Read this 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 echoes their contentiousness from the beginning of the play, leaving the reader satisfied.
B. By Walter's telling Beneatha to marry a man with money, the author reinforces what Walter values most at the beginning of the play.
C. By having Walter refer to Beneatha's silly ideas, the author re-emphasizes the search for individuality as a key theme of the play.
D. By having Walter and Beneatha argue, the author leaves the reader feeling disappointed that both still try to divide the family.
A. By showing the siblings arguing, the author echoes their contentiousness from the beginning of the play, leaving the reader satisfied.
<em><u>Explanation:</u></em>
In this story, the Youngers are a poor African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago. A chance to escape from neediness comes as a $10,000 disaster protection watch that the authority of the family gets upon her better half's passing. Lena's youngsters, Walter and Beneatha, each have their arrangements for the cash.
