Read the passage from A Raisin in the Sun.
MAMA (to WALTER): Son-(She goes to him, bends
down to him, talks to his bent head.) Son... Is it gone?
Son, I gave you sixty-five hundred dollars. Is it gone? All
of it? Beneatha's money too?
WALTER (lifting his head slowly): Mama... I never...
went to the bank at all...
MAMA (not wanting to believe him): You mean...your
sister's school money you used that too... Walter?.
WALTER: Yessss! All of it... It's all gone...
There is total silence. RUTH stands with her face
covered with her hands; BENEATHA leans forlornly
against a wall, fingering a piece of red ribbon from the
mother's gift. MAMA stops and looks at her son without
recognition and then, quite without thinking about it.
Which statement is the best summary of the theme in
this passage?
People almost always disappoint their family
members.
Working hard and being honest leads to long-lasting
rewards.
Showing strength in a crisis makes problems easier
to overcome.
Unintentional betrayal can lead to severe
consequences.