Why does Beneatha want to pursue being a doctor in A Raisin in the Sun? In the play, her character she always talked about being a doctor, despite the...

One of
the most realistic things about sofYounger is her somewhat erratic path toward adulthood.
Beneatha is passionate about many things and more than once has changed her mind about her
career goals. Another realistic aspect related to Bennie is her family's attitudes toward these
changes. They have developed a tendency not to take her seriously because they assume that every
decision is just a whim that will give way to a different one as she outgrows them.

Bennie makes it clear, however, that studying medicine is a plan with which she is
going to stick. In the argument with , when he reveals his sexist attitudes, she emphasizes that
she has been going over this territory day after day. Walter tells her to settle for being
"a nurse like other womenor just get married and be quiet." While Beneatha's interests
are obviously in helping people, she is also committed to becoming a doctor precisely because,
at that time, there were so few African American physicians, not to mention female African
American physicians. She certainly is not going to be quiet.