Q. What does beneatha mean when she says assimilationist Negroes?
What does Beneatha mean when she says that she hates “assimilationist Negroes”? She does not respect colored people that do not respect their culture. She also wants to be unique and not blend in. There is now tension in the air, especially since Beneatha really does not love him.
Q. How is George an assimilationist Negro?
In Act II, Scene 1, when Beneatha defines an “assimilationist Negro” as being “someone who is willing to give up his own culture and submerge himself completely in the dominant . . . oppressive culture,” George Murchison responds immediately with, “Here we go! A lecture on the African past!
Q. Who is an assimilationist in a raisin in the sun?
Assimilationism means that one race conforms to another in an effort to blend in. The play provides a uniquely personal look into racism. The setting of the play is Chicago in the 1950’s.
Q. What did Mama do with her money?
What did Mama do with her money? What was Walter’s reaction to Mama’s purchase? She turned the remaining money over to him.
Q. What does Mama say is dangerous?
What did Mama say is “dangerous”? She says it is dangerous “when a man goes outside his home to look for peace.”
Q. How does Walter lose the money?
How does Walter lose the insurance money? Walter loses the insurance money to Willy, a crook that he mistakes for a friend. Mama entrusts Walter with all the money that remains after the down payment on the new house.
Q. What did Willie do with the money Walter gave him?
Walter plans to use the money to invest in a liquor store with his “buddy,” Willy Harris. He sees this investment as an opportunity to be his own boss and to finally provide for his family the way he feels he should.
Q. Does beneatha ever become a doctor?
Beneatha is a twenty year-old college student with dreams of going to medical school and becoming a doctor. Nevertheless, the family makes many financial sacrifices to make sure that Beneatha is able to get an education, even though there isn’t much money to go around.
Q. What does Walter do when he finds out the money is gone?
When Bobo arrives and announces that the money is gone, Walter yells, “THAT MONEY IS MADE OUT OF MY FATHER’S FLESH,” reflecting his belief that money is the lifeblood of human existence. None of the Youngers feels pity for Walter, and it seems now that none of their dreams will come true.
Q. Why is Walter in danger of losing his job?
Walter Lee feels depressed because he thinks that his family does not support his dreams. His boss tells the Younger family that Walter Lee has three days to get his act together, or else he will lose his job.
Q. How did Ruth find out that Walter wasn’t going to work?
How did Ruth find out Walter had not been going to work? Walters boss called and told Ruth that Walter hasn’t been going to work for three days and that he would get fired if he didn’t come to work the next day.
Q. Where did Walter go when he didn’t go to work?
Where had Walter been going instead of to work? He had been driving and walking and watching people.
Q. Why doesn’t Walter take the money that Lindner offered?
He thinks accepting the money from Lindner will solve their problem. He is a good man and his conscience didn’t want to ruin his family’s pride. Why didn’t Walter take the money Lindner offered? They don’t have the money to spare.
Q. Who is Mr Lindner Why does he visit?
Who is Karl Lindner, and why did he visit the Younger’s house? Karl Lindner is a representative of the Welcoming Committee from Clybourne Park, the Younger’s new home. He visits them to ask them to not move into the neighborhood.
Q. What did Ruth learn from Mrs Arnold’s phone call?
What did George say that caused Beneatha to tell Mama that he was a fool? What did Ruth learn from Mrs. Arnold’s phone call? His mother gives him $6,500 of the insurance money, and told him to deposit $3,000 for Beneatha’s education and to keep $3,500 so that he could become the head of the family.
Q. What does Ruth find out about Walter when Mrs Arnold calls?
Mrs. Arnold, the wife of Walter’s employer, is on the line and tells Ruth that Walter hasn’t been to work in three days. She warns Ruth that Mr. Arnold will find a new chauffeur if Walter doesn’t come in tomorrow.
Q. Why does Walter walk out at the end of this scene?
Why does Walter walk out at the end of this scene? Walter leaves because he feels crushed and small. Walter feels like he has no real place in his own family so he leaves. He also acts like a child a lot throughout the play, and storming out of a room is babyish.
Q. Why do Beneatha and Ruth obviously dislike Mrs Johnson?
Beneatha and Mrs. Johnson are almost complete opposites in their personality characteristics. Beneatha would have very little patience with Mrs. Johnson’s hypocrisy, lack of courage, and indirect put-downs of the whole family.
Q. What is so cruelly ironic in Lindner statement?
What is so cruelly ironic in Lindner’s statement: “They’re not rich and fancy people; just hardworking, honest people who don’t really have much but those little homes and a dream of the kind of community they want to raise their children in”? 6.
Q. Who is beneatha dating?
George Murchison
Q. What is Mama’s plant a metaphor for?
The most overt symbol in the play, Mama’s plant represents both Mama’s care and her dream for her family. In her first appearance onstage, she moves directly toward the plant to take care of it.
Q. Which is the main metaphor of Mama’s dream?
Mama’s plant represents both Mama’s care and her dream for her family. The plant also symbolizes her dream to own a house and, more specifically, to have a garden and a yard. With her plant, she practices her gardening skills. Her success with the plant helps her believe that she would be successful as a gardener.
Q. What is Mama’s plant a symbol of?
Mama’s feeble plant represents her family’s deferred dreams for a better future, which have struggled to survive under the strain of life in Chicago’s South Side. Mama’s unending devotion to her small houseplant signifies her constant care for her family and her attention to its dreams.
Q. What does Mama ask Ruth at the end of this scene?
At the end of the scene, Mama asks Ruth not to work because she senses that something is wrong, although Ruth insists that she has to go to work regardless of how she feels.
Q. What does Mama do with the check?
Mama feels guilty for his unhappiness and tells him that she has never done anything to hurt her children. She gives him the remaining $6,500 of the insurance money, telling him to deposit $3,000 for Beneatha’s education and to keep the last $3,500.
Q. Who should beneatha marry?
George Murchinson
Q. How does Mama react to finally getting the check?
(9) When the postman brings the check for $10,000, Mama is overjoyed and then worried. Explain her conflicting feelings. She is overjoyed when the money arrives, but she is also scared. She has never had so much money, and she is worried that she will not do the right thing with it.
Q. Why is Mama sad about the check?
Why does Mama’s expression become sober and then unhappy when she holds the check? The check is worth $10,000. The reason why she becomes unhappy when she holds the check is because her husband (Big Walter) had to die before they could get the check.
Q. What can the $10000 check symbolize to Mama What is her reaction to finally getting it Why?
Because Walter has lost the money, she feels that medical school for her is out of the question now. She has become sour and pessimistic about life and people due to this disappointment. According to Asagai, Beneatha should be grateful to Walter.
Q. What news does Mama break to the family in this scene?
What news does Mama break to the family in this scene? Mama tells the family that she decides they are going to remain in city. Mama tells the family that she is going to do business with Bobo.
