1. How does a narrator's or speaker's perspective control what readers see, know, and understand about a story?

2. Why do multiple perspectives in a text create complexity, and how can contrasting perspectives be at odds with one another?

3. What are the different layers of perspective that influence Walter Lee's decision to reject Mr. Lindner's check?

1. How do experiences and events change a character's perspective over the course of a text?

2. What specific interactions and events cause Walter Lee to have an epiphany about his role in his family?

3. How does Walter Lee's transformation from being treated as ineffective to coming into his own demonstrate the relationship between experience and perspective change?

1. What is irony in the context of character behavior, and how does it force readers to reconsider a character's development?

2. How does Walter Lee's unexpected rejection of Mr. Lindner's check create irony and reveal the complexity of his character?

3. How are Mama's final lines to Mr. Lindner ironic given her established character throughout the play?