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I am reading raisin in the sun as my first book. Upon reading I have noticed
something different about most of the characters in the play. One thing is that they each have different things that they want in the long run. Like, Walter wants to start business with a liquor store. The family is getting 10,000 check for insure of their father's death. Mama doesn't want to let him blow the WHOLE check on the store, though. Most of the family is a little, skeptical about the the idea, anyway.

One thing i thought was very interesting was that Walter and Ruth's son, Travis, is about to go to school when he asks for 50 cents. Ruth doesn't give him money, But Walter does. And he does it with a stare at Ruth. He, actually, gives Travis a dollar. So, basically, he did in contradiction to Ruth. I think he did this because every parent has the desire for their kids to live well, sometimes better than them. He gave Trav a dollar when he asked for only 50 cents.
I think that really shows that desire in Walter very much. And I think Ruth was just not trying to spoil Trav, but like many, the father does anyway. A funny thing is that he turns around and asks Ruth for money before he leaves.