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Beneatha is 20-year-old African American women. She goes to college to become a doctor. She wants to do more with her life and not just settle for becoming a nurse. Most of her family does not believe this is a good idea because she is a black woman in 1959. In this time you don't see as many black doctors as you do today.

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Post 2 - Character Trait - Strong-Willed

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Post 2 - Character Trait - Strong-Willed

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I say this because even though she is a black woman in the late 1900's she doesn't let what people think of her becoming a nurse get in the way of her dreams. I say this because even people as close to her as Walter have no faith she can do it. This is shown when Walter says, “Who the hell told you-you have to be a doctor? If you so crazy ‘bout messing ‘round with sick people—then go be a nurse like other women—or just get married and be quiet…” p. 38. This quote shows exactly the negative things being said to
Beneath when it comes to becoming a doctor but she will not let these things affect her dreams.

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I completely sympathize for Beneatha. She is so strong in the things she is trying to become even though no one believes in her. That is her main strength the fact that she doesn't let what other people say to her affect her or at least she doesn't let it show if it does get to her. I want to be a doctor just like her and if I really work for it like Beneatha I bet I could be as successful as her.

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This piece of art represents my character strongly. Especially the word dream written so everyone can see very largely. There are so many things going on in Beneathas head but the one big thing she's staying focused on is her dreams. She also stays focused on all the love she has in her life even if it's not always shown clearly.  She dreams of big things even with everything going on around her and she has so much determination and will not let a single thing get in her way.

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"Freddie Ruiz Aug 2018
Behind Every Door (There's Another Door)
Is it a destination
or a quick walk on the sand?
Is there an indication
that the truth lies where I stand?
Is it really determination
when I can’t even touch it with my own hand?
Is it a good intention
or part of some selfish plan?

Is it a mere observation
or the hard reality?
Is it a passing situation
or a lasting bitter memory?
Is this a confession
or are my words losing their meaning?
Is it my imagination
that you will soon forget me?

There are hidden meanings in life’s strange ways
that keep me looking for ways to get out of this maze,
but I keep opening door after door
just to find that behind every door there’s another door"

This is a poem I feel best fits Beneatha. I say this because she seems to be the only one making big moves in the way her life is going. When she opens the door to college to become a doctor she knows there are soon coming doors that are going to be harder to open. Her life is like a maze and she could either take the shortcut to the end with no doors, or she can have the determination and fight through the difficulties of the maze and get through all the doors that are yet to come.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qolUC13bwMc
The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down but
No I'm not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm going to remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, 'cause
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb (yeah)

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The song the climb by Miley Cyrus relates to my character Beneatha in the clearest way possible. Miley says
"The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down but
No, I'm not breaking"
When she says this I immediately think Beneatha. Throughout the book, Beneatha is always faced with negative comments on if she is capable of becoming a doctor or not. Even though all these things are always said you do not catch Beneatha ever "breaking" throughout the book she sticks to her plan of becoming a doctor.

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A theme from Raisin in The Sun would be dreams. I chose dreams because the character I chose has big dreams wit the way she wants to take her life. There are many quotes that support this theme but the main one would be when Beneatha says “…But first I’m going to be a doctor, and George, for one, still thinks that’s pretty funny. I couldn’t be bothered with that. I’m going to be a doctor and everybody around here better understand that!” p. 50 This is the best quote because throughout the book Beneatha talk about her dreams and what she want to do with her life. Everyone else also has dream like wanting to move to a better house or location or owning businesses. No one but Beneatha is really working hard toward there dreams.

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A theme shown throughout the movie fences is sacrifice. One of the main characters Rose sacrificed all she ever wanted and all her dreams so she could make Troy happy. Then Troy was stingy and sacrificed his entire family relationship for a younger women he would soon have a child with. All the sacrifices made throughout the novel were huge. Every sacrifice though failed and effected everything in the most negative way possible.

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Both the book and the movie are very similar not only in characters but in theme as well. The theme dreams is often shown throughout Fences when Cory wants to play football he is being held back by his father. When Beneatha is wanting to become a doctor nobody is holding but she still has to face the fact that there are stereotypes and she doesn't meet the expectations of a doctor. To Troys father he does not make the expectations needed to become a football player. Troy wants his son to do the exact opposite thing he did. He doesn't want to see his son collecting trash he wants to see him be successful and he doesn't thing football will do this. When Walter wants to invest no one thinks this is a really good idea and everyone is holding him back but he doesn't care what they think and he goes for it anyway even if he fails. As you can see the book and the movie connect in numerous ways and more thank you think. They even connect character wise. Walter and Troy are very much alike and really want what is best for there family but some how end up hurting there families in every way possible.