Walter says: “I can see the future stretched out in front of me – just plain as day” (Hansberry 76). Shortly after, Walter dwells on the matter of meaning in life, arguing that he cannot expect anything good to happen to him. The reader sees that the relationship between mama and Walter is complicated, as there is a sense of misunderstanding existing between two close relatives. By saying this, she causes Walter’s emotional outbreak in which he expresses the general dissatisfaction with his life and how everything has turned out for him so far. Lena seems to be a strict determined mother who tells Walter: “And there ain’t going to be no investing in no liquor store” (Hansberry 42). Walter wants to invest this money in a liquor store, so he asks to give him money. The day when mama is expected to get the cheque for 10000 dollars is a big day for the entire family, but especially for Walter, as he has got a business idea of his own. Mama lives together with Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, grandson Travis, and daughter Beneatha. This paper is discussing the character of the relationship between mama and her son Walter together with the problems which are brought up in the interaction of these two characters in the play.
A Raisin in the Sun is divided into three acts and five scenes. The play is about an African American family from Chicago whose life is about to change as the mama gets a quite big cheque. today is a country of equal opportunities, there are reasons which would resonate with this optimistic opinion. The work which was written by Hansberry and produced on Broadway in 1959 (Veal 2) is the play discussed in this essay called A Raisin in the Sun. The author of the play is Lorraine Hansberry, the first African American female playwright whose work was performed on Broadway.
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