Raisin in the sun

             A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a novel/play about a poor black family who lives in a small cramped house. The setting takes place in the South side of Chicago sometime around 1959. The book starts off when big Walter dies and the family is waiting for an insurance check for ten thousand dollars. The family is thriving for the money but everyone knows that the money is for Mama and it is up to her how to use it.
             Walter is the protagonist of this story he is the husband of Ruth and the son of Lena. He hates the position he is in, in his life he is very greedy and only thinks of himself and nobody else in his family. He wants all the insurance money to himself to start his own business in a liquor company and thinks of nothing else until he gets the money and ignore other important things that are going on in his family. When Mama gets the check she gives Walter sixty five hundred dollars. She said to put three thousand dollars of the money in a savings account for Beneatha's medical school and to keep the rest to put into his business. Foolishly he gives the money to a guy named Willy who came up with the idea for the liquor store and Willy runs away with it.
             Mama is a proud mother of Beneatha and Walter she is sensitive and strong. She has always been poor, but she still has dignity and pride. She shares a small apartment with her entire family the house is cramped with a lot of people. Mama shows a lot of love for her family. When Ruth, her daughter-in-law feels sick Mama is the only one who notices. She also helps Travis with the errors he makes. She is a very caring mother who gives good advice and makes wise decisions. Mama is concerned for Walter when she finds out he hasn't gone to work for three days. Walter is mad that she spent a lot of the money on the house and hasn't given him any of it, she then decides to give him some money. When she finds out that he has lost all the money she gave
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