A Raisin in the Sun

So I want to take back what I said yesterday. It's true that when I read the play, I kind of wanted Walter to take the money at the end; maybe I have a thing for morally corrupt characters. But I think it was more because I wanted him to get back what he lost, and I knew the money would help him. I thought it would allow him to redeem himself. But watching the film and thinking about it, I realized that standing up for himself allowed him to redeem himself more than getting the money back could have. He had to show his son -- who Agatha thought was adorable; little kids tend to irritate me, but thanks to you, I didn't write him off -- what it meant to be proud. We talked about the generation gap yesterday, and how Mama thought that her children were her lineage. She says this in the movie as well, and I think Walter refusing the money really showed how the family was carrying on in the same way it had through the previous generations, even though they may not be able to understand each other on all other counts.