A Raisin In The Sun Beneatha Younger

The play, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, takes place around 1945- 1950 in the South Side of Chicago. In the play, there are two characters that influence the plot the most. The two characters are Walter and Beneatha Younger. Both characters influence the plot in their own way. The author wrote this play to show that lives during this time period had been rough and stressful. In the play, Walter Younger influences the plot. Walter has an immense opinion and most of his actions make up the play. Walter is Mama’s son, Ruth’s husband, and Travis’ dad. When Walter’s mother gets an insurance check for ten thousand dollars, he wants it all to himself to buy a liquor store. When Walter drinks he shouts, rambles on, says things that he
Beneatha has a facetious personality and big actions that help make up the play. Beneatha is Mama’s daughter and Walter’s sister. In the play, Beneatha has a few visitors; Joseph Asagai and George Murchison. Both of those men have a certain affection towards Beneatha, but she is not dating neither of them nor interested. George is viewed negatively, “he’s – he’s so shallow,” and Beneatha only views Joseph as a friend. When Joseph come to visit Beneatha, he brings her a gift; Nigerian robes. After receiving the robes, Beneatha wears them and cuts her hair to look more like a “Nigerian woman.” When George comes to visit, she acts senseless; shouting unusual things, “OCOMOGOSIAY!” She acts like this to the point where George does not know what to think. When Mama gets the ten thousand dollar insurance check, Beneatha hopes that some of it will help her schooling. She thinks that since she is Mama’s daughter, she should get some of the money. Beneatha has wanted to go to medical school for a while. She “needs” the money to go towards getting her Doctorate degree. As the family is talking about what they are going to do with the money, they had addressed that Beneatha could use the money, “to be a