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After receiving the life insurance money from her late husband, Lena (Mama) Younger put a down payment on a house. Her daughter-in-law Ruth is ecstatic, but her son Walter feels betrayed. He was hoping to use the money to invest in a liquor store venture with a friend. Throughout this scene, Ruth and Mama discuss the house, unable to hide their excitement. Walter is largely silent, hurt by what he believes is a complete disregard for his ambitions.
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RUTH: So you went and did it!
MAMA: (quietly, looking at her son with pain) Yes, I did.
RUTH: (raising both arms classically) PRAISE GOD!
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WALTER: What you need me to say you done right for? You the head of this family. You run our lives like you want to. It was your money and you did what you wanted with it. So what you need for me to say it was alright for? (bitterly, to hurt her as deeply as he knows is possible) So you butchered up a dream of mine--you-- (pointing at her) who always talking 鈥榖out your children鈥檚 dreams--
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, Samuel French, 1984, pp.83-87.
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