In the play "A Raisin in the Sun" Asagai is a man who is comfortable with his identity and heritage. He also likes to joke and have joy. Beneatha has trouble figuring out her own identity and she is very serious. He helps to lighten her moods and he helps her to figure out her identity.
Beneatha experiences frustration at the racism that continues to effect their lives. After the "Welcoming Committee" decides they want to try and buy out her mother before she moves into the neighborhood, she expresses that the life of a black person is like a continuous circle. It is Asagi who helps her to realize that their lives are moving forward in a straight line not in a circle. He helps her to know that things done today will have an effect on the future of others, but she would not be there to see the outcome. He is good for Beneatha because he helps her to stop her moaning and make plans for a future.
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