A Raisin In The Sun Literary Analysis

As someone once said, “A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.” Money should not be used in their heart to ruin the things they love and want to keep in their life. Similarly the hook talks about how we fantasize about money. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry the characters develops a strong relationship with money and how they see and use it. Walter is very fascinated with money and thinks that you need it in your live to make you happy. Ruth has more of a temper with it realizing money isn’t everything. Lastly Mama knows how important money is but is very critical on what is spended for it.
Throughout the beginning of the play, Walter treats money as though you can just throw it away and gain more. Walter’s fantasy is to be a liquor store owner. For many

Beneatha and Ruth are arguing about weather or not Ruth should keep the baby or get an abortion and how the money affects Ruth’s first decision. “It is my business—where is he going to live, on the roof? Gee—I didn’t mean that, Ruth honest. Gee, I don’t feel like that at all. I—I think it’s wonderful. Wonderful? Yes—really.” (Hansberry 58). Ruth is being frugal when using her money while thinking about where and how everything about the baby will be taken care of. Walter and Ruth are talking about their relationship and how Walter does not like being in one that much. Ruth speaks, “Honey…life don’t have to be like this. I mean sometimes people can do things so that things are better…You remember how we used to talk when Travis was born…about the way we were going to live…the kind of house…(She is stroking his head) Well, it’s all starting to slip away from us…” (Act II, Scene I, 89) Ruth reveals that her dream is to have a happy family and is realizing that you need money to do that. Within the play Ruth realizes that you need to keep money and save it for the hard