“Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? .
(He holds his arms open for TRAVIS) YOU just name it, son … (TRAVIS leaps into them) and I hand you the world!” ― Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun
Just tell me, what it is you want to be—and you’ll be it. All Subjects. Clearly, Travis is spoiled. Rich people don’t have to be flashy … though I’ll have to get something a little sportier for Ruth—maybe a Cadillac convertible to do her shopping in. … All the great schools in the world! Man say to his woman I got me a dream: His woman say: Eat your eggs,' complains Walter Lee. Hanging over there at the edge of my days. After what your daddy gonna do tonight, there’s going to be offices—a whole lot of offices.… TRAVIS What you gonna do tonight, Daddy? Through their children, Big Walter says, a black man’s dreams are kept alive.Ruth encourages her husband Walter to remember the time when their baby was born, the hopeful way they talked about the future and all the plans they made together. Travis Younger in A Raisin in the Sun. 4:37 By far the youngest member of his family (stage directions describe him as ten or eleven years old), Travis represents the future of the Younger family.
“Something always told me I wasn't no rich white woman.” At times it will seem that nothing changes at all... and then again... the sudden dramatic events which make history leap into the future. .
imaginable degree, area of Travis that “She went out and bought you a Walter later agrees with her decision, just in time for him to step In as a person for Travis to model his life after to build a new generation of the Younger family. 'There you are. Ruth's practicality and Mama's religious convictions prevent them from sharing Walter Lee's dream of owning his own When Mama and her husband first moved into the small, run-down, two-bedroom apartment that now houses all five of the Youngers, it was only supposed to be temporary. When Walter Lee squanders her tuition money investing in a liquor store with an untrustworthy business partner, Willy, Beneatha's dreams are altered. .
Her bearing is perhaps most like the noble bearing of the women of the Hereros of Southwest Africa - rather as if she imagines that as she walks she still bears a basket or a vessel upon her head.”“Big Walter used to say, he’d get right wet in the eyes sometimes, lean his head back with the water standing in his eyes and say, ‘Seem like God didn’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worth while.”“I guess that’s how come that man finally worked hisself to death like he done. As Beneatha is at her lowest point, Asagai tries to reinvigorate her interest in returning to Africa, saying that Beneatha is too attached to the insurance money and Africa is where she can contribute to true reform. Somebody get me my hat!”“a woman who has adjusted to many things in life and overcome many more, her face is full of strength. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of . I don’t even think about it.
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Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is.” When you purchase books using links on our website, Bookroo or its affiliates may receive a small commission (at no added cost to you). Walter’s optimism and desire to “hand [his son] the world” showcases his love for and dedication to his son, which underscores a major theme that runs through the play: Dreams are ultimately accomplished through family.Beneatha’s dream to be a doctor slowly fades over the course of the play, and by Act III she is overcome with misery and nearly gives the dream up completely.