Raisin in the Sun Essay
was once said by Lorraine Hansberry, "There is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us within our own little picture - in front of us - our own little mirage that we think is the future." The quote means that each individual has their perspective on life within the continuous life cycle and each person has their own decisions and prospect to determine their fates. This theme relates to the three generations of women mentioned in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun because the daily dilemmas and altercations in the Younger family may cause Beneatha, Ruth, and Mama to convoy the same fate though they have diverse expectations for the future.
The role of the younger aged woman in the raisin in the sun addressed as Beneatha Younger is the first stage of development of feminism. Her character would be described as hard headed, bratty, self-centered , most of the time she acts like a teenager despite the fact she is twenty years old, she has respect for Mama but has an atrocious attitude toward everyone else. Beneatha's main goal is that she has to better than everyone to make herself look better, she is going to college to become a doctor because she wanted the ability to cure and in the beginning she wanted Mama's money to use for college. Also Beneatha doesn't believe in God because she dread the credit God gets for the achievements of the human race, her relationship with George Murchison was an familiar refrence of to the marriage of Ruth and Walter Lee Younger Junior, who relationship is majorly corrupted that they don't like talking to each other and fight frequently. It is difficult for Beneatha to make her dream come true because people like George and Walter Lee Younger Junior try to convince Beneatha that it is impossible for a black women like herself to become a doctor. "Guy aren't going to go for the atmosphere-they're going to go for what they see. Be glad for that."(Hansberry p.96) which is what George said to Beneatha
The role of the younger aged woman in the raisin in the sun addressed as Beneatha Younger is the first stage of development of feminism. Her character would be described as hard headed, bratty, self-centered , most of the time she acts like a teenager despite the fact she is twenty years old, she has respect for Mama but has an atrocious attitude toward everyone else. Beneatha's main goal is that she has to better than everyone to make herself look better, she is going to college to become a doctor because she wanted the ability to cure and in the beginning she wanted Mama's money to use for college. Also Beneatha doesn't believe in God because she dread the credit God gets for the achievements of the human race, her relationship with George Murchison was an familiar refrence of to the marriage of Ruth and Walter Lee Younger Junior, who relationship is majorly corrupted that they don't like talking to each other and fight frequently. It is difficult for Beneatha to make her dream come true because people like George and Walter Lee Younger Junior try to convince Beneatha that it is impossible for a black women like herself to become a doctor. "Guy aren't going to go for the atmosphere-they're going to go for what they see. Be glad for that."(Hansberry p.96) which is what George said to Beneatha