Walter's Scapegoat.

[Christina An]

I think that it’s everybody’s fault for Walter’s misfortune. Society
has brained washed people to think a certain way. Whites are at fault
for leaving unwanted jobs for blacks and for discriminating them just
for the color of their skin. Walter also has to blame himself for the
family he was born in and his for not taking the chance with his
friend for the dry cleaning business. Because he denied that request,
he wants his dream more than ever. Walter’s family is also at fault.
Walter tells his dream to his family every day and they don’t want to
heart it. Even though it is redundant, family should always be there
support its members’ decisions. By listening, they would understand
Walter’s passion and frustration. They would know how he earnestly
wants to achieve his dream. “‘That is just what is wrong with the
colored women in this world. Don’t understand about building their men
up and making ‘em feel like they somebody. Like they can do
something’” (64). If his family supported him, he would feel better
about the way lives and feel comfortable about them because he is
understood.

[Jake Taccone]

Walter Lee Younger a man who is very unhappy in his bleak
surroundings. He has financial difficulties and is very frustrated in
the fact that he can not support his family. He expresses this
frustration when he states, “I’m thirty-five years old; I been
married
eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the living room… and all I
got to give him is stories about how rich white people live…” (34) It
is clear that he wishes that they had better living arrangements, and
in the same breath, he comments about how only rich white people can
live. His tone reflects a sense of envy, as if he believes he should
be the rich white man. In essence, he is blaming society and
expressing the thought that the black man doesn’t have the same
opportunities as the white man. He doesn’t feel equal because his
race. Because of his frustration, he blames other people for his
problems. He even blames his wife Ruth, for not being supportive.
“That is just what is wrong with the colored women in this world…

Don’t understand about building their men up and making ‘em feel like

they somebody. Like they can do something.” (34) Walter’s scapegoat
is
society’s view on colored men. He does not blame himself, but rather
everyone around him.