Home is where the heart is! The saying that has been around for centuries but it remains to be the most truthful thing to ever be said. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, one of the main characters Beneatha Younger is constantly around her family which also means that she is constantly learning from them. Family teaches the rights and wrongs as well as morals. When searching for identity people reach outside of what they have been taught to search for themselves and learn about life the hard way. Beneatha's family environment convinces her to search for her true identity which forces her to reach outside of her comfort zone.
Beneatha's search for her identity leads her down many different paths all that stray from the path of society's …show more content…
For a girl who has always listened to what her parents listen to it is easy to see why she might want to explore new things. Beneatha has to reach outside of her musical comfort zone in order to really be able to form her own opinion. The first type of music she try’s s tribal which is allowing her to connect with her ancestral roots the song she is listening to is “a dance of welcome”( Act two Scene one). The dance is welcoming “men back to the village” from “ out hunting or something” (Act two Scene one). Even though she might not know exactly what the meaning is behind the song she is enjoying it maybe do to the fact that she is learning about her heritage so that she can use it as a sense of individuality. She is definitely breaking away from the norms of her society and the thoughts of her family. Music might not define one's identity but it is a part of one's personality which helps shape identity. Beneatha Continues to search for who she is but is getting closer minute by minute as she pushes herself to try new
Beneatha's search for her identity leads her down many different paths all that stray from the path of society's …show more content…
For a girl who has always listened to what her parents listen to it is easy to see why she might want to explore new things. Beneatha has to reach outside of her musical comfort zone in order to really be able to form her own opinion. The first type of music she try’s s tribal which is allowing her to connect with her ancestral roots the song she is listening to is “a dance of welcome”( Act two Scene one). The dance is welcoming “men back to the village” from “ out hunting or something” (Act two Scene one). Even though she might not know exactly what the meaning is behind the song she is enjoying it maybe do to the fact that she is learning about her heritage so that she can use it as a sense of individuality. She is definitely breaking away from the norms of her society and the thoughts of her family. Music might not define one's identity but it is a part of one's personality which helps shape identity. Beneatha Continues to search for who she is but is getting closer minute by minute as she pushes herself to try new