"That that was what one person could do for another, fix him up-sew up the problem. That was the most marvelous thing in the world. I wanted to do that” (Hansberry 115). In Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, Beneatha Younger has her heart set on making something of herself. She states in Act 3, that she wants to be a doctor to help cure people like God does. When her friend, Rufus, got hurt sledding, Beneatha realized that doctors can change someone’s life completely. Beneatha’s dream of becoming the doctor of the family is more significant than the other characters because she is trying to find herself and who she really wants to be. In the beginning of the play, Beneatha demonstrates a willingness or a desire to pursue a non-traditional dream. She tells Mama and Ruth that she has been taking several different classes at college such as guitar lessons and horseback riding. “How come you done taken it in your mind to learn to play the guitar” (Hansberry 32). Mama wants Beneatha to be set on being a doctor and that’s it. Beneatha is not it for the money, but therefore, by her becoming something big would be helping the family with financial issues, she would be making a large investment to support the family. Beneatha has been through several stepping stones in her life, through boys and having to take several classes to figure out what her life should become. Throughout the play, she has been through two boys, Asagai and George. The whole family adored George but then again he tried to change Beneatha for someone she did not want to become. George is very inpatient and sort of rude towards Beneatha; he does not seem to like what she wears or who she wants to be. Beneatha fell in love with Asagai, who is from Nigeria; he shows her companion and did not want to see her give up on her dream due to the money situation. Beneatha shuttered her excellence and intelligence around in the family; Mama knows how much being