BENEATHA (Bitterly) Because it doesn’t seem deep enough, close enough to what ails mankind! It was a child’s way of seeing things—or an idealist’s. ASAGAI Children see things very well sometimes—and idealists even better. BENEATHA I know that’s what you think. Because you are still where I left off. You with all your talk and dreams about Africa! You still think you can patch up the world. Cure the Great Sore of Colonialism—(Loftily, mocking it) with the Penicillin of Independence—! ASAGAI Yes! BENEATHA Independence and then what? What about all the crooks and thieves and just plain idiots who
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