Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun contains many contrasting characters. Most the characters deal with the poverty in their lives differently and have different suggestions for a solution. However, the most contrasting relationship exists between Walter and Beneatha. Both Walter and Beneatha dream of bettering their lives by getting out of poverty. However, their views on how to do this wildly differ. Beneatha takes the route of education, believing that being a doctor not only makes her successful, but a better person. She admits she thought healing people was "the most marvelous thing in the world... I wanted to do that. I always thought it was the one concrete thing in the world that a human being could do. Fix up the sick..." (Hansberry, 520). Beneatha's goals are respectable, and with her education has a great chance of better her life. In contrast, Walter believes money is the only fix for his miserable life. He's obsessed with get-rich-quick solutions. His liquor store business is neither respectable nor a true solution for his place in life.
Ultimately, Walter and Beneatha bring different values to the family dynamic.
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