Turn the Other Cheek

When someone insults you, it’s best to “turn the other cheek.” This picture, taken from thatgirlisfunny, shows a good way to handle insults. Instead of getting revenge or making fun of the other girls as well, she simply turns around as to not to give them the satisfaction of making her cry. She is different from them and knows that she can stand up for herself by doing nothing but looking away.

This statement goes along with Raisin in the Sun when George Murchinson insults Beneatha. He insults her and the way she thinks several times throughout the entire play. He says she needs to learn her place, act right, look right, and basically stop dreaming about becoming something better. Beneatha, instead of smarting off back at him, simply does not argue. This is not normal for her as we see when she talks to Walter. She sticks to the things she believes in because that is who she truely is. But by the end of the play, Beneatha just tells Mama she is done with associating with George because he is not what she is looking for in life.