Neomi Castro
Reading
response
November
14, 2014
Choose
a character from the play, *A Raisin in the Sun*, and create a character map of
sorts. Describe this character and his/her significance in the play. What do
they dream of having? Why did you choose to discuss this character? What about
their personality and presence in the play spoke to you as a reader?
There
are many characters in “A Raisin in the Sun”. One of those characters is a
young female lady who is called Beneatha. Beneatha is Walter’s little sister
and Lena’s daughter. Beneatha in the story is described as a pretty young slim
girl in her 20s. “Different from the rest of the family’s insofar as education”
meaning she is different from the rest of her family, in the story she is known
as the educated in the play.
She has
an important role in the play because in Walter’s eye she’s considered the
spoiled smart one. I say this because in page 496, Beneatha mention that her
brother constantly asking and questioning her about her school and career
“Beneatha: And what did I answers yesterday morning-and the day before that?” Beneatha
goal in the story is to become a doctor. Walter says “Who the hell told you you
had to be a doctor?” In this statement clearly Beneatha’s brother Walter states
that she doesn’t have to be a doctor.
I feel
that Beneatha is going to be struggling in her life. The story takes place
between World War 2, meaning that women don’t have as much rights as men do and
racism was still going on. Beneatha is an African American 20 year old trying
to be a doctor during this time. In page 498 “Walter: Who the hell told you to
be a doctor... Then go be a nurse like other women or just get married and be
quiet”. In one sentence, Walter describes the struggles and how a women life is
at that time period. He compares Beneatha to the other women of that time
period. “Just get married and be quiet,” meaning that at this time period women
didn’t have a say in their marriage, they would just stay quiet.
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