Walter Younger is the most promising character in the entire work, A Raisin in the Sun. He hopes to provide for his family, although his hopes may not be the best way to earn a living. Throughout the show he always says how he wants to provide a better life and home for his family. He is so focused on that goal that he fails to realize the impact of his dreams on the rest of his family. Walter Younger possesses the traits of an African American man living in Chicago during times of oppression and wants to live the American dream. In the play's exposition, Walter is obsessed with the check that arrives in the mail and his mother who gives him money so he can open a liquor store with two of his friends, Bobo and Willy. The liquor store is Walter's way of providing a decent life for his family and himself. He wants power over the white man and believes that the liquor store will make him equal or even superior to the white man during times of oppression. He feels weakened because he is a chauffeur and because his son, Travis, has to sleep on the couch because they can't afford to buy a bigger house. However, his obsession with his dream has a negative impact on other members of his family. The money belongs to the mother and therefore it is up to her to decide what to do with it. He plans to put some of it towards his daughter, Beneatha's tuition to become a doctor. Beneatha and Walter's wife Ruth both share the belief that the money is Mom's to spend and she should decide what to do with it. Walter is so obsessed with his dream that he doesn't notice his wife's unhappiness which pushes her to the decision to have an abortion. His dreams of a better life actually cause him... mid-paper... to realize that he doesn't need a liquor store to be happy. He needs his family to be happy so that he can be happy. Walter matures over the course of the story and his American dream disappears and new dreams appear. Walter Younger is the most dynamic character in A Raisin in the Sun. The reader can see the immense change in his character: from needing money and power to buy his happiness to the happiness of his family providing his happiness. He starts out longing for the liquor store, and then ends up standing up to a racist man so his family can be happy and proud of him. At first he fails to realize his wife and mother's unhappiness, but over the course of the story he begins to notice it and, in turn, becomes more mature. Walter faces some obstacles in his dreams and happiness, but ultimately turns out to be a better person because of them.