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Being Walter'smother, Mama has high expectations for her son. Not only in the financial way, but in the way that she expects him to provide for his family in the way that Big Walter did. "You ain't satisfied or proud of nothing we done. I mean that you had a home; that we kept you out of trouble till you was grown; that you don't have to ride to work on the back of nobody's streetcar- you my children- but how different we done become" (Hansberry 74).

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The relationship between Mama and Ruth goes beneath the surface of their conversations. Mama constantly nags Ruth about the way she mothers her children and always provides her with advice even if it is not what Ruth wants to hear. It almost feels as if she is constructing her to be the future of her home and teacher her to make a better future for her own children. When Mama discusses the heath of Ruth's children, she acknowledges the fact that Beneatha is "so thin," and tells Ruth "I just noticed all last week he had cold cereal" (Hansberry 40). Mama uses this constructive criticism to shape Ruth into a better mother.

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The obstacles between Mama and her goal is the money (or lack thereof) in her family. When she finally does get money from her husband’s death, her conflict is how to spend it: on her children, or on her dream?

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Mama's dream is to move into a big, beautiful house with a large garden in the back, where she can grow flowers.

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Mama is the mother of Walter, mother in law of Ruth, and grandmother of Beneatha and Travis. Mama seems to take the role of the matriarch of the home. All ideas and emotions of the other household members seem to pass by Mama. She will always have reassuring advice for her family. Providing her family with hope remains to be one of her main underlying purposes in the home.

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"She is a woman in her early sixties, full-bodied and strong. She is ... of a certain grace and beauty ... her dark-brown face is surrounded by the total whiteness of her hair ... her face is full of strength. She has ... wit and faith ... She is, in a word, a beautiful woman ... Her speech, on the other hand, is as careless as her carriage is precise--she is inclined to slur everything--but her voice is perhaps not so much quiet as simply soft." (Hansberry 39)

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Hansberry describes Mama after her first entrance in the play. The character, to sum her up, is a lively yet quiet woman. She has "adjusted to many things in life and overcome many more", being an African American woman during the 1950's. She's the head of the family, and doesn't hesitate to show her position and put her children in their place when they give her sass in HER house.

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"She crosses through the room, goes to the window, opens it, and brings in a feeble little plant growing doggedly in a small pot on the windowsill. She feels the dirt and pulls it back out." (Hansberry 39)

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Mama, although not being able to accomplish her dream of buying a house and planting a garden, still keeps a dinky little plant on the windowsill. Even though Ruth and the others continue to question why she puts so much work into taking care of it, Mama still does everything in her power to keep it alive. She "always wanted me a garden like I used to see sometimes at the back of the houses down home." (Hansberry 53).