Assimilation

The United States of America is a country made up of many different cultures and races. It is almost impossible to find someone that strictly sticks to their own culture. As people grow older they start to adapt to the ideas and culture of the people they hang around with. This is called assimilation. Some say assimilation is a good because everyone is able to learn other people’s cultures and understand them better, while other people would go as far as to call people traitors to the culture. Whether or not assimilation is bad to someone’s culture is up to what you believe in. As for Beneatha in “A Raisin In The Sun” assimilation is already in progress through her life. She is trying to become a doctor, so she can get further in life, but she also wants to try and learn more about where she came from. She was going against the normal of what girls would do, not to be rebellious, but to achieve what people had showed her was the best thing. She wants to find the balanced between her culture and what would be an American dream. It’s hard to decide what is better for you because with either choice there is something to be lost.