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Therefore, everything she does in Raisin in the Sun is for her family and to keep the family together as they go through difficult times. Ruth seems to want peace in the household because she is always the one meddling in conversations and telling two characters to stop their bickering and solve the problem in a more peaceful manner.
Throughout the story, as her husband and mother-in-law go through an emotional rollercoaster, she’s the only one who has been consistent in her opinions and emotions. Therefore, everything she does in Raisin in the Sun is for her family and to keep the family together as they go through difficult times.
They resolve their conflict by talking through it. Lena resolves the conflict of what to do with the insurance money by buying a house in Clybourne Park, which also resolves a lot of the other characters’ dreams because Lana wanted to start a garden and Ruth wanted to get out of the house.
Leads to conflict and inability to connect between Ruth and Walter in the morning (scrambled eggs) and Ruth’s reluctance to support Walter in his business ideas. Also shown by living conditions: sharing room, Travis on living room couch, and sharing of bathrooms with neighbors.
? In A Raisin in the Sun, Ruth’s internal conflict about whether to terminate her pregnancy extends to an external conflict with her mother-in-law, who opposes the idea. She also has conflicts with her husband and sister-in-law over their constant fighting.
Ruth is also frequently in conflict with Walter. Where she is calm, he is volatile; where she is steady, he tends to be erratic. One area of conflict is his ideas about business, including his expectation of using his mother’s insurance money and the men he plans to have as partners.
However, the central conflict that Ruth faces through the course of the play is internal. In the first act, it is revealed that she is pregnant.
A scene in which Ruth faces a crisis is when she contemplates whether or not to get an abortion to save her family. Their family of five is already bursting at its seams, and she is reluctant to bring in another member of the family, which can bring them down into further economic stress.
Ruth seems to want peace in the household because she is always the one meddling in conversations and telling two characters to stop their bickering and solve the problem in a more peaceful manner. Ruth is the peacemaker in the family.
9. A revelation Ruth receives is when Lana discloses to the family that they are going to be living a brand new house.
Ruth hides her opinions and feelings because she doesn’t want to bring more conflict into the family. For example, when Ruth didn’t say she went to abortion doctor. “When the world gets ugly enough-a woman will do anything for her family.”. 4. To play the character, we need to be calm.
Ruth considers getting rid of her child because of Walter’s situation of not being able to find money to build up a liquor store. She is stuck between poverty and maintaining her love for Walter because she knows that if she keeps the baby, her marriage with Walter would become even weaker as it already is.
Ruth is emotionally strong-willed, and she is the most reliable and emotionally stable one in the family because the family depends on her to keep their lives running.
1. Ruth is a low-key person who encounters many struggles with other family members, but she is strong-willed and determined. She is also very practical and doesn’t fantasize about things she knows she won’t be able to receive.
Conflict about revealing Ruth’s two-month pregnancy is developed; Lena questions where another child is going to live in an already crowded apartment. Lena has “never been wrong ‘bout a woman neither” and she suspects that Ruth has not gone to a regular doctor, but one that specializes in abortion.
George and Beneatha continue to conflict because they aren’t really connecting with each other since George wanted to be involved in emotions. He says, “I want you to cut it out--the moody stuff.”. George only wanted to get a degree, nothing related with thoughts. Beneatha insists that she “loves to talk”.
Asagai then invites Beneatha to go to Nigeria with him to teach her Nigerian heritage that she lost in America. “I will show you our mountains and our stars; and give you cool drinks from gourds and teach you the old songs and the ways of our people”.
When Beneatha comes back home, she explains to Lena that she doesn’t really like George, and Lena says, “I guess you better not waste your time with no fools.”. The conflict is resolved because Beneatha says, “Thank you for understanding me this time.”.
The conflict that Lindner brings up is quickly resolved because they don’t even tell Lena what has happened, and they continue to give presents which further gives a sense that the conflicts are resolved. The family enriches Lena’s dream by giving her gardening tools and Travis an “elaborate wide gardening hat.”.
Lena fixes his mindset by saying, “I ain’t never stop trusting you. Like I ain’t never stop loving you.”. Walter has sudden change in attitude and resolution for his conflict adds to happiness when talking to his son, saying, “And I hand you the world.”.
Walter loses his way because he hasn’t shown up to work for three days, and Mrs. Arnold calls, saying that if Walter doesn’t show up, he will lose his job. The conflict is resolved when Lena gives Walter $6500 to help him set up a liquor store. Lena fixes his mindset by saying, “I ain’t never stop trusting you.