"It isn't a circle- it is simply a long line- as in geometry, you know, one that reaches into infinity. And because we cannot see the end- we also cannot see how it changes. And it is very odd but those who see the changes- who dream, who will not give up- are called idealists... and those who see only the circle, we call them the "realists"!"
A Raisin in the Sun, pg. 134
I find it very odd that Beneatha, the girl full of ideas and dreams, is the one who believes that life is just a circle. She wants to become a doctor, even though she is a poor African-American woman. That seems like a pretty big dream to me. However, when talking to Asagai, she is close-minded and negative. I think that her time in the small house with her family, despite the recent upgrade in their circumstances, has taken away some of her dreams. She, I suppose, is the "realist". Walter, however, is the "idealist". Although his plan doesn't work out as he hopes it will, he sees the world for what it truly could be. He sees the positive, the change that could happen, and he wants to make it happen. He sees the world as a line, not a circle.
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