Mr. Younger

E1015852

fictional character literary character patriarch

Mr. Younger is the deceased husband of Lena Younger and the late patriarch whose life insurance policy drives the family’s hopes in Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mr. Younger canonical	2
Big Walter Younger	1

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ patriarch ⓘ
appearsIn	A Raisin in the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfWork	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	Lorraine Hansberry NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	A Raisin in the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChild	Beneatha Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Lee Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLifeInsurancePolicy	$10,000 ⓘ
influencesCharacter	Beneatha Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ Lena Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Lee Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
maritalStatus	married ⓘ
medium	stage play ⓘ
mentionedAs	Big Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	African American NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	laborer ⓘ
roleInPlot	his life insurance policy motivates the Younger family’s plans ⓘ
settingOfLife	Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Lena Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	deceased ⓘ
themeAssociation	African American family aspirations ⓘ intergenerational dreams ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lena Younger → hasSpouse → Mr. Younger ⓘ

character Travis Younger → hasGrandfather → Mr. Younger ⓘ

subject surface form: Travis Younger

this entity surface form: Big Walter Younger

character Lena Younger → spouse → Mr. Younger ⓘ

subject surface form: Lena Younger