In A Raisin in the Sun, Walter Lee Younger is portrayed as the big dreamer of the Younger family. His dream is to become rich and he spins up schemes with this friends, particularly with Willy Harris. When the play opens, he wants to invest his father's insurance money into a liquor store. He believes that it is the perfect escape from his job as a chauffer, which he despises so much that he doesn't even consider it to be a real job. He has nothing to say when his pregnant wife Ruth announces that she is considering abortion. His drinking problem does get him into trouble with his employer. Instead of going to work for the last three days, Walter Lee explains that he has been wandering all day, (often way into the country) and drinking all night (at a bar with a jazz duo that he lo
In the final act, Walter Lee rushes in from the bedroom and out the door amidst a sarcastic monologue from Beneatha. Walter Lee returns: he has called Mr. Linder and invited him to the apartment. Walter Lee intends to take his offer of money in exchange for not moving to Clybourne Park. Everyone protests at this point, arguing that they have too much pride to accept not being able to live somewhere because of their race. Walter Lee, very agitated, does an act, imitating the stereotype of a black male servant. He realizes then that he should not have trusted Willy Harris with his money. This further shatters his dreams of owning the liquor store.
Towards the end of the play, the movers and Mr. Linder arrive. Walter Lee goes to deal with Linder who is laying out contracts for hi
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