A Raisin in the Sun #9

In A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, Walter is a character that feels trapped by circumstances. He continually looks for a means to an end in desperation. Despite the fact that he is continually unhappy, Walter cannot stop himself from being unhappy with his family and forgetting about financial success. Only thinking about himself, he invests the only money that is left of his father in money that he wants to make. He neglects his mother's orders to put some of it aside for his sister. This is one example of how Walter tries to escape the place that he is in. Another instance was more in the center of the play when he skipped work several days in a row and just tried to leave the city to see other places. It comes off as though he has trouble expressing these feelings of being trapped. His actions come off as spontaneous and poorly thought out. The saddest example of how Walter feels as though he is trapped is his issue with drinking. He looks for an out, an escape. So he goes to a bar over and over to drink and listen to music. "You can just sit there and drink and listen to them three men play and you realize that don't nothing matter worth a damn(Act II, Scene II), is an example of Walter expressing his inability to escape the situation that he so desperately is trying to rid himself of completely. Tired and annoyed of life, Walter attempted to drink himself out of his bad moods only to realize that this was not the way out.