A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
I feel terrible for Walter, I think he feels the most alone throughout the play. In the beginning, Ruth hushes up his desire to dream and have ambitions, but she simply tells him, "eat your eggs". It seems as if she's saying that's all he's good for, being another mouth at the table and a man of a low-paying simple job. He longs for so much more. He reveals eventually that he wants to be the CEO of a company, but first, he starts smaller, by trying to start a liquor store. He pays his friend Willy his dues, who is supposedly going to be a co-owner of the place. I think it is when Willy betrays him and runs away with the money (including the money for Beneatha's schooling) that all hope seems to be lost for Walter. His amitions are literally just stolen away and he is left with the same old painful situation. His stolen dreams are dried up, like a raisin in the sun.
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