In Mama's case, she felt that she needed to buy the house in order to help the family grow. Mama says "I just seen my family falling apart today...just falling to pieces in front of my eyes...We couldn't of gone on lik

Towards the end, this selfishness for the money turns his life back to the way it was before when he finds out that Willy ran away with his money. Even though Walter wanted to split the sixty-five hundred dollars between the investment and Beneatha's tuition, he puts it all towards his own personal gain. Walter set himself up for a collapse in life by using money and not himself to get ahead in life.

e we was today" (94). This is why she goes and purchases the house because she felt that the family was falling backwards more than springing forwards. Mama basically wants the family to get out the scummy place they call home into something that is theirs and where they can start a new approach on life itself. Her American dream was to own a house with a yard; a place where her family could flourish and not be held back by the ghetto lifestyle. Mama's dream was a positive impact because Ruth and Walter went to a mo

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Approximate Word count = 623
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)