What does walter want mama to do with the insurance money

invest in a business

The correct answer is the following: Walter wants mama to give him the insurance money so that he can invest in a business. However, mama does not approve of this plan, as she believes that Walter lacks experience, and that he will waste all of the insurance money.

"A raisin in the Sun" is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. The play, based upon the poem called "Harlem", written by  Langston Hughes, tells the story of a family who lives in Washington Park, Chicago, as they attempt to change their lives after the father dies and they receive the insurance payment.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”