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The Youngers' apartment consists of Ruth, Walter, Mama, Travis, and Beneatha. Ruth is the first one to wake up and goes to wake up her husband Walter and son Travis. Neither one of them proceed to wake so she goes to start breakfast. As breakfast is making Travis and Walter finally wake up. Walter joins Ruth in the kitchen while Travis gets ready in the communal bathroom. They do not seem to be happy with each other but try to make a conversation.

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Travis returns from the bathroom asking his parents for 50 cents which he has to take to school, when Ruth tells him they do not have it. No matter how many times she tells him that they do not have it he still continues to ask many times. He still continues to have his mind on the check. Walter proceeds to then give Travis a dollar before he makes his way to school. Walter then tells his wife that he wants to use the money from the insurance check to invest in a liquor store with his friends.

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Once Travis has left for school, Beneatha is up next. After making her way to the bathroom to find it occupied, she goes to start an argument with her brother Walter. Walter thinks that it is silly of Beneatha to want to study medicine and become a doctor. Walter is trying to talk Beneatha out of studying to be a doctor because her school will take money out of the insurance check. Beneatha tries explaining to Walter that the money belongs to Mama and it is her decision what to do with it. He then gets aggravated and leaves for his job, but he has to stop and ask Ruth for money since he gave Travis his dollar.

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What Mama wants to do with the money is buy a house so Travis can have somewhere to play and they can all have more room. Ruth and Mama are having a good time teasing Beneatha about giving up on so much of her hobbies when she tells them she has started guitar lessons. They then move the conversation to George Murchison, a man Beneatha has been seeing. Ruth and Mama love George and thinks they should be together all because he is rich but Beneatha finds him shallow. While this conversation continues, Beneatha uses the Lord's name in vain in front of Mama. She then starts telling her mom about how she doesn't believe in God which makes Mama slap her because she doesn't tolerate disrespect towards God in her house. Ruth suddenly then faints.

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Today is the day that the insurance check is supposed to arrive so everyone is getting excited for the money. Walter still has his plan all set out when the check arrives to open up his liquor store. Everyone is cleaning while waiting and Beneatha is spraying insecticide for the cockroaches. She then threatens Travis with her spray bottle

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Beneatha invites a friend she has met at school named Joseph Asagai who is from Nigeria. Mama questions it because the apartment is such a mess. While Beneatha is telling Mama not to ask such ignorant questions, Ruth comes back.

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Ruth is now back from her trip to the doctor after finding out that she is two months pregnant. Mama starts getting suspicious when Ruth tells her she went to a doctor who is a woman.

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Asagai has now came to Beneatha's apartment with gifts. He brings her a robe and some records. He then becomes so interested and satisfied in her hair. He says that it is too American and he starts questioning how she got it that way. He insists that she wears it natural but she says that it is too raw. He worries why she does not have the same feeling towards him that he has for her because he cares about her very much.

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When Walter returns home, he expects everyone to listen to his liquor store plans. Ruth is planning to discuss her pregnancy with him while being worried that he won't listen. Walter then sits and talks with Mama about his life and how he is unhappy with what he is and what he does. Without any hesitation, Mama tells Walter that Ruth is pregnant and that she is worried that she is going to have an abortion.

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It is later on in the day and Beneatha comes out from her room dressed in the clothes Asagai got her from Nigeria. She starts playing an African record and dancing around telling Ruth it's a tribal welcoming dance. While Beneatha is shouting "ocomogosiay" Walter returns home drunk. While he is still drunk, he starts mocking and joining Beneatha with everything she is doing

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While Walter and Beneatha are still making noise with their Nigerian tribal dance, George Murchison arrives at their apartment to pick up Beneatha for a date. When she sees George she removes her headdress and everyone realizes that she has cut off the majority of her hair. Walter begins a conversation with George as Beneatha goes to change and make herself presentable for him. Realizing that George is not interested in what Walter has to say, he starts making fun of George's shoes. He tries to make himself look better than Walter and brags about what he has and where he has been. Beneatha and George finally leave for the theatre after he suddenly looks back at Walter and says, "Goodnight, Prometheus."

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When Ruth and Walter finally make up, Mama comes home and says she has bought something for all of them with some of the insurance money. After she tells Travis first, she has announced to everyone that she has bought a house and they are moving at the first of the month. They can notice that Walter is upset because he wanted to use that money towards his liquor store. Once Mama has told Ruth that the house is in Clybourne Park, everyone becomes skeptical about moving there.

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Weeks have passed and George and Beneatha have just returned from a night out. While Beneatha wants to have a conversation about culture, George has his mind on something else. Beneatha finally has enough of him trying to get stuff out of her and kicks him out. Mama comes in questioning if she had a good time with George soon after she kicks him out. Beneatha explains to Mama that she thinks George is a fool and Mama agrees to not waste all of your time with a fool.

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After Mama and Beneatha's conversation concludes, their neighbor Mrs. Johnson pays a visit. Mrs. Johnson knows that they are planning to move out and move into the new house in Clybourne Park. She comes over trying to scare them by telling them that a black family has been bombed and kicked out. She tried to tell the Youngers' that they will probably be scared out of the neighborhood just like they were.

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Ruth receives a phone call from Walter's boss informing her that he has not been to work in the past three days. Ruth does not know this but tries to cover for him anyway by telling him that he has been sick. He tries explaining to Ruth that he feels useless in the family and feels he can't do anything right. Mama realizes how bad he has been feeling lately and gives him the rest of the insurance money. Mama tells him to put $3,000 dollars to Beneatha's tuition and keep the remaining $3,500. She tells him to keep ahold of the money as if he were head of the household.

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A week has passed and it is finally moving day. Ruth shows Beneatha her new curtains and says how she could tell the mood of everyone in the house has changed to more happy. Walter comes in the apartment noticeably much happier since he has been given the money.

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A knock on the door disrupts the fun they were all having. As Beneatha answers the door, they are greated by a man named Karl Lindner. He says that he is a member of the Clybourne Park Improvement Asssociation. After some friendly conversation with Walter, he tells them all that by them moving to the white neighborhood would disrupt the community. He explains how his association is prepared to offer them money if they don't move into Clybourne Park. Walter says to Mr. Lindner that they are still prepared to move no matter how much money they are offered.

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When Mama returns home they tell her about Mr. Lindner's visit to the apartment. Mama says that she is proud of them for not accepting the money and still telling Mr. Lindner that they are still moving. The whole family gets into a taxi to go see the new house and everyone seems excited. After taking a tour of the house, everyone sits Mama outside to give her some gifts. Walter gives her some gardening tools so she can finally start a garden of her own, and Travis gives her a gardening hat. By the time everyone returns home, Walter's friend Bobo pays a visit. He tells Walter how his friend Willy Harris has taken his insurance money and left. Mama overhears this and becomes very displeased with Walter. He spent all of the insurance money to invest in the liquor store, even Beneatha's $3,000 dollars for school. While Mama is trying to desperately to beat Walter, she becomes sad because she thinks about all of the hard work her husband had to do for that money.

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It is a little while later and it's finally moving day. Asagai pays Beneatha a visit to see her and maybe help finish with the packing. She starts telling him how she is so mad at her brother for spending all of the money including her tuition. Asagai tries to make her understand that the money was never really hers to begin with and how she never would have had it if her father would not have died. Beneatha finally comes to realize the point of view Asagai is coming from that she can never really be mad because the money was never hers from the start. Asagai tells her about his dream of going back home to Africa and how she should join him. After talking and helping, Asagai leaves Beneatha to think about his proposition about her coming with him.

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Walter emerges from his bedroom to be faced with nonstop insults from Beneatha on how he is a bad brother and how she doesn't want to consider him one at all. Mama interrupts and puts her plant back in the place it has always been in before she packed it up. Everyone looks concerned as to why she put it back when she finally tells them that they are not moving. Walter tells the family that he invited Mr. Lindner over to take up his offer on the money for not moving. Everyone in the house shames him for it and Beneatha announces that she is no longer going to consider him her brother. Mama reminds her that even at Walter's lowest points, they all still have to love him.

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After waiting and talking some time, Mr. Lindner and the movers finally arrive. Mr. Lindner knocks swiftly on the door and enters, moving to the kitchen table to lay out papers for Walter to sign. Walter tries to get Travis to leave the room because he doesn't want Travis to see him give in all the time. Mama makes Travis stay in the room so maybe it will make him change his mind on signing for the money. Walter finally decides to not sign off and tell Mr. Lindner that they are still moving. The movers come in to take away the heavy items in the truck while they grab all of the light boxes. Mama and Ruth stay behind after everyone else to take one last look at the apartment that was slowly tearing their family apart and reminiscing on things that happened. Ruth leaves first while Mama grabs the last thing to remind her of family, her plant.