"Guys aren't going to go for the atmosphere--they're going to go for what they see." - II.ii.96
This quote is from George, the most ignorant kid I've read about in a play. He's very shallow and only expects girls to act like they're supposed to. They're only supposed to be pretty and do housework, according to him. This doesn't fit well with the dream that Beneatha has to become a doctor. The purpose of this was to create even more tension between women and men. There's already tension with race and economic status. This scene causes differences between what men excpect from women and dreams that women have for themselves--specifically Beneatha. This also causes even more tension in the family between what Beneatha wants in a man.
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