He tells Ruth his thought about the liquor store, but Ruth doesn't seem to understand his plan. He responds: "Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His woman say: Eat your eggs. Man say: I got to change my life, I'm chocking to death, baby! And his woman say-- Your egg is getting cold." We can see he is suffering of his marriage. He thinks that nobody understands him in the family, even his wife. Also, he feels that he is growing old, his opportunities of success are running out slowly. A powerless and hopeless feeling is filled in his heart. He set all his hope to that liquor store. He will manage it with his friend Bobo and Willy Harris, whom he considers a successful businessman. He knows that Mama may not be happy with this idea. All he can do is try to convince Mama to let him do it, let him be a man. .
The money comes on Saturday just on the time the Younger family expects. Walter Lee comes into the room. "Did it come?" the only thing he cares is "Did it come?" He sits down and grasps the check close and counts off the zeros. Mama and Ruth want to talk to him about Ruth's pregnancy, but nothing is more important than his liquor store. He takes out some paper that old Willy Harris puts his plan on. He wants to talk about it at once. However, Mama turns it down: "There ain't going to be no investing in no liquor stores." Walter Lee stands up and gives a speech to his mother, which really tells his inner journey: "You ain't looked at it and you don't aim to have to speak on that again? You ain't even looked at it and you have decided. Well, you tell tha to my boy tonight when you put him to sleep on the living room couch.(Turning to Mama and speaking directly to her) Yeah-- and tell it to my wife, Mama, tomorrow when she has to go out of here to look after somebody else's kids. And tell it to me, Mama, every time we need a new pair of curtains and I have to watch you go out and work in somebody's kitchen.