Answer: The Youngers, a working-class black family, struggle against economic hardship and racial prejudice. rising action Ruth discovers that she is pregnant; Mama makes a down payment on a house; Mama gives Walter the remaining insurance money; Walter invests the money in the liquor store venture.
The function of the gerund phrase <em>crying about our problems </em>in this sentence is that of a subject of the sentence. Who/what will not solve problems? Crying about them.
