Raisin In The Sun Beneatha Quotes

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Michela Van Slyke Bianchi English 11 3/22/24 Raisin in The Sun Summative In the story Raisin in the Sun, Beneatha is one of the most prominent characters, with her strong will and determination. Beneatha is the daughter of Lena Younger. She has a brother Walter, a wife Ruth, and a son Travis. Beneatha wants to go be a doctor, so she is going to school for it. Throughout the play, we see her trying to find herself. In the terms of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Beneatha is starting to reach self-actualization. In this essay, we will see multiple examples of how Beneatha is reaching self-actualization. One example of Beneatha starting to reach self actualization is in scene one when he says “I don’t flit! I—I experiment with different forms of expression—” (Hansberry 50). …show more content…

She is trying to become her best self by finding what she is passionate about and what she is good at. This relates to self-actualization since she is trying to be the best person she can be. This quote is just one way Beneatha shows readers that she is reaching to achieve self actualization in the terms of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Another quote that shows how Beneatha is starting to reach self actualization is when she says “Listen, I’m going to be a doctor”. I’m not worried about who I’m going to marry yet—if I ever get married” (Hansberry 52). This quote is a great example of how Beneatha is reaching self actualization. Here she is trying to say that being a doctor is her first priority at the moment, and she is not worried about herself or who she is going to marry. This relates to self actualization, because she wants to be a doctor to help other people, and shes putting that before herself and her future family. She shows how selfless she is, and how she puts other people first, and tries to achieve her full

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