| A | B |
|---|
| Walter Lee Younger | a protagonist of the play, dreamer, wants to be rich, invest his father's money in the liquor store, discovering a quick solution to his family's various problems |
| Beneatha Younger (Bennie) | mama's daughter and walter's sister, she is in intellectual, 20 years old and attends college, dreams dreams of being a doctor |
| Lena younger (Mama) | Walter's and Beneatha's mother, she is a religious, moral, and maternal, wants to fulfill her dream to buy a house with husband's insurance money |
| Ruth Younger | Walter's wife and Travis's mother, take of Youngers' live in a small apartment, her marriage to walter has problem hopes to rekindle their love and about thirty |
| Travis Younger | Ruth and Walter's sheltered son, Earns money by carrying groceries, likes to play outside with other children, has no bedroom and sleeps on the living-room sofa |
| Joseph Asagai | a Nigerian students and is in love with beneatha, is very proud of his African Heritage, Which Beneatha hopes to learn her African Heritage and she hopes to return to Nigeria with him |
| George Murchison | A wealthy, African-American man courts Beneatha, her family apperoves of george, but she dislikes his willingness to submit to White culture, he challenges the thoughts and feelings of other black people through his arrogance |
| Mr. Karl Lindner | Only white character in the play, offers the Youngers a deal to reconsider moving into his (all-white) neighborhood |
| Bobo | one of Walter's partners in the liquor store plan, and appears to be as mentally slow as his name indicates |
| Willy Harris | friend of walter and coordinator of the liquor store plan, never appears in the play which helps keep the focus of the story on the dynamics of the Younger family |
| Mrs. Johnson | the Youngers neighbor, she takes advantage of the youngers' hospitality |
