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Shua Halle                         Mama and Travis vs. Ruth and Travis

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Shua Halle                         Mama and Travis vs. Ruth and Travis

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Mama justifies the reason she makes Travis' bed because he is a "little boy". Ruth claims that Mama is spoiling Travis.

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Mama seems to be intrested in the idea walter had to open a liquor store

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Mama seems to be interested in Ruth and wants to know all about her and her family and seems to question a lot of her practices. Ruth however responds and does not appreciate Mama being nosy and argues with her that thee is nothing wrong with how she takes care of herself or Travis. "Girl, you better start eating and looking after yourself better" (29).

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Mama seems to get into Ruth's business a lot when it comes to Travis because he is her grandson. Ruth does not like this and shows that through words. She got angry when Mama asked about what Travis ate that morning when she says "(Angrily) I feed my son, Lena!" (40). Because they do not look at the same perspective, it causes a lot of conflicts. Mama however, still cares about Ruth and the family's well being.

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They are in fights all the time about what they should do with the inheritance from their grandfather and father. Walter wants to invest it and beneatha wants to go to medical school, so they are having a conflict about who should get the money. Mamma might keep the money or give it to one of them.

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When facing Walter, Ruth seems to reject his idea of a liquor store, however when she talks with mama, she appears to be on Walter's side. This suggests that Ruth may be undecided about the liquor store, but still wants to please her husband, as shown in the quote [Ruth]: "But he needs something-something I can't give him anymore."

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Walter and Beneatha are fighting over the money Mama is going to get on Saturday. They are fight over the money because they both want the money for different reasons. Walter wants to open a liquor store and Beneatha wants to go to medical school to "be a doctor"(24)

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I think Mama and Ruth don't see eye to eye but they want whats best for the family. Mama gets into Ruth's business and does nag her about being thin but she does it because she cares. Ruth, however, finds it annoying and feels like mama can be a bit of a push over with Travis. "Lord have

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Ruth cares about Travis and is trying to help him to not have too much fun and for him to get serious. She is doing this it seems like she is taking hope out of Travis. "Can i maybe go carry some groceries in front of the supermarket after school?" Travis wants to help but Ruth says "Just hush." Her ways of not letting him do things is making them sad and angry.

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Walter just cares about Travis and wants him to have some fun. When Walter reached in his pocket for lunch money for Travis, he gave Travis more money than he needed so Travis could enjoy himself and buy something special for himself that he normally wouldint get to buy.

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It is obvious that Walter and Ruth care for each other. Even when they fight, they give each other tiny compliments, like when Walter said, "You look young this morning, baby," right after they were arguing about breakfast. With that said, from what we have read so far, it appears as if they do fight with each other a lot. From my point of view, Walter and Ruth have a love-hate relationship, that escalates and deescalates at different times.

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Ruth is trying to give Travis an enjoyable childhood because she wants him to take "[his] mind off money and eat [his] breakfast"(28). This is something that she thinks that the kids shouldn't worry about and have the adults worry about the issues and just have Travis go to school and do everything he needs to do. The kids should never be worried about finances.

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Ruth and Walter seem to argue a lot and have an aggressive relationship. They do however truly care about each other even though they fight about many things, especially money. When Ruth is making breakfast, Walter states that "[she] looked really young again"(15,making it seem that the relationship is very affectionate and sometimes playful.

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Even during their hardships, Travis and Ruth have practiced making up after one of them has gotten angry. Ruth acts a little more playful towards her son to try and cheer him up. She only wants what is best for her son and he tries to understand that. "She finally laughs aloud at him and hold out her arms to him and we see that it is a way between them, very old and practiced. He crosses to her and allows her to embrace him warmly but keeps his face fixed with masculine rigidity" (30)

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Does Walter spoil Travis?  He gives Travis money, even though Ruth says they can't afford it.  Why does Walter want Travis to feel that they have money?
"In fact, here's another fifty cents . . . Buy yourself some fruit today - or take a taxicab to school or something!" (31)