Money: To Have or Not To Have “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs” (The Woman’s Study Bible, NIV, 1 Tim. 6.10). Money can change families, for better or worse, bringing them together or destroying them beyond repair. Is it true that money makes people do strange things? “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender” (Prov. 22.7). Which is worse, the need for money or the greed associated with wanting money? Is it really better to give than it is to receive? In the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry we will explore the question, is it better to have money or not have money? We will follow the Younger family as they go on an emotional rollercoaster as a
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Walter was not the man that he thought he’d become. He couldn’t see the destruction of his family at that moment for thinking about the money and all the possibilities that it meant for him and his dreams. His anger when his mom told the family that she had bought Travis a house, showed that Walter didn’t have any concern for the well-being of his family, he could only think about his needs. His mother said it best “Walter Lee – it makes a difference in a man when he can walk on floors that belong to him…” (2.1.170). She felt as if she had done what was right, not only by him, but the family as well.
“Son – you – you understand what I done, don’t you? I – I just seen my family falling apart today… just falling to pieces in front of my eyes…We couldn’t of gone on like we was today. We was going backwards ‘stead of forwards – talking ‘bout killing babies and wishing each other was dead…When it gets like that in life – you just got to do something different, push on out and do something bigger… I wish you say something, son…I wish you’d say how deep inside you you think I done the right thing [sic]”
Walter was not the man that he thought he’d become. He couldn’t see the destruction of his family at that moment for thinking about the money and all the possibilities that it meant for him and his dreams. His anger when his mom told the family that she had bought Travis a house, showed that Walter didn’t have any concern for the well-being of his family, he could only think about his needs. His mother said it best “Walter Lee – it makes a difference in a man when he can walk on floors that belong to him…” (2.1.170). She felt as if she had done what was right, not only by him, but the family as well.
“Son – you – you understand what I done, don’t you? I – I just seen my family falling apart today… just falling to pieces in front of my eyes…We couldn’t of gone on like we was today. We was going backwards ‘stead of forwards – talking ‘bout killing babies and wishing each other was dead…When it gets like that in life – you just got to do something different, push on out and do something bigger… I wish you say something, son…I wish you’d say how deep inside you you think I done the right thing [sic]”