A Raisin in the Sun comments

• The family lives in a space too small to fit everyone with comfort - a mother and her daughter sleep in one bedroom, her son and his wife sleep in another, and their son sleeps in the living room
• The mother (Mama, Lena) is in her 60s
• The daughter (Beneatha) is about 20 years old
• The son (Walter Lee) is around 35 years old
• His wife (Ruth Younger) is in her 30s
• Their son (Travis) is 10-11 years old
• The setting and the details are not certain - Travis's age is 10-11 y.o., they share the bathroom with the other family/families
• The furniture in their home is very old and worn out
• They are a low-income colored family
• Ruth refuses to give 50 cents to Travis because they don't have money
• Their speech is not very "educated" (such as "You looks")
• Read the "paper" - newspaper
• All are curious about the check - insurance
• Bennie wants to be a doctor and her brother is mad about it because the school requires money
• Mama is very religious - Christian
• Mama's husband worked himself to death
• Mama's dream about a new house never came true
• Beneatha does not believe in God
• She is very stubborn and determined
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