However, during the Great Depression, getting a job was very difficult. There were many Americans in need of jobs, and only a few were able to work per day. Even with the job, there was not enough money to pay for the houses. Many families at that time sent their kids away to keep the safe. Many Americans lost control of their lives.
For instance, she was expecting a check from the insurance company for the death of her husband. She already knew how she intended to spend the money. The plan was to put away some of that for her daughter Beneatha, for school; she emphasized that a bit in the story. Mama’s words were, “Some of it got to be put away for Beneatha and her schoolin’-and aint nothing going to touch that part.” She then went on to say that she was going to purchase a house not just for her, but for the entire family to live in. Then when Ruth found out that she was pregnant, Mama thought of the things that she could buy if it was a girl or boy, she even thought about the size of the yard for the grandchildren to play in.
This problem resulted in her financial dependence. Being so introverted even caused her to drop out of business college. She had embarrassed herself by getting sick during class and refused to go back. Without having any schooling she could not support herself and had to rely on her mother and brother. Tom worked at a meaningless warehouse job and giving up all his dreams of a better life to provide for her.
Her family is livings life where they cannot control what could happen to them because they don’t have money to fix these problems nor do they have the power to stop them. “The strife has lasted too young and had been too painful for me to call him back to continue it.” (pg. 100) This quote is fulfilled with grief and sorrow because Nathan and Rukmani’s last child, Kuti dies. At this point in the story, death is being caused because they don’t have enough money to support their children or feed them. Markandaya is showing fear by Rukmani not being able to support her children therefore they will die off if nothing is done.
Due to his mums alcohol addiction she was often either drunk or hung over. With his mum unable to keep a table job the rent often went unpaid which let to being evicted yet again. Being the only carer and feeling that he had a responsibility to car for his mother saw NAME dedicating most of his time taking care of his mum and the house. With little free time and no support, school work was rarely completed which resulted in poor results at school. Between all the physical and mental abuse from both parents and the poor school results, NAME managed to push through and successfully complete year 10.
Nannies were suddenly walking in through the front door daily. Growing up without a mom and a father who did not show compassion or love was hard for Edelman. Hope first started to cut her hours down at work because her husband started working a lot more. Edelman was often confused at the beginning because she was doing everything around the house and her husband never showed her affection or love. John and Hope bought a house in a canyon outside Los Angeles.
Mama in particular wanted a house big enough for the whole family to live comfortably especially her grandson Travis who slept on the couch due to the fact that there were not enough beds in the house for him to have his own. Beneatha also had her own dream in mind. Beneatha devoted her time to Attending3 School in hopes of one day becoming a doctor. It was very important to her to become a doctor. Walter wanted an insight to what it would be like to be financially successful.
I feel useless and lonely. My parents realize they have no reason to keep working hard if I am not going to go to college. My parents soon understood that they had not been treating me like on of their children. They just wanted me to go further than they did and did not know how to express that to me. My parents try and buy me things and carenow to make up for all these lost years but my heart has turned cold.
The Younger family lived in poor conditions, and can't afford to have better living standards. However, Lena is waiting to receive a $10,000 check from her late-husbands insurance money. The two main characters in the play, Mama and Walter, want this money to be used for the benefits of the whole family. Even though both of them want to benefit the family, each one has a different idea of what to do with the money and how to manage it to benefit everyone. The main conflicts in this film are both internal and external.
Because being a teacher was to be with children and teach them what was right and wrong, just like mothers. In this period, men didn’t think for one second to be a maid, nurse or teacher, because they were meant for women to do and they were too manly for those jobs. Before the war employers didn’t hire women because they believed they were jobs assigned for men (nps.gov). Most women gave up work when they married, though some women kept working after marriage because they couldn't afford to give up their jobs. Working after marriage was generally something done mainly by poor women.