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In Act II, Scene 3, the "Welcoming Committee" from Clybourne Park comes to visit the Younger family. Why did he come, and why does he seem so surprised when the Younger family are not receptive to his offer?

Karl Linder is the chairman of the "Welcoming Committee" of Clybourne Park, the neighborhood where the Younger's are planning to move. He comes to their apartment to try to convince them to not move to Clybourne Park, due to the fact that they are black, and Clybourne Park is a white neighborhood. Linder tries to offer large sums of money as compensation, but the Younger's refuse his offer. I think that Linder was surprised when they rejected his offer because he expected that because he was willing to give them so much money that moving wouldn't be worth it to them, but they had more respect for their integrity that they could not be swayed by money, but rather that they wanted to exercise their freedom.