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A Raisin in the Sun In A Raisin in the Sun, Walter Lee Younger is portrayed as the big dreamer of the Younger family. His dream is to become rich and he spins up schemes with this friends, particularly with Willy Harris. When the play opens, he wants to invest his father’s insurance money into a liquor store. He believes that it is the perfect escape from his job as a chauffer, which he despises so much that he doesn’t even consider it to be a real job. He has nothing to say when his pregnant wife Ruth announces that she is considering abortion. His drinking problem does get him into trouble with his employer. Instead of going to work for the last three days, Walter Lee explains that he has been wandering all day, (often way into the country) and drinking all night (at a bar with a jazz duo that he loves). Mama, Walter’s mother, feels guilty about his unhappiness. She gives him the remaining 6,500 dollars of the insurance, telling him to deposit 3,000 dollars for his sister Beneatha’s education and to keep the last 3,500 dollars. Walter Lee suddenly becomes more confident and energized. walter, lee, linder, dollars, money, going, willy, out, liquor, harris, about, younger, trouble, store, rich, play, much, mr, moving, make, last, job, invested, insurance, house, family, drinking, deal, builds, beneatha, becomes, announces, act, 3500, 3000, youngers, working, work, wife, way, wandering, walter’s, very, unsigned, unhappiness, ultimately, turns, trying, trusted, travis’