Walter Says

1. On p. 143, Walter states, "There ain't no causes - there ain't nothing but taking in this world, and he who takes the most is smartest - and it don't make a damn bit of difference how." Do you think that this is true? Why or why not?

It is sort of true, those who take things in this world do sometimes get ahead. Although if they takes things from this world the wrong way, as in against the law, they will pay for it very much. Usually when people take things from others they do it one of two ways, they take it legally or illegally. If you take illegally then you go to jail, if you get caught. If you take things legally then you should be fine with the law, and the person you are taking from should have given you permission. Kind of like the XL Pipeline situation, they took the people's land legally more or less, but people are still trying to stop it from being finished. So even though people take in this world, it does matter how you do it, and possibly who you take from. Therefore I believe that this statement it half true and half false.

Act II, Scene 2

1. In Act II, Scene 2, Mama puts Walter in charge of all of the money. Why do you think that she does that? 

I believe Mama left the money with Walter because she felt bad for buying the house instead of letting Walter buy that liquor store. Once Mama had given him that money I think she wanted him to fulfill his liquor store dream without having the family lose to much money. Mama wanted Walter to understand that she loved him and she wanted him to achieve his dream. Even though she would not give him the whole $10,000 for it. Walter had been talking to her about the money so much, I think he guilt tripped her into giving him that money. Still he acted surprised when he got the money, and once he wasted it all, oh boy. Mama was so shocked, and upset I doubt she would trust Walter with a large amount of money again

Putting myself in the Younger's Shoes

1. Put yourself into the shoes of the Younger family. What do you think it would be like to live in a tiny, three-room apartment with three generations of your family, without the choice or resources to move elsewhere?  

     To be honest I have some cousins who have been in a similar situation, so it is easy to palace myself in the Younger's situation. They lived in New Orleans, around the time when Hurricane Katrina hit, which was in 2005. Their houses got destroyed during the storm. So my mom decided to reach out to them, while we were in the middle of moving into an apartment because we were waiting on our new house to be built. My mom invited them to stay with us in the new apartment because they had no where else to go. They were so grateful for our help, the Younger's situation is a little different from this because they they did not have another place to go after a certain amount of time passed, unlike my cousins who got a new house after the hurricane had finished.