In the 1950’s most American families living in Chicago struggled with living in poverty. Like many families their ultimate goal and dream is to up root out of this dilemma. But for one family they got lucky and inherited some insurance money from their father’s death. It was 10,000 dollars and they see it as there way of savior. Quickly things don’t plan out as expected different obstacles come up against them. In the journey to make it out of a two bed room apartment the dreams and descions of each person is never more important than other. All of them value and view there hopes and dreams. Poverty discrimination, racisms unity, are just a few obstacles this family has faced to fulfill their fathers long awaited dream of owning a nice home out of poverty striconed environment. How can we learn from this family?
How does it relate to you younger siblings are the rock of the family Lena and mama are the unit of the family. She tries to keep the family strong and encourages them every step of the way. Walter is her son and the husband and father to Ruth and Travis Walter works hard to provide for his family. His wife Ruth is a hard working woman that tries her best to take care of the apartment that they live in. Their son Travis is a young boy who works odd jobs to make a little change. He sleeps on the couch at home. Benetha is Walters’s sister young beautiful independent women with her mind set to go to medical school and has to male friends that are established and wants to marry. While on the other hand the other one is from Africa and he supports her goal and dreams but critics her hair not being long.
But she doesn’t like that he keeps her from being her true heritage. This family is small but have each other there own ideal of how they should spend the money but the main objective is to get a new house. When they receive the money mama takes a portion of and invest in a home in Cly Bourne Park. A predominantly white...