Original "A Raisin in the Sun" Trailer

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Question #4

One of the motifs in the the play is the object of money. What does Walter's decision to invest Lena's money for a liquor store show about his character?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Walter's dream of owning the liquor store is just a way for him to support his family and support their dreams of owning a house. Walter believes that money will help anything, but he usually has very bad luck with money. The whole liquor store incident really opened up Walter's charachter and showed how frustrated he can become. He fought even more with Ruth, Lena, and Beneatha after he lost the money to the scam. Eventually, Walter finds strength and is able to stand up to Mr. Lindner which is another characher trait that evolves through the whole liquor store situation. This then solves his own goal, to make his family's dream a reality.

TW

Anonymous said...

I dont think Walter is investing in the liquor store for his family. Walter's decision to ivest the money shows his immaturity and selfishness. Throughout the whole play, all he can think about is money and bettering himself. He describes his goals and his life dreams day in and day out, not recognizing that the others have dreams too. But, when he reliezed that he had been scammed, his whole character changes. He reliezes that he has made a terrible decision in giving the money to Willie and recognizes that he needs to make things better not only with himself, but with his family. So, this whole incident showed a great change in Walter's character from being selfish, to being a man.

WTW

Anonymous said...

Investing in a liquor store was really just a way for Wlater to feel like he will finally be able to support his family in a way he never could before. Walter's dream seemed almost fake to himself like he never really wanted to own a liquor store business but it is what he felt he needed at the time. To get his social status higher and to get enough money to give his kids what he never had and to support the entire family, he needed something like this to keep him occupied and busy.

KNH

Anonymous said...

Walter’s decision to invest in a liquor store shows his selfishness and immaturity, but also shows his good intentions. Even though Walter didn’t think about anyone else's dreams, hopes, or feelings, he was trying to better the family. His intentions were good. He wanted to make enough money from the liquor store to pay Beneatha's school bills, buy Lena and Ruth a new house, while still helping his idea of a high status in society. He was trying to do the right thing, but he forgot to think about consequences.
KDB

Anonymous said...

Walter's dream of opening a liquor store is to help his son have a bed and enough money to give him for school whenever Travis needs it. Walter only wants to open up the store to help his family and to get away from being a servant. Walter does not like the fact that he works for someone so he wants to be the head of a business. This shows that Walter is a caring person since he wants the best for his family.
RJV

Anonymous said...

Walter's decision to invest in the liquore store shows is selfishness as well as lack of care for others. Not only was Walter given money to help support his family but it was also was supposed to help Beneatha continue to go to school but because Walter had his own agenda, he felt as if those were more important and used the money of his own needs. As a result of all his selfish needs, the whole family has to suffer.
BCW