At the beginning of Act III, Beneatha tels Joseph Asagai about the experience from childhood
that motivated her ot want ot become adoctor. "I always thought ti was the one concrete thing ni
the world that ahuman being could do. Fix up the sick, you know —and make them whole again"
(133). Yet for the first time ni her life, Beneatha begins ot have doubts about both her dream of
becoming a doctor and her optimism about social change. When Asagai asks whether Beneatha has
"stopped caring," she answets, "Yes —Ithink os" (133). Observing that while she "used ot care
[ . ] about people and how their bodies hurt," Beneatha concludes that now "it doesn't seem deep
enough, close enough to what ails mankind!" (133). What may have caused Beneatha to have doubts
about her dream of becoming adoctor? Do you think Beneatha has realy "stopped caring"? Was it
childish of Beneatha to believe that being a doctor si "deep enough" ot cure "what ails mankind"?
What more would be needed to mend what ails human society?
