Karl Linder is a character that shows that outside forces push them to do things they might not normally would have done. He was pressured by the other members of the “welcoming committee” in Cylbourne park to confront the Younger’s and attempt to convince them to think about relocating their living situation. I think that he would never had the courage or thought to go to their apartment and attempt to persuade them to change their mind if his neighbors did not urge him. The other people living in Cylbourne park must have had a huge influence on Karl Linder since he has the nerve to try to buy a house off of the Younger’s because they do not want a black family living in their neighborhood. He attempted to make them feel good about themselves and then he struck them with the news. Karl was forced to attempt to make the Younger’s feel uncomfortable with their soon to be new living arrangements in hope to make them sell the house to the white community to keep the community a white community.
Walter Lee is another character that is an example of an outside influence exerting the force onto them. I believe that he would never have thought about using the money to make an investment in a liquor store if people did not convince him that it would be a good idea. Willy is the outside influence. He persuaded Bobo and Walter to invest their money but in the end he ended up running away with both of their money. Walter was used and forced into using his father’s insurance money to pay for a dream that never occurred. Walter wanted to make a better life for his family so he thought the best way to do that is to invest, but it ended up being a mistake.
Both of
these characters show that they were forced by the atmosphere they live in to
do something stupid they probably would never have done if they did not feel
like they had to because of the people around them.
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