Walter and the Damn Eggs (2)

"WALTER: Yeah. You see, this little liquor store we got in mind cost

seventy-five thousand and we figured the initial investment on

the place be 'bout thirty thousand, see. That be ten thousand

each. Course, there's a couple of hundred you got to pay so

you don't spend you life just waiting for them clowns to let

your license get approved—

RUTH: You mean graft?

WALTER (frowning impatiently): Don't call it that. See there, that

just goes to show you what women understand about the world.

Baby, don't nothing happen for you in this world 'less you pay

somebody off!

RUTH: Walter, leave me alone! (She raises her head and stares at

him vigorously—then says, more quietly.) Eat your eggs, they

gonna be cold.

WALTER (straightening up from her and looking off): That's it.

There you are. Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His

woman say: Eat your eggs (Sadly, but gaining in power.) Man

say: I got to take hold of this here world, baby! And a woman

will say: Eat your eggs and go to work (Passionately now.)

Man say: I got to change my life, I'm choking to death, baby!

And his woman say — (in utter anguish as he brings his fists down

on his thighs)— Your eggs is getting cold!"

This scene shows that Walter feels that everyone, even his wife is against him. He rants about how women don't understand a man's dream. He implies that they only concentrate on staying the same, not trying to improve themselves. He clearly is biased against women and doesn't feel that the are able to decide what is good for the entire family. Walter believes that men solely know what is good for the family and that men should be allowed to be dominant and rule the household as well as provide for it.