As to Walter's decision to use the money as he saw fit, we find a man who's suffering and discontent had blinded him to the real sustenance and value in his family. Truly, for the unhappiness which he had bore, and for the racial abuse shown to the family through such archetypal figures as Mr. Lindner, Walter might have seen himself as fortunate for the presence of all the family members here mentioned. Indeed, his did appear to be a family with a strong moral fiber and a genuine closeness often unseen in the types of contexts which Hansberry depicted.
This is to say that Walter clearly chose poorly. But in the resolution, he comes to take a very active role wherein he reaffirms his appreciation for the importance of this familial strength. Though it would in some regard be true and be left to our own consideration to assess after the play's conclusion that the family might have struggled to forgive Walter, he would nonetheless return to the fray as a key figure of support in resisting Mr. Lindner's overtures.
In the closing scene of the play, Walter makes yet another key decision, and one that seems to reflect a growing awareness both of that which he had devalued and that which he had to be grateful for in his family. Essentially, he factors heavily into the stand which the family takes against...
This becomes a moment of considerable importance, even of redemption for Walter, whose prior blindness in the presence of financial opportunity would here be shadowed by an appreciation of the family clearly theretofore overlooked.
Walter essentially finds comfort for his own unrequited desires in a coalescence with his mother's dream of owning a home in a neighborhood filled with opportunities. When they finally and fully rebuff Lindner, we find that Walter's decisions reinforce this view of him as a sympathetic figure who has simply run afoul. His chance for redemption is here present, as are themes of optimistic racial pride. The triumph in this story is one that we understand will be met with no small amount of future difficulty and consternation as the Younger's attempt life in a white neighborhood. Composed as it was in 1959, it is with little doubt that this resolution would be one rife with implications about upcoming challenges. This, more than anything else, helps us to appreciate the various frustrations and frailties that accompany a situation such as Walter's. Quite certainly, his struggle and his battle against his own flaws is a common one, reflective of countless Americans torn between dream ambition and harsh reality.
