Beneatha Younger ("Bennie")

Beneatha Younger also known as "Bennie" is described by the author of the play as one of the smartest girls with a significant number of personal and career opportunities in the future. This character appears to be the most educated person in her family and, for that reason, she feels herself to be different from others. Often, the members of her family do not understand her and think of her as a rude and unpleasant person that is self-obsessed and self-confident. Nonetheless, she usually makes reasonable decisions and never judges a book by its cover. Thus, she prefers her admirer to a wealthy and influential boyfriend, surprising all the close people of hers, and lives life according to her own rules, making people around feel considerable puzzlement. Despite the fact that the financial opportunities of her family are quite limited due to their low income, Beneatha Younger never thinks of money when choosing her new hobby, would it be a horseback riding, an acting tutor, or music lessons. For sure, her family could spend money on more reasonable things like food or clothes; nonetheless, she is the person that is expected to become a doctor and fulfill the expectations of her parents. For that reason, Beneatha has a prerogative of doing what she wants for any price, even if this price is paid with the last money of her parents. Being well educated, the girl refuses to follow the standard social norms and struggles to search for her true identity in this world. For this girl, the relations with people around in quite difficult; however, communication with Joseph Asagai changes the situation completely, and she becomes more friendly and pleasant to others. At the same time, the relations with her mother and a brother remains to be strained because of a significant number of differences between them.