The Struggle For Identity In Beneatha's '

Ultimately, for both women, the American Dream was more of a nightmare, forcing each to struggle to find their true sense of selves, but expected to explore it within the confines of the American Dream. Specifically, Sophie’s struggle with negotiating her cultural hybridity, made it a struggle to find her true sense of self, further complicated by having to exist within a mold created by her mother. With that however, by the novel’s end, we are meant to understand that Sophie is closer to finding her true sense of identity, when she decides to attend therapy to overcome her sexual phobia, and to learn how to forgive her mother. Beneatha’s genuine, but tough journey to finding her identity is rooted in her personal battle between recognizing