A 35-year-old African-American man named Walter Younger serves as a husband, father, son, and sibling. In addition to playing these duties for his family, he also runs a business in an effort to raise his family's standard of living and establish himself as a man. Walter can be described as a seductive guy who is fiercely competitive, tenacious, and proud. At the beginning of the story, he is an extremely narrow-minded man, but through the story, he begins to progress, yet at the same time figures out how to keep his pride. He also is a round and dynamic character in this story, who encounters the most development growth. His fantasy of acquiring riches is a huge piece of his character and a wellspring of some the contentions in the play (McKinney). The inspirations driving his fantasies are both narrow-minded and honorable noble; one hand, he needs to end up noticeably rich since he never had enough growing up, however in the meantime, he needs cash and respect for his family, he needs to give his wife and kid the best. These diverse inspirations driving Walter' s activities are all parts of his mind-boggling identity. This essay aims at bringing out the points that describe Walters character and in the long run, figure out if he was a good person in the story.,
Walter is more selfish and persistently stubborn at the start of the story. He attempted to use the simple course from things (McKinney). However, he began to change after he lost all of his cash after his companion' s double-crossing. The majority of the play was revolved around Walter's objective to procure the cash to begin his business, and along these lines when he loses it all, it leaves an enduring impact on his character. Towards the end of the play, he begins thinking about others and will work for things. "One thing ‘bout brother, he always knows how to have a good time. Also, so ambitious! I bet it was his idea y 'all moving out to Clybourne Park." (Hansberry 1910) This quote demonstrates that how eager Walter was at the start of the story. He concentrated more on himself and his future long fantasies for being rich.
This shows how he was once yearning and needed to achieve his objective. In any case, Later in the play when he needs wants to surrender and acknowledge accept the cash is the point at which he achieves his lowest point, and that dramatic fall in his character is the motivation behind why he encounters the most development after that scene. He had a changing experience amid that scene, and he turned out as a different individual. “...“…just put the money in my hand, and you won’t have to live next to this bunch of stinking niggers! Moreover maybe -maybe I’ll just get down on my black knees……” (Hansberry 1931). This quote demonstrates the crumbling of his aspiration towards his objectives and goes about as a portrayal of the most reduced lowest purpose point of Walter's life “That is not a man. That is nothing but a toothless rat.” (Hansberry 1931). His family feels detached with Walter during this scene thus when he later alters his opinion about accepting the cash and demonstrates his development, the family ends up plainly stronger (Lundy). “And we have decided to move into our house because of my father- my father- he earned it for us brick by brick. We want to make no trouble for anybody or fight no circumstances, and we will try to be generous neighbors. And that’s all we got to say about that. We don’t want your money. (Hansberry 1933) This is the choice Walter winds up making, the part where the reader acknowledges how much Walter has changed. His family 's assessment changes and in addition exhibited when his mother says " He, at last, come into his masculinity today, didn’t he? Sort of like a rainbow after the rain…" (Hansberry 1935).
“He is a lean, intense young man in his middle thirties, inclined to quick, nervous movements and erratic speech habits - and always in his voice, there is a quality of indictment.” (Hansberry. 1872) Walter is by nature a genuinely serious man with lots of pride. His discourse is portrayed as having a “nature of indictment” meaning he can sound accusing and cruel, which he exhibits regularly all through the play. His character is exceptionally fretful, as he is not happy with his present way of life. Walter needs more from his life by beginning a business to acquire cash and with it respect (Williams). This need of his adjusts his character as he turns out to be touchy by drinking ceaselessly drinking away his outrage and dissatisfaction. His mom even says to him “Something eating you up like a crazy man. Something more than me not giving you this money. The past few years I have been watching it happen to you. You get all nervous acting and kind of wild in the eyes.” (Hansberry 1895). In spite of the fact that he is around character, which is clear by his change from being egotistical to chivalrous of his family's needs, his pride and aspiration don't lessen because they form his "inward state." Toward the end of the play, when Walter chooses to move into the white-restrictive neighborhood, his prideful nature is indicated, additionally his craving to do what is best for his ally, “What I am telling you is that we called you over here to tell you that we are proud and that this ... We don’t want your money.” Throughout the whole play, part of Walter' s aspiration is because of his need to accommodate his family, his reasons were just in part narrow-minded bigoted, as he nurtured his family and needed to furnish them with the best from life. This is clear when he says to his child “What I am telling you is that we called you over here to tell you that we are proud and that this. We don’t want your money.” (Hansberry 1933)
Walter Younger has a mind boggling identity with various qualities. For a significant part of the story, we consider Walter to be a self-driven man that never achieved his fantasies before he wedded and settled. Walter yearns for a superior existence life with deference and money, and in the play, we see that he will accomplish his objectives " Do you know what this money means to me? Do you know what this money can do for us? Mama- Mama- I want so many things …” (Hansberry 1895). His disappointment with his life is apparent from his discussion about beginning a business, something he stresses to his wife ordinary, “I got a dream. I got to take hold of this here world, baby!” (Hansberry 1876) This pride is the thing that causes Walter many issues (Dyson), another side to his identity. In many cases, he is described in a selfish light, for instance, when he lost all of the money he invested; his sister' s school fees included. We see Walter at his lowest point after this occasion, when he relinquishes his pride that was a huge part of his character. He offers to give into Lindor's arrangement, to compensate for his slip-ups. “That white man is going to walk in that door able to write checks for more money than we ever had . . . I’ m going to put on a show mama” (Hansberry 1931) However, we see that Walter's pride is a prevailing attribute to his identity as he, at last, does not proceed with this arrangement, “What I am telling you is that we called you over here to tell you that we are proud and that. We don’t want your money.” After this quarrel, the family sees the minding side of Walter that needs the best for his family; “He finally comes into his manhood today, didn’t he? Kind of like a rainbow after the rain…” (Hansberry 1935)
Walter's inspiration for accomplishing his fantasy is a blend of selfishness, voracity, and cherish for his family. On the one hand, Walter yearns for a superior life than what he right now has. He needs money and societal regard, and he fears for his future; “Sometimes it’s like I can see the future stretched out in front of me- just plain as day. The future, Mama. Hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for a big, looming blank space - full of nothing.” (Hansberry 1896). Part of his inspiration comes from the things he didn’t have growing up, it is obvious in the play that the Youngers were not a well-off family, and this absence of extravagance is the thing that brought on Walter's yearning for additional. His mom even says “You something new, boy. In my time we were worried about not being lynched and getting to the North if we could and how to stay alive and still have a pinch of character too… Now here come you and Beneatha - talking ‘bout things we haven't even thought about hardly, your daddy and me. You ain’t satisfied or proud of nothing we were done.” (Hansberry 1896). However, Walter is not totally stirred by selfish yearnings, his activities in the play are once in a while supported out of adoration for his family. He needs the best sort of life for his wife and child, something he feels he needs to give them as the man of the house, in this manner, increasing his inspiration to accomplish his objectives. “Hell, yes, I want me some yachts some day! Yes, I want to hang some real pearls around my wife ’s neck. Ain ’t she supposed to wear no pearls? I tell you I am a man -and I think my wife should wear some pearls in this world!” (Hansberry 1987).
Although Walter is depicted as having a black character at the beginning of the play, he in the long run changes for the better. At the beginning of the play, despite the fact that Walter is shown to be dominated by pride, he also has so many nice factors that are worth being set as an example in the society. This is enough to show that Walter was a good person as set out in the play. We all know that no good thing lacks at least a negative side; hence the small flaws of Walter shouldn’tdraw a general conclusion of him being bad.
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