Ruth has a very soft personality as she double’sdoubles, as a housewife and a working mother. Ruth and Walter are married, asand they have a son named Travis. Despite WalterWalter's and RuthsRuth's marital troubles, Ruth tries to find ways for their love to reconnect. Ruth passes out on the kitchen floor as her and Mama are talking, due to her pregnancy, as. As Ruth tries to let Walter know about the baby, he storms out of the house to go to the bar. Walter and Ruth are constantly arguing because Walter is always so angry that he can’t invest in a company. Ruth is secretly making plans to have an abortion due to their finances and their overcrowded apartment (Wang, Q 1994.) Ruth has a big decision to make that can change her family's life forever. Ruth doesn’t go through with her abortion because the Younger’sYoungers moved into a bigger house and a better neighborhood. Ruth's final choice is to keep the baby, although. Although they are not financially stable, mamaMama buys a house for everyone to live in. Ruth’s choice to keep the baby is the best choice because Mama does not believe in abortion and she is a giver of likelife, not a taker. Many African Americans were very spiritual when it came to family. Ruth should have allowed Walter to take part in her decision on the abortion, but she was secrectlysecretly seeing a lady doctor behind her families back. Although Ruth decides to keep the baby, it could have a better impact on her and Walter’s marriage. As the Younger’sYoungers wait for the insurance check to come in the mail, Walter wants Mama to help him invest in a company, and he wants Ruth to influence her to help him. Walter should allow his mother to spend the money as she pleases because it’s hers.