Although false values consumed him at first, at the end of the play he came to the realization of the importance of true values. This is shown when he says: “…Mama, you know it’s all divided up. Life is. Sure enough. Between the takers and the ‘tooken.’ I’ve figured it out finally” (141). This is when he starts to realize that maybe he was in the wrong, maybe his dream was delusional. It becomes apparent to him that the fundamental true value in his life is his family and his relationship with them. He starts to comprehend how good his family has been him; when Mama gives him some of her money for his dream, how his wife Ruth puts up with him being so ignorant to her, and even how accepting they are all towards him in the last act, even after
