It seems that the mind has an endless capacity to dream. Our thoughts constantly consumed with what life could be. In Lorraine Hansberry's play, "A Raisin in the Sun," we experience the life of the Younger household, an African American family struggling to make their dreams come true. Walter, the main character and his sister Beneatha place their dreams for the future in an insurance check coming in for death of their father. Walter selfishly hopes that this money can invest him into owning a business, while Beneatha playfully has plans to go to school to become a doctor. While the promise of a dream can produce hope and excitement for the future, the frustration of a dream differed can release juvenile behaviors that can harm the family unit. As Walter becomes consumed by the prospect of owning a liquor store, his relationship with his wife is left disconnected and empty. The desire of entrepreneurship has led Walter to believe that nothing else will bring satisfaction in his life. In the beginning scene, Ruth has begun to talk to Lena about the coming insurance check. At the request of Walter, Ruth is trying to convince Lena to let Walter us the money to invest in a business. Ruth yearns to be the desire of her husband, yet she is left having to support his new intense desire for a liquor store. Since Ruth is wanting to see her husband fulfilled and happy again, she hopes that this investment chance for Walter can also help restore a struggling relationship. Ruth tells Lena, “No. Mama, something is happening between Walter and me. I don't know what it is-but he needs something-something I can't give him any more. He needs this chance, Lena” (Hansberry, 42). Like Walter, Ruth is at a point of desperation too. Walter’s drive of owning a liquor store has become his first love. This dream, this passion has taken the place of Ruth. Walter has lost his ability to sense the value of his wife and the disconnect between them in his marriage. Walter is a self-centered man whose selfishness leaves no consideration of the needs of the other family members. In the first scene of act 2 we encounter an anxious Walter wondering where his Mama is. Once she arrives home, worried about the money, Walter begins to badger her on her whereabouts. Soon enough he hears that Ma