It ain’t easy being the only man in a house full of lazy women. “Nobody in this house is ever going to understand me”. I have to get up every mornin’’, knowing that I am 35 years old, with my own boy having to sleep in the living room- and I can only tell him stories of how “rich white people live”. Now Mama is gonna get a check in the mail worth TEN THOUSAND dollars. Its funny because Willie, Bobo, and I got this whole business planned out. Were gonna open a liquor store and each of us are contributing 10 thousand dollars. Now lemme tell you baby, lemme tell you that a man can not live, when he’s got to drive around a rich white man all day while sayin’ “yes sir” and “no sir”. NO! A man needs to be a head of the household, someone his son can look up to and be proud of. Thats why the women need to understand that I need to take the money to Springfield. With the income I will be making we can live in a huge house, with a garden for Mama, and easily pay for Beneatha’s medical school. Now I have been drinking much lately, but Ruth done got herself pregnant and she is threatening to kill my baby. A father can’t deal with that pain, thats why I need to drink some to ease it away. So now if some black women can understand me, I would be much better.
I like how you explored Walter's desire to have a patriarchal family. Also, your concession-rebuttal format addressing drinking perfectly downplays and provides an excuse for his behavior as Walter himself would want to do.
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