s play there are obstacles to overcome. The biggest obstacle is the fact that she is a black woman. In the sixties woman in general were treated unequally much less a black woman. The second obstacle is her brothers Walter go be a nurse like other woman (Hansberry 1.1 1019). Walter is very much opposed to his sisters education because of the fact that he wants to use the money to fund his dream. Characters in the play, aside from fighting with each other also have to deal with their own internal struggles. The best example of this sort of internal conflict is Ruth. Ruth is pregnant and does not know what to do. She wants to get an abortion to prevent putting any more strain on the family (Cheney, 61). She also feels that by having a baby it could put more pressure on Walter and instead of him wanting to sell liquor he will start to consume it and destroy his life. Lena is another one of the characters that faces an internal conflict. Her conflict is with the money. She has full control of the check and has already used part of it for a down payment on the house she bought. The other part of the check is where her dilemma lies. She wants to see Beneatha go to medical school, but at the same time she sees how desperate Walter is. Reluctantly she hands over control of the money to her son. She did this not only to help him out, but also in an attempt to ease up some of the family tension. She also comes to realize that Walter needs the money to chisel a place for himself in the silent monolith of white society(67). Her feelings about Beneatha and Walter stem from her own life experience. Lena grew up in the south where blacks were frequently lynched and killed just because of the color of their skin. Lena and her children grew up in very different time to her God will provide for them and will take care of there needs. Walter and Beneatha feel that they need to provide for themselves. Beneatha comes right out and says that she does not ...
