https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8 Character Study en-us 2018-04-17 15:28:58 UTC 2025-11-09 16:13:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png hinesabbigail22 https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/252631106 Lena wants to buy a house for her and her family. She wants a house that has a yard for Travis to be able to play in. She wants Travis to be able to run around without getting into trouble in the streets. "You glad about the house? It's going to be yours when you get to be a man."(Hansberry 91).  She wants a house with a yard for Travis, a place for him to own when  he becomes a man so that he can have a better life then her and Walter have had.]]> 2018-04-17 15:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/252631106 hinesabbigail22 https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/252631762 Her children and their dreams are stopping mama from achieving her dreams. "That belongs to mama,Walter,and it's for her to decide how she wants to use it.I don't care if she wants to buy a house or a rocket ship or just nail it up somewhere and look at it. It's hers.Not ours-hers."(Hansberry 36-37). Lena's children have things that they want to do with the money even though it's her money to use/decide what to do.]]> 2018-04-17 15:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/252631762 hinesabbigail22 https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/252632295 Lena's dream affects others because she is stopping/slowing down there dreams.She is slowing their dreams down  by her buying a house instead of  letting/buying the things that they want. "We ain't no business people,Ruth.We just plain working folks." (Hansberry 42).Mama doesn't think investing in a liquor store is the best thing to do with the money they inheriated.]]> 2018-04-17 15:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/252632295 hinesabbigail22 https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/252633150 Mama's thoughts are about buying a house for her family to be happy and healthy. "There ain't nothing worth holding on to, money, dreams, nothing else-if it means-if it means it's going to destroy my boy." (Hansberry 106). Mama just wants for her children to be happy with their life and what they have earned.]]> 2018-04-17 15:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/252633150 hinesabbigail22 https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/255716780 Lena is an older colored lady who lives in a small two bedroom appartment. Lena just retired from working as a nanny/cleaner. She was able to retire because she got a big check from her dead husbands life insurance.]]> 2018-04-26 16:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/255716780 hinesabbigail22 https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/259338907 2018-05-09 15:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hinesabbigail22/dtqlinldcqe8/wish/259338907