ther word to say, Amanda is selfish and hypocrite. In return, Mrs. Young is a wonderful mother; she has suffered and sacrificed for her children. She always explains and lesson to her children instead of making them feel guilty. The Young family starts running into problems when Mrs. Young (Mama) receives about ten thousand dollars from life insurance of her husband. With a poor family likes Young, ten thousand dollars is really a dream, it is a huge amount of money that they could never get for all of their life. The children start fighting over the money; every one has his/her own reason to use that money. Mama must figures out how to keep the family in peace and together. Mama deeply believes in God and lives her life in "cultural and ethnic pride". She usually talks about how her generation has won its freedom and proud to be able no longer be slaves. At the end of the play, even she failed to convince Walter not to put the money in the liquor store but she made her commitment, she has what she has fought for all of her life, her family now all together in love, happiness and forgiveness.Tom, a son of Amanda, a poet, with no backbone gets a job in a warehouse and does not have any plan for his career. He is trapped by his mother and has suffered from that. However, Tom is curious about how he takes care of the family, especially his younger sister. Lately, Tom gives up not because of his ability but because of his lovely mother's demands. He tries to get away with it by spending time to go to the movies every night. I feel so sorry for Tom; he is no strong enough to face with his mother to resolve his family's problems.On the other hand, Walter Young, a son of Mama, has a big ambition becoming wealthy after seeing the ten thousand dollars check comes into Mama's hand. Walter is actually a manipulator and has no respect from his family. His dream is to own a liquor store and to earn a lot of money so his son will be able to go to col...
