"He is a Fool"

Why Mama says that Booker T. Washington and George Murchison are fools is because in the book, A Raisin in the Sun, at page 103, Mrs.Johnson says that Booker.T Washington had said ," Education has spoiled many good plow hand" Mama thinks he is a fool, but Johnson doesn't. The speach that Booker. T Washington had said means that education makes people stuck up.And for George Murchison, he challenges the thought of other black people.Thats why Mama says ," I guess you better not waste your time with no fools" Also George forgets his African culture and submit the American culture more. He thinks being well educated means to have a good job and Beneatha thinks education is understanding and self-fulfilment. He is a fool because his famiy and he believes that becoming wealthy is more important his own blood and culture= Africa.

What Booker.T Washington and George Murchison have in common is that they are african-american and is what Beneatha use to discribe George=views, belief system, and their philosophies of life. They both think that education make people stuck up.

A Raisin in the Sun

In literature, as in life, a character may search for a better way of life. One of the character in the book Rasin in the Sun by Lorrain Hansberry that is searching for a better way of life is Beneatha. She tries to find her true identity and who she really is. In the book, page 62 Beneatha says, " You see, Mr.Asagai, I am looking for my identity!" Beneatha doesn't like her boyfriend, George but actually doesn't realize that she is closer to Asagai. She disires to be a Doctor no matter what situation she is in. In the book, they meet each other, and Asagai has bought her a Nigerian clothes. They discuss about how Africa is. She hopes to gain her real identity.

The other person who is searching for a better way of life is Mama Lena. In page 91, it says that Mama has bought Travis a house. Mama wants her family to be happy and actually want them to move into the world and wants Travis and Beneatha to be well educated. In page 44 she says "I aint rightly decided. Some of it got to be put away for Beneatha and her schoolin'-- and aint nothing going to touch that part of it. Nothing." Lena Younger ( Mama) wants to fullfill her dreams for her family to move up to the world. Mama wants to gain happiness and a peaceful life. She discuss a lot about how she would use her money, for it to be used it something special and useful which she later ended up buying a house with a backyard where many white people lives and made her dream come true. She wants the best for the family.