Walter Lee seems to feel as if he is forced into a mediocre job as a chauffeur when there are bigger and better things that he should be doing. Ruth seems to be content with their life even though she knows that she would

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