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Mrs. Johnson
Lena Younger’s recently deceased husband and the father of Walter Lee and Beneatha. Big Walter’s death provides the family with an insurance payment of $10,000, part of which serves as the down payment on the Youngers’ new home. Although he was “hard-headed, mean, [and] kind of wild with women,” Big Walter “sure loved his children” and practically “kill[ed] himself” working to provide for his family. Big Walter shared his wife’s dream of buying a house.
Walter Younger (Big Walter) Quotes in A Raisin in the Sun
The A Raisin in the Sun quotes below are all either spoken by Walter Younger (Big Walter) or refer to Walter Younger (Big Walter). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 2, Scene 3
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Man, I trusted you . . . Man, I put my life in your hands . . . Man . . . THAT MONEY IS MADE OUT OF MY FATHER’S FLESH –
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Act 3
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And we have decided to move into our house because my father – my father – he earned it for us brick by brick. We don’t want to make no trouble for nobody or fight no causes, and we will try to be good neighbors. And that’s all we got to say about that. We don’t want your money.
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Walter Younger (Big Walter) Quotes in A Raisin in the Sun
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Act 2, Scene 3
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Man, I trusted you . . . Man, I put my life in your hands . . . Man . . . THAT MONEY IS MADE OUT OF MY FATHER’S FLESH –
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Act 3
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And we have decided to move into our house because my father – my father – he earned it for us brick by brick. We don’t want to make no trouble for nobody or fight no causes, and we will try to be good neighbors. And that’s all we got to say about that. We don’t want your money.
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