Walter is frustrated with his current position in life, and every disappointment he has encountered thus far. His position is symbolic of every black male struggling to provide for his family by any means necessary. Hansberry stated in her meeting with Robert Kennedy…"the first thing that must be achieved is equal opportunities for Negroes...when unemployment is six percent nationally it is as high as thirty percent among Negroes. Although Walter has a job, …showed first 75 words of 851 total…

…showed last 75 words of 851 total…reality and a dream deferred. Essentially this play is the story of Walter Lee Young , passionate, ambitious, and bursting with energy and dreams. Walter Lee was a desperate man, shackled by poverty and prejudice, and obsessed with his own sense of success, which he felt would be the end of all of his social and economic problems. Unfortunately Walter had to learn the a hard lesson life, pride and greed will eventually lead to unhappiness.