BLOCK BLOG: THINK TANK

Ruth is thirty and pretty, also a wife and mother

Travis is a son, he has no bedroom, tired a lot

Walter is a husband, father, wants to be rich

Beneatha is lean and has thick hair, intellectual

Lena is in her sixties, a grandmother, has faith, strong

Ruth- tired, hopeless
Travis- persistent, grown-up for his age
Walter- Hopeful, protective(of Travis’s childhood)
Bennie- Selfish, driven
Lena- Confused, wishful

Ruth- emotional and caring

Travis- naive and willing

Walter- struggling for pride

Beneatha- Smart and determined

Lena- religious and thoughtful

Ruth; Mentally/Emotionally tired
Travis;Typical innocent Preteen
Walter; Man with a dream
Beneatha;Irritated stuck-in-a-rut sister
Lena; steriotypical busy grandmother

Ruth - quite a temper
Travis - semmingly good hearted
Walter - vivacious, risk taking
Bennie - afraid of commitment
Mama - dependable, old fasion

Ruth - devoted to family

Travis - playfully naive

Walter - persistent risk-taker

Bennie - undecided successor

Lena - religiously generous

Ruth~ intense, peacemaker

Travis~ innocent, lively

Walter~ idealist, forceful

Bennie~ bright, contemporary

Mama~ honorable, religious

Ruth: fatigued, forceful,

Travis: playful, naive

Walter: fantasist/dreamer, intense

Beneatha (Bennie): a scholar/thinker, well-educated

Lena (Mama): spiritual, motherly, caring

ruth: mother, stressed, spread thin

travis: young, outgoing, energy

walter: working man, poor, spirited

beneatha: artist, reabel, adult

lena: thinks she knows best for all

1. caring and compassionate
2. young and innocent
3. high hopes and daring
4. smart and ambitious
5. morals and smart decisions

IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION

ruth - thoughtful - worry-wart

travis - selfish - inconsiderate - lovable -
forgivable

walter - selfish - not reasonable

bennie - out spoken - but smart

mama - care taker - giver - reasonable

Ruth- Unhappy early bird
Travis- curious nagger
Walter- unhappy visionary dreamer
Beneatha (Bennie) – lively loud mouth
Lena (mama)- pretend caretaker

Most everyone in the house seems to be unhappy about thier lives in someway or another. Also each person has their own unique dream they hope to fullfil by using money from the check. My is that the check is going to cause problems. Just as stated in the bible, ” money is the root to all evil.”

ruth:not openminded
travis:thankful,innocent
Walter:not independent
Beneatha: problem solver
Lena:care taker

ruth = wornout routined

travis = anctious energetic

Walter= selfish, bland ,(mad at the world)

bennie= ambitiously

mama= loving, caring

Ruth: pessimist and rule oriented
Travis: Sheltered and persistant
Walter: Caring but mistake prone
Beneatha: Smart and free spirited
Mama: Proud and sensitive

Ruth- settler, disappointed, mom/strong supporting women

Travis- young, handsome, understanding

Walter-impatient, needy, rude

Beneatha(Bennie)- lean, sarcastic, sharp

Lena(mama)- secure, graceful, beautiful

Ruth- wife mother

Travis- young, sheltered

Walter- wants to be rich

Beneatha- young, ambitious

Lena- mother, religious

Ruth - Intimate Relations

Travis - Parent Pet

Walter - Two Sided Person

Beneatha (Bennie) - Demanding Truth

Lena (Mama) - Classy Hero

Ruth- Tired, annoyed

Travis- oblivious, daddy’s boy

Walter- Wild, risk taker

Beneatha- driven, educated, independent

Lena- respected, strong, slightly stubborn

Ruth: Tries to keep the house running smoothly and is informaly incharge of the order of things, but wearing herself out with all the work. Only in her 30’s and already her passion for life is deminished.

Travis: Young boy trying to live a full life when only half of life’s nessesities are supplied.

Walter: Ruth’s husband that at 35 is learning the harshest lessons life has to offer. He is growing upset at all around him because his life is quickly going down hill and he knows it and believes it is in result of the lack of support from his family.

Beneatha: Walter’s sister who is going aganist the flow. She knows what she wants (to be a doctor) and doesn’t wish to settle or give up her happiness for a stable life.

Lena (mama): Widow who is attempting to keep her family together and to live purely with guidance from God. Her check for $10,000 is her ticket to giving those she loves what they deserve. She’s a self-less woman and is trying to make it in a dog eat dog world.

Ruth: housekeeper, pessimistic
Travis: sheltered, young
Walter: dreamer, greedy
Beneatha: expressive,
Lena: sympathetic, hopeful

Ruth- wornout, hard worker
Travis- understanding child
Walter- dreamer, believer
Beneatha- intelligent, hopeful
Mama- strict, loving

Ruth: strong underdog

Travis: underprivlaged youth

Walter: Family Man

Bennie: Ambitious Youth

Mama: Woman of God

Ruth: indifferent, stubborn, strong

Travis: sheltered, poor, possible an outcast at school

Walter: hopeful, dreamer, determined

Beneatha (Bennie): headstrong, radical, sarcastic

Lena (Mama): a beautiful person, strong

Ruth-Walter’s wife

Travis-Mama’s grandson, Walter and Ruth’s son

Walter-Ruth’s Husband

Beneatha-Mama’s daughter, Walter’s sister

Lena(mama)-Travis’s grandma, Walter and bennies mom.

Ruth- sad, lack of faith

Travis- cheerful (for the most part), average little boy

Walter- a dreamer, sad husband, hopeful

Beneatha (Bennie)- “fresh”, has an attitude

Lena (Mama)- honorable, head of the house, not a dreamer

Ruth: Argues a lot
Travis: earns money
Walter: laid back
Beneatha: Separate beliefs from family
Lena: Motherly figure

RUTH: She is the mother of Travis and Bennie And the wife of Walter. she tries really hard to et the approval of everyone but especially Walter and Lena.

TRAVIS: He is Ruth’s younger son and is very into family and knows everything that is going on and loves his mom and dad.

WALTER: He is the father of Bennie and Travis, and the wife of Ruth. He is not very complementary but when he does make a compliment he turns it right back around.

BENNIE: She is the oldest daughter of Walther and Ruth. She is Kind of a know- it - all.

LENA/MAMA: She is the grandmother of Bennie and Travis, and the mother of Walter. She is not a fan of Ruth but LOVES Travis and would do anything for him.

Ruth: Mistreated emotional Black women
Travis: Deprived but loved Black boy
Walter: Money-obsessive hopeful Black Man
Bennie: Smart, nonreligious, hopeful Black Women
Lena: Loving, non obsessive over money, religious Black Women

Walter: Family Man, Money, Work. Work. Work

Lena: Money, Old Ways, Strict

Beneatha: Cant really think of somethig

Travis: Young, Next generation, IN need of sleep, Hesitant

Ruth: Cant really think ether.

Ruth- poor caretaker
Travis- young playful
Walter-dreams, loves money
Bennie- well eduacated, young, potential
Lena- mother, moral, religious

ruth-tough sly smart
travis-wants wines trys
walter-lives loves grows
bennie-strives wants almost acheves
lena-rational kind understainding

Ruth: Bossy and loving

Travis: Charming but Stubburn

Bennis: Ambitious and Intelligent

Walter: Venturist and ppor

Lena: Steady and religious

Ruth- strong, caring

Travis- Naïve, clueless

Walter- dreamer, ambitious

Beneatha (Bennie)-smart, responsible

Lena (Mama)- structure if family

Ruth: a mother, tired, unhappy

Travis: young, open-minded, persistant

Walter: hopeful, a little far-fetched, stubborn

Beneatha: carefree, intelligent, determined

Mama: Loving, peaceful, runs the house

Ruth: strong willed, dragged down

Travis: poor, takes what he gets and works for it

Walter: dreamer, problem solver

Bennie: Another dreamer, but also smart

Mama: loving mom, wants better for her family

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Ruth: strong, young minded. well-loving

Travis: son, young, hungry, helpful

Walter: somewhat selfish, wants to have alot of money, thinker, bitter, Giant

Bennie: intelligent, big time dreamer, helpful

Mama: strong, old, try to succeed through the pain, loving, mom, stronger faith, believer in GOD

Ruth-helpless, annoyed

Travis-young, innocent

Walter-dreams big, caring

Bennie-intelligent, dreamer

Mama-loving, backbone of the family

Ruth-exhausted, strong, caring

Travis-young, naiive, innocent, poor

Walter-dreamer, selfish, far-fetched

(Beneatha)Bennie-dreamer, knowledgeable

(Lena)Mama-caring, strong, loving, faithful

Ruth= pessimistic, survivor

Travis= young, unaware

Walter= greedy, unfortunate

Bennie= smart, dreamer

Mama= dreamer faithfull