excerpt from Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun in which
Walter reacts to
Beneatha's news that Asagai had asked her to marry him:
WALTER. Africa! What he want you to go to Africa for?
BENEATHA. To practice there
WALTER. Girl, if you don't get all them silly ideas out your
head! You better marry yourself a man with some loot
BENEATHA. (Angrily, precisely as in the first scene of the
play) What have you got to
do with who I marry!
WALTER. Plenty. Now I think George Murchison
Which statement most accurately describes the aesthetic impact of this
excerpt?
A. By showing the siblings arguing, the author makes the reader feel
tense, as though future conflicts in the play are guaranteed.
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B. By Walter's telling Beneatha to marry a man with money, the
author shows how much Walter really cares about
his family.
C. By having Walter and Beneatha argue, the author leaves the reader
feeling disappointed that both still try to divide the family.
D. By having Walter refer to Beneatha's silly ideas, the author re-
emphasizes the search br individuality as a key theme of the play.