The younger family's generation gap is very evident when Walter says that money is life and mother responds with “Once upon a time freedom was life”( ). One generation knows the struggle of wanting to be a liberated black American and the other is born free with a future that doesn't look so bright for success. This story expresses the identity crises of African Americans that shape their vision of America differently without either family member being wrong in their efforts. They all have a different perspective of what life is and try to find the reality of it by engaging with the only entities they have knowledge of. Each of these characters battles the double consciousness of being American and African through their own limited experiences across generational gaps. Their understanding of what is right is completely different from the success of being free and the other who wonders what we can do with freedom, but only from the actual experience of achieving success with freedom. The character played by Walter looked to the world of success with wealth and financial gain. As Walter observes “them white boys… making deals worth millions of dollars” and “boys who don't look much older than me,” he seems to have a connection to that world (Hansberry). His connection is that he too feels obligated to this American dream at hand. He sits down