RITS Flashcards
Explain why Mama slaps Beneatha
Because Beneatha claims there is no God. She doesn’t believe God creates miracles, only man himself.
Why does Ruth believe Beneatha should marry George?
Because he is rich.
Explain how Mama and Walter disagree about life.
Mama thinks life is freedom and Walter thinks life is money.
What is Beneatha’s nickname and explain what it means in regard to Beneatha.
Alaiyo.. one for whom bread/ food is not enough.
For Beneatha, just following what is expected of woman, of people of color, is not enough. She wants more, to become a doctor.
Why does Mama get upset when the check comes?
Because it suggests a value of 10,000 dollars on her husband’s life.
What does Asagai bring for Beneatha?
His sister’s robes and Nigerian records.
Ruth didn’t go to a doctor. What is she thinking of doing and why?
Abortion because of their current living conditions and the relationship between she and Walter.
Why is Beneatha so upset about Asagai implying she is an assimilationist?
Because Beneatha has been resisting/ fighting against society’s expectations.
What is Beneatha’s definition of an assimilationist?
Someone that submerges themselves in the dominant and oppressive culture
What did Mama do with $3500 of the money?
Put a down payment on a house in Clybourne Park
What is George Murchinson’s opinion of African heritage, in general?
He does not appreciate it or relate to it. He definitely looks down on it. “Raggedy-ass grass huts”
What news does Mrs. Johnson bring the Youngers?
That a black family’s home was bombed.
What does WAlter accuse Mama of after she tells the family about the house ?
That she butchered up his dream.
Where did Walter go those three days he skipped work?
Drove out of town to the factories, the farms, sat down on the curb in the neighborhood and after each, the Green Hat.
What risk did Mama take that showed her trust in Walter?
She turned over the rest of the money to Walter with instructions to bank some foe Beneatha’s schooling and the rest for Walter to manage for the family.
In what ways do Beneatha’s and George’s opinión about education differ.
Beneatha thinks, questions, and wants to discuss things and George only does was is necessary to pass the classes to get his degree.
What phrase does Mr. Lindner use that hints at his racism!
You people
Why does a Beneatha allude to Judas (from the Bible) when Mr. Lindner makes his offer?
It was just like when Judas was offered to betray Jesus, one of his own. Lindner was making the Youngers an offer that if they accepted, would betray their race.
What news does Bobo bring?
Willy Harris took off with their investment money and disappeared.
How does Mama react when Walter confesses that he never went to the bank?
She starts to beat on his face.
Why was Beneatha drawn to medicine?
She witnessed a neighbor boy get hurt badly and then fixed up by the doctors at the hospital.
How do Beneatha’s and Asagai’s perspectives of life differ?
Bennie sees life limited by the bad things mankind does to one another. An endless cycle. Asagai sees life as possibilities in spite of what bad things there are. His is more of a straight line where the end is not in sight, but you keep moving forward.
What was Walter’s new plan after he heard the news from Bobo?
Take Mr. Lindner’s offer to buy the house back in agreement with the other residents that the Youngers do not belong there.
What does Mama tell Walter is wrong with his new plan?
They have never been that poor to accept the opinion that they were not fit to walk the earth. They were never that dead inside.
