TOPIC: LORRAINE HANSBERRY'S “RAISING IN THE SUN”

Lorraine Hansberry “Rising in the Sun”

Comparison of a major and minor character

Beneatha (also known as Benny) is the youngest child and only daughter, Lena, who plans to become a doctor. She has two gentleman in her life: George Murchison, rich black man whom she does not like much, and Joseph Asagai, Nigerian intellectual who sweeps her off her feet. As Beneatha is the most educated of the Youngers, she sometimes seems to be nasty and selfish, especially in the early scenes, she verbalizes her views freely in a family that has difficulty in understanding its ...