Diction/ Act 1

"What you mean out?  He ain't hardly go in there yet."  This is an example of diction that is used throughout the play.  Ruth said this quote.  This diction helps to show that the Youngers are not highly educated.  They are African Americans, and this play is during the time when discrimination and racism were going on.  This would explain why they may not have been highly educated because they were most likely not allowed in certain schools.  In addition, this play is very interesting!  It is very upsetting how depressed and disappointed Ruth and Walter are with their lives. They do not have much money, and I think that Walter blames himself for that.  Walter wants to open a liquor store with his friends because he thinks it will bring much money for his family.  Ruth, Walter's wife does not like this plan morally, and this causes some tension between Ruth and Walter.  At the end of this act, Ruth says she is pregnant, and Mama says she may be thinking of an abortion.  I truly hope she never had an abortion, but they never said what she decided to do.