A raisin in the sun Poverty must not influence the personalities of the people I consume like most young people. Mom, Ruth, and Beneatha didn't let being poor make them envy anyone who had money. Walter, on the other hand, was fed up with the way he and his family had to live. He was fed up and desperately wanted to make money any way he could for his family." You see, this little liquor store we had in mind cost seventy-five thousand dollars and we calculated that the initial investment on the place would be about thirty thousand. You see. That's ten thousand apiece,” this quote is Walter telling Ruth that he wants to split three ways with Bobo and Willie Harris. For the initial investment they must pay ten thousand dollars. But Ruth has heard all this before and doesn't want to hear his nonsense, so she retaliates to avoid hearing anything else by saying. “Eat your eggs, they will be cold.” Walter "The man says to his woman: I had a dream. His woman says: Eat your eggs." Walter thinks that Ruth doesn't care at all what he's saying, but the truth is that she's annoyed that he says the same thing over and over again. Walter Sr. was Walter and Beneatha's father died and his wife and mother received ten thousand dollars for life insurance. Walter wants all ten thousand dollars for himself and bets it on the liquor store. But Beneatha wants to go to medical school and become a doctor. Walter thinks it's selfish of Beneatha that she wants to go to medical school because otherwise she wouldn't get all the money for the liquor store. Under "that money belongs to mom, Walter, and it's up to her to decide how she wants to use it. I don't care if she wants to buy a house or a rocket or just nail it somewhere and look at it. It's hers. Not ours, hers." Mom takes all the money and it's up to her to decide whether she wants the money for herself, give it to Beneatha for school or give it to Walter for the liquor store. Now that the date when the money will arrive is getting closer and closer. Walter acts more and more desperate for that money.