Confused about the ages and sleeping arrangements . . .
Okay, so Walter Lee is 35. We can assume that Ruth is about the same, maybe a year or two younger. Travis is 10, so they had him when they were, let's say, 25 and 23.
If he's 35, that makes Lena around 55 or so, maybe she's pushing 60. A little young for retirement, if you ask me. Of course, there is that big fat check, but it's not as if she couldn't work any more.
But Beneatha is in college. So that makes her what, 20? 21? That's a big gap between children, dontcha think? And if Lena is 60, she had Beneatha when she was 40? That was practically unheard of in those days, I would think.
Just as an aside, the relationship between Beneatha and Travis would be more like brother and sister than aunt and nephew. Interesting.
But the sleeping arrangements confuse me. It's a two-bedroom apartment. Walter and Ruth, of course, sleep in one room. Lena and Beneatha sleep in another. Travis sleeps on the couch.
But what about when Walter Sr. was alive? Where did Beneatha sleep then?
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