Pursuit of Happiness

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I really enjoy this play. It portrays many different types of conflicts and how to learn from a mistake. Whether it's person vs. person or person vs. self, the characters still managed to overcome them. This play talks about a poor African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago. They escape poverty from a ten thousand dollars of life insurance check because of Mama's husband's death. They each have many dreams about the ten grand that they got. Walter, the oldest son, wants to invest the money in a liquor store. Beneatha, the younger sister, a college student, wants to use the money for medical school. Mama wants to buy a house for the family and finance Beneatha's medical school as for her plan. They all live in a tiny one-bedroom apartment and two families share a single bathroom. Since Walter is the oldest and Mama trusted him about putting the money in the back, she gave half and half for him and Beneatha. Instead, he spent all of it on investing a liquor store. Walter's plan backfired and the person he trusted with the money ran of with it, leaving him empty handed. His wife and sister was upset with him. Walter is a very selfish man. Even though he was trying to help his family, he disobeyed his mother and wasn't thinking about how it would affect Beneatha's future. Later on in the play, Walter finally "grew up" from being immature into a grown man. He became the man of the house and carried on the family.