Mind map: Walter Lee Younger - A Raisin in the
Sun
Beneatha Younger (“Bennie”) - Mama’s
daughter and Walter’s sister. Beneatha is an
intellectual. Twenty years old, she attends
college and is better educated than the rest of
the Younger family.
Joseph Asagai - A Nigerian
student in love with Beneatha.
Asagai, as he is often called, is
very proud of his African
heritage
George Murchison - A
wealthy, African-American
man who courts Beneatha.
He challenges the thoughts
and feelings of other black
people through his arrogance
and flair for intellectual
competition.
Lena Younger
(“Mama”) - Walter
and Beneatha’s
mother. The
matriarch of the
family, Mama is
religious, moral, and
maternal.
Ruth Younger - Walter’s
wife and Travis’s mother.
She is about thirty, but her
weariness makes her seem
older. but is an emotionally
strong woman. Her almost
pessimistic pragmatism
helps her to survive.
Travis Younger - Walter
and Ruth’s sheltered
young son. Travis earns
some money by carrying
grocery bags and likes to
play outside with other
neighborhood children,
but he has no bedroom
and sleeps on the
living-room sofa.
Mr. Karl Lindner - The only
white character in the play.He
offers the Youngers a deal to
reconsider moving into his
(all-white) neighborhood.
Bobo - One of Walter’s partners in
the liquor store plan. Bobo appears to
be as mentally slow as his name
indicates.
Willy Harris - A friend of
Walter and coordinator of
the liquor store plan. Willy
never appears onstage
Mrs. Johnson - The
Youngers’ neighbor. Mrs.
Johnson takes advantage of
the Youngers’ hospitality
and warns them about
moving into a
predominately white
neighborhood.