"What I am telling you is that we called you over here to tell you that we are very proud and that this - ...Travis, come here...This is my son, and he makes the sixth generation our family in this country." - Walter, page 148.
For this blog, I am going to answer a question from the list of study questions.
Discuss a character from Raisin who changes significantly, telling specifically of the forces that bring about this change. How does this character relate to the other characters before the change and how does this character relate to the other characters after the change?
I feel like I keep talking about Walter in all the blogs I have done for this play, but he is an important character who has a huge role in the story. He seems to be the character who went through the biggest change. At the beginning of the play, Walter seemed so engrossed in himself and opening his liquor store that he sort of forgot his morals. He didn't care that accepting Lindner's money would be degrading of himself and he would be allowing the white people to have a leg above them anyway. However, the main force that brought about Walter's change was probably Mama. She scolded him and made him feel bad. She wanted him to realize that he was being a disgrace to the family and to his father. This seemed like the final motivation that made Walter change his ways. At the end of the play, he did what was right, regardless if it was the easy way out. Mama and the rest of his family was incredibly happy with him and the end of the play finished on a more light-hearted note.
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