Asagai Wants To Go To Africa - And Beneatha Is Ready To Give Up On Her Dream Of Becoming A Doctor. Asagai Wants To Help His Village - Which Consists Of Poor - Illiterate People He Wants To Make Their Lives Better Even If It Means Rebels Might Kill Him For His Civil Rights Efforts. He Scolds Bennie For The Fact That She Is Blaming Walter On The Loss Of Her Tuition. He Wants Her To Devise A Plan In Which She Can Find A Way To Put Herself Through School.

A 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry. The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred") by Langston Hughes. The story tells of a black family's experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood as they attempt to "better" themselves with an insurance payout following the death of the father.