A Raisin in the Sun Review

Act I, Scene I

What is the setting (time and place) of the story?

What does it mean when Ruth is called a “settled woman”?

Why does Walter say, “Damn my eggs…Damn all the eggs that ever was”?

Why was Mama getting a check for $10,000?

Why doesn’t Beneatha want to marry George?

What does Mama say will definitely happen to some of the money?

Act 1, Scene 2

What did Asagai’snickname for Beneatha mean?

What is Ruth thinking about doing to protect her family that is “already alive”? Does she ever go through with this plan?

Why did Mama call Walter a disgrace to his father’s memory?

How does Walter react when he finds out Ruth is planning to have an abortion?

Act 2, Scene 1

What does it mean when Beneatha is dancing and chanting OCOMOGOSAIY (Oh-ko-mow-go-see-ey)?

How does Walter feel about George? Why?

What does George call Walter?

Act 2, Scene 2

Who doesn’t want to discuss the nature of quiet desperation with Beneath? Why?

Who is the noisy neighbor? What does she think about Booker T. Washington?

Why does Mama give Walter the money?

Does Walter take his family into consideration when he makes his plans for the future? How do you know?

Who is Karl Lindner and why did he visit the Younger family?

What was Walter’s reaction to Mr. Lindner?

Why doesn’t the Clybourne Park Association want the Youngers to move into the neighborhood?

Act II, Scene 3

What is calle “Miss Minerva?” Why?

What does Travis give Mama when they are going to move into the new house? Why?

What is the present Walter, Ruth, and Beneatha give to Mama?

Who skips town with Walter and Bobo’s money?

ACT III

Who says that dreams

Who symbolizes the devil in the play?

Why didn’t Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?

How did Asagai define “idealists?”

Who did Beneatha pick: George or Asagai? How do you know?

What does Mama’s insistence on taking the sickly plant show about her character?

Do the Youngers move to Clybourne Park?

Who says, “Sometimes you just go to know when to give up some things…and hold onto what you got”? Why?

What will Beneatha do in Africa?