Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

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Exam # 3How does Walter change from the beginning of the play? In the beginning of the play Walter’s wife Ruth didn't like how they were living and she always had a attitude so he wanted to change the way they was living because he was feeling helpless and unhappy so he invested all his money into a liquor store. He went in business with two other men Bobo and Willy Harris they all put in money for the liquor store. Willy Harris took off with all of Walter’s money and left him and his family with nothing. Walter’s plan to have the liquor store plan didn't fall through like he thought it would. At first his family was upset about it some more than others but he seen how what he did was wrong so he tried to make it better by calling the Lindner

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