A Raisin in the Sun- Family Unity
...e you do some waking up in there now!” Right away a sense of family is displayed. After Walter finally does wake up, we see that he and Ruth are under some tension, “First thing a man ought to learn in life is not to make love to no colored woman first thing in the morning. You all some eeeevil people at eight o’clock in the morning.” When she was waking Walter up, Ruth wasn’t concerned that they were in a fight or that there was tension. But rather that Walter was a part of providing, and fighting or not, they had to work together. In her display of affection or reprimand, Ruth seemed to be very steady. Even to Travis, her son, she was stern and loving. When Travis asks for money for school, Ruth responds “I ain’t got no fifty cents this morning.” Disappointed with her response, Travis goes to leave for school and as he’s about to walk out the door, Ruth affectionately jokes with him and makes sure to hug him before he leaves. And then later when Travis comes home late, she prepares to whip him; all the while, she is only trying to be a consistent parent for him to learn from. The message in a poem by H.L. Mencken is interestingly displayed in this play. “A man’s women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity.” While Walter is heading for failure and is at his wits end, it’s Mama who tries to guide him and show him the man that he can be. First she gives him the insurance money to handle, as a demonstration of trust, “I ain’t never stop trusting you. Like I ain’t never stop loving you.” Then after he loses the money, Mama leaves the de...