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A raisin in the sun.
- Walter Lee Younger
- * Middle 30’s
- Husband of Ruth,
father of Travis,
brother of
Beneatha, and son
of Mama Younger.
- Chauffeur
- His dream is to invest in a liqour business, in
order to become an independient and valuable
human being.
- Ruth Younger
- Walter’s wife and
Travis’s mother
- Housekeeper
- 30
- Emotionally strong
woman.
- Pessimistic
- Beneatha
Younger
- Mama’s daughter and Walter’s sister
- 20 years old
- Intellectual
- Has a higher education
- Dream: Be a doctor and
a well educated black
woman
- Struggles to find her identity
- Lena Younger "Mama"
- The mother of Walter Lee
and Beneatha,
mother-in-law of Ruth, and
grandmother of Travis.
- Religious, moral,
and maternal
- Dream: Wishes her
family to move up in
the world.
- Joseph
Asagai
- African college student from Nigeria
- Good looking and personable
- Travis Younger
- 10 years
- Walter and Ruth’s son
- Likeable child
- George
Murchinson
- College student
- Wealthy background
- Submit to white culture and
forget his African heritage
- Arrogant and intellectual.
- Mr. Karl Lindner
- White
- He prsuades the Youngers not
to move into the white
neighborhood
- Willy Harris
- He stoles the Walter's insurrance money
- Mrs. Johnson
- Younger's neighbor
- References:
- N.D. . (2013). A raisin in the sun . 25/03/2015, de Sparknotes Sitio web:
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/raisin/characters.html
- N.D.. (2012). A raisin in the sun . 25/03/2015, de Cliffs Notes Sitio web:
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/r/a-raisin-in-the-sun/character-list