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A Raisin in the Sun - Walter

 

This morning, I was looking in the mirror and thinking about it... I'm thirty-five years old; I been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the living-room- and all I got to give him is stories about how rich white people live...

-Walter from A Raisin in the Sun (I i)

 

 

  • Walter wants to "get out" of his position by opening a liquor store. The other characters have their plans for escape as well. Beneatha wants to become a doctor. Mama wants to buy a house in a more affluent area of town. All of the Younger's want a way out.
  • The way Walter is described as being a boy in this work makes him similar to Willie Loman and his two sons, who despite their age are all spoken of as being boys.
  • According to this article from hollywoodreporter.com P. Diddy / Puff Daddy / Sean Combs (or whatever he wants to be called) is starring as Walter Lee Younger Jr. in a revival of Hansberry's play.

 

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