Question

What does the character willy most likely symbolize in the play?

Answer 1

It is Walter's foolishness

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is A: Walter´s foolishness.

Explanation:

"A Raisin in the Sun" is a play that was written by author Lorraine Hansberry and it had its first debut in 1959, in Broadway. In essence, this play portrays the adventures and situations that an African American family must face when they receive the life insurance money for their deceased father and they decide to use it to transform their lives into what they believe would make them more like white people. As such, while Mama, the mother of the family wishes to use the money to buy a house in a white neighborhood, she is finally convinced by her son, Walter, to give him the rest of the 10.000 dollars she received after having bought the house, to invest it in a liquor store with a group of friends. However, Mama also makes it clear to Walter that she wants a piece of the money to be saved up for her daughter´s Beneatha´s medical schooling. In Act III, after Walter has received the money from his mother to use for his endeavour, he and his best friend, Bobo, give the money to Willy, another of their partners, who, without a second thought, takes off with the money and is never heard from again. Walter foolishly believed that Willy would be a loyal enough friend to not misuse their money; but Willy has not remorse in doing just the opposite.