1. Do Now: Review. Who are the 5 characters? How are they characterized?

2.   Mama  The matriarch. Her husband had died and she is about to receive $10,000 of insurance money.  Beneatha  Mama’s daughter and Walter’s sister. She is going to school to be a doctor.  Walter  Mama’s son, Beneatha’s brother and Ruth’s husband. He wants to open up a liquor store with his friend, Willy Harris.  Ruth  Married to Walter. She is tired and serious from overwork.  Travis  Walter and Ruth’s son. He is the third generation of the Younger family. Characters

3.   Unfulfilled Dreams  What is everyone’s dream?  The American Dream  What does it mean in general?  What does it mean to the Younger family?  Roots  What are the 2 ways in which Mama is trying to plant roots.  What other character represents roots? Themes

4.   Beneatha’s 2 Suitors  George Murchison  Joseph Asagai  The Setting  The African American experience after WWII  The Younger apartment  Chicago’s Southside Topics of Interest