A raisin in the Sun Act 2 Scene 2

Why would George lie say that Benetha and George were having a "fine" time when Mama asked, but Benetha said that George is a "fool"?

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Permalink Reply by Marisol Rizo on November 16, 2012 at 2:57pm

George lied to Mama because he wanted her to think he was a good person, and he wanted to leave a good impression.

Permalink Reply by Natalie Paniagua on November 16, 2012 at 2:57pm

George lied to Mama for the reason that he wanted to look good in front of Mama. He didnt want to give a bad impression, he just wanted to be on Mama's good side.

Permalink Reply by Gloria Alvarez on November 16, 2012 at 2:59pm

George wants to give a good impression to Mama since Benetha and him have been seeing each other .

Permalink Reply by Issamar Amador on November 18, 2012 at 3:06pm

I think that George lied to mama because he wanted to leave a good impression .
He didn't want mama to think that he was a bad person ,he wanted her to like him.

Permalink Reply by Eva Mondragon on November 18, 2012 at 6:53pm

George is known as a "good boy" by everyone and he doesn't want to give Mama a bad impression. Only Beneatha knows how George really acts when his not around others. Since George likes Beneatha he knows that a bad impression on her mother will not be good and decides to hide what happened by lying and saying things were "fine".

Permalink Reply by Michael M Becton on November 18, 2012 at 7:43pm

since mama already thinks that George's a good person , he didn't want mama to make a bad impression on him, he didn't mess up what they had going already and he didn't want her to think he wasn't good for Benetha.

Permalink Reply by Mary Argueta on November 18, 2012 at 8:29pm

George lied to mama because he wants her to think he's a good person and not tell her the things he says to Beneatha.

Beneatha tells mama he's a fool because he wants to kiss her and be all lovey-dovey when she wants to have a conversation with him, but he doesn't and he gets mad.

Permalink Reply by IvanaWright on November 19, 2012 at 7:33am

George didn't want mama to get the wrong impression of himself, even though he lied and he wanted her to know that so she would see him in a respectful way.

Permalink Reply by michelle rodriguez on November 19, 2012 at 8:12am

George wanted to give a good impression to mama,by lying.

Permalink Reply by Ny'la U. Jones on November 19, 2012 at 8:17am

well he was a fool because .. she didnt have fun . but he told mama they did so mama wouldnt be asking questions. Ruth didnt have fun because George was forcing hiself on her .and she didnt like it

Permalink Reply by Katheryn Vanderstaay on November 19, 2012 at 8:30am

George lies to mama to give a good impression. Since he is supposed to be rich and sophisticated he doesnt want to show his true side.

Permalink Reply by Braelin Evans on November 19, 2012 at 8:33am