Walter Dream Deferred

The Younger, an African-American family living in the poor neighborhood of Chicago seeks to escape poverty. Mama is the head of the family, who recently lost her husband. She recieves the life insurance money and hopes to use it to buy a house. However, everyone living in the household has a dream. Mama's son, Walter wants to buy a liquor store. Beneatha her daughter wants to go to medical school. Mama does not agree with Walter about investing in a liquor store. She is a Christian woman with certain morals. She also wants to get out of that poor neighborhood and buy a house. Walter was upset, so Mama gave him a portion of the money to invest in a liquor store and deposit some of the money for Beneatha's college fund. Walter gave his money to his firiend, Willi, who ran off with the money. Mama and the rest of the family is upset. Walter is devastated. Will he ever get to invest in a liquor store?