3. What is your first impression of Walter Lee? What does Hansberry’s beginning description tell you about him? (i.e., she describes him as “…a lean, intense young man in his middle thirties, inclined to quick nervous movements and erratic speech habits –

Walter Lee Younger is a 35-year-old chauffeur who has a young son, Travis, with his wife, Ruth. The family lives in small apartment with Walter's mother and sister in the South Side of Chicago. Hansberry describes Walter as a lean, intense man with nervous movements and erratic speaking patterns. I think Walter is a dreamer who refuses to accept a life of poverty. He, however, doesn't seem to want to work to get out of poverty. He is rather naive believing buying a liquor store is the solution to the family's problems.