Mama
Religion
"Now, you say after me, in my mother's house, there is still God" (Hansberry 51)
Stubborn
Children
"Son, I'm waiting to hear you say something... I'm waiting to hear how you be your father's son. Be the man he was... your wife say she going to destroy your child. And I'm waiting to hear you talk like him and say we a people who give children, not who destroys them -- I'm waiting to see you stand up look like your daddy and say we done give up one baby to poverty and that we ain't going to give up nary another one... I'm waiting." (Hansberry 75)
Money
"So now its life. Money is life. Once upon a time, freedom used to be life. Now, it's money. I guess the world really do change..." (Hansberry 74)
Weaknesses
Poor grammar
Lack of education
Strengths
strong will
commanding
Dream
House
"Well, I always wanted me a garden like I used to see sometimes at the back of the housres down home. This plant is close as I ever got to having one." (Hansberry 53)