Mama, Walter, and Beneatha all have the same response to learning that the money was stolen. Walter is the first to learn of its disappearance and reacts with disbelief. He repeatedly asks Bobo where Willy went. It is quite obvious to the reader that Willy has run off with the money but Walter refuses to accept this as we can see in his initial response "Gone where? You mean he went by himself. You mean …showed first 75 words of 280 total…

…showed last 75 words of 280 total…over. She explodes at Asagai when he inquires as to what happened. We can see that even though each character did react in a distinct way that a definite pattern is very obvious. Disbelief of what happened to their money that they wanted so much came first. Then a more violent and emotional response emerges perhaps as the characters think of the pains the father and husband went through to get the family that money.