The greatest amount of change is in Walter. Walter Younger is a dreamer and is very immature at the beginning of the play. Walter complains and alienates his family by his constant talk of money. He wants his mother to give him the insurance money and when he doesn't get his way he runs out and drinks and pouts. When his mother does trust him with a portion of the money, which he is supposed to deposit half of in savings, he gives it all to a friend of his to open a liquor store. His friend runs off with the money and Walter can't believe that this is happening to him. This again demonstrates his immaturity. Still his growth by the end of the novel is very evident. "By standing up to Karl Lindner when it would have been easier to accept Lindner's financial offer, Walter asserts himself forcefully into his culture—and although his choices may make his life difficult in some ways, he will not be spiritually defeated." Even his mother recognizes this growth and says to Ruth at the end of the play that "he has come into his manhood."
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