Beneatha is complaining to Asagai that her dreams have been taken from her by her brother, her family, and the world. Her comment that nobody consulted her suggests that her being a woman makes it even more impossible for her to have a future. Say anything bad to him? No — I told him he was a sweet boy and full of dreams and everything is strictly peachy keen, as the ofay kids say!
Ace your assignments with our guide to A Raisin in the Sun! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Why does Mama buy a house in an all-white neighborhood? How does Walter plan to use the insurance money? Why does Lindner try to convince the Younger family not to move? How does Walter lose the insurance money? Why do the Youngers decide to go through with the move? Quotes Beneatha. As a matter of fact, Sammy could have easily reneged on his word. He pleaded with Sammy to reconsider his actions for the sake of his parents.
These quotes are truly showing us that Montag had loved his job and he was respected about it at the beginning of the story. Montag eventually stopped burning books. Then he strongly decided to learn from the books. However, George stays with Lennie because he feels the responsibility to help someone who cannot take care of himself, which is the view Steinbeck is trying to portray.
This is demonstrating the views of Steinbeck by showing that even though Lennie makes mistakes, George will never want to put blame onto him because he wants to support the less able.
Though George is very forgiving towards Lennie when he unintentionally makes their life more burdensome , Lennie is still left with guilt. Spencer, to Holden, takes place near the beginning of the book, as Holden is bidding him farewell. It is a stern comment, showing how serious and straightforward Mr. Spencer is. It is significant because this "game" shows how Holden is taught to abide to the social norms, norms that include the higher class' dominance over the lower class.
Furthermore, this shows how contrasted Holden is by this statement, due to the fact that he does not want to be unfair towards those with less wealth, despite how wealthy he is himself.
Holden's refusal, his refusal to play "according to the rules," shows how unique but unstable he is, and how his many unethical or unnatural thoughts may originate from his transformation from a child, to an adult. On a Friday night a few weeks later, Beneatha and George return from a date. George wants to kiss Beneatha, but she does not want to kiss.
Instead, she wants to engage George in a conversation about the plight of Black Americans. Mama and Ruth offer her food and drink, and she gladly accepts. She has come to visit to tell them about a Black family who has been bombed out of their home in a white neighborhood. She is generally insensitive and unable to speak in a civil manner.
Washington, a famous Black thinker and assimilationist. Johnson leaves the apartment. Walter explains that he has been wandering all day often way into the country and drinking all night at a bar with a jazz duo that he loves. He says that he feels depressed, despondent, and useless as the man of the family.
Mama feels guilty for his unhappiness and tells him that she has never done anything to hurt her children. With this money, Mama says, Walter should become—and should act like he has become—the head of the family.
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