Walter Beneatha Quote

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What this quote shows is how Walter has all these unfulfilled future dreams which he describes as this “looming blank space full of nothing.” Walter has this dream to own a liquor store with some of his friends he has mentioned wanting to use the check that his mother receives to buy part of the store. Because of this check he’s claiming that him living like this and having the same job doesn’t have to be like this anymore now that they have the money to make his dream of his happen.
Walter speaks this line because they are talking about what to do with the money since everyone basically has their own idea of how they can spend the check and they have spent time arguing over it. Though Beneatha was the one who made it clear that the check

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