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11) Compare and Contrast the two plays. 

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11) Compare and Contrast the two plays. 

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Comparing the two, both families stuggle with money. In the Maxon household, the only person who works is Troy, and he doesn't make a lot of money. He works as a garbage man, he later gets moved up to driver for the garbage truck. In the Younger household, Walter and Ruth work, they don't make a lot of money, but they make enough to provide for their family.
Differences in the family was they way the men betrayed the rest of the family. In Fences, Troy had an affair. Something you can never take back after you've done it. The love between Rose and Troy disappeared instantly, it was barely there before but it was completely gone. In A Rasin in the Sun, Walter took $9,000 and his friend stabbed him in the back and stole it for himself. Walter's mother trusted him to put that money in the bank for his sisters college money and some to save and some for him, and he let her down by giving it away. It's bad, not nearly as bad as cheating on your wife.

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The main idea of Fences is family. Multiple times things fall apart in the Maxon household but they all stay together, minus Cory who then comes back later to create a strong bond.

"It’s my responsibility! You understand that? A man got to take care of his family. You live in my house . . . sleep you behind on my bedclothes . . . fill you belly up with my food . . . cause you my son. You my flesh and blood. Not cause I like you! Cause it’s my duty to take care of you!" - Troy to Cory

This quote shows that Troy was still a father, he was still there for his son. He was there to feed, give shelter and clothes to his son. But he didn't have to "like" him, it just shows that

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The theme to A Rasin in the Sun is the about dreaming. It's about how a family stuggles to find their way to express the "American Dream" while being African American.
"Just tell me where you want to go to school and you’ll go. Just tell me, what it is you want to be – and you’ll be it….Whatever you want to be – Yessir! (He holds his arms open for TRAVIS) You just name it, son… (TRAVIS leaps into them) and I hand you the world! " -  Walter to Travis
This quote shows that the theme is dreams. Walter is telling his son that he can pick any school (college) he wants, and he'll be able to go there. As an African American, in that time period it was a dream come true to go to college as an African American. Beneatha, Walters sister, wants to become a doctor. That's her dream, and it was coming true. She goes to school for it, she has classmates and everything. People still doubt her though, not only is she African American, but she's a woman too.

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Brave by Sara Bareilles relates to Cory just by being called brave. Although, in my mind there is a much deeper meaning. Towards the end of the song it goes, " your history of silence
Won't do you any good" When I heard that, I instantly thought of Cory. Cory stayed quiet about his opinions in his family for so long, clearly it was to keep him from getting kicked out, but eventually it just became to much for him to handle.

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You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do
And they settle 'neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

Everybody's been there, everybody's been stared down
By the enemy
Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing
Bow down to the mighty
Don't run, stop holding your tongue
Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

Innocence, your history of silence
Won't do you any good
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don't you tell them the truth?

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
See you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you

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This quote relates to Cory because he had to courage to step up to his father, he was able to stand up for himself. He also had to courage to love his half sister, Raynell, has his own sister. Again, despite the situation about her, he still loved her. In the quote it says, "Courage isn't a dazzling light" I feel that that really relates to Cory because he had to go through a lot, but because of that, he was brave and courageous.

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In keeping with my recent theme of inspirational poems, here's 3 more great ones that you should REALLY take the time to read. You'll love them. And anyone you share them with will love them too. They're share-worthy. 🙂
I've dreamed many dreams that never came true
I've seen them vanish at dawn,
But I have realized enough of my dreams, t hank God,
To make me want to dream on.

-Unknown
This next one might sound familiar to you, because there's another VERY famous poem that talks about tying a knot in the end of your rope. But this one is a little different and worth reading. I wonder whose poem came first....
-Margaret Nickerson Martin
This next one is a little-known Edgar Guest poem that was a bit hard to find. People all seemed to have only bits & pieces of it. So I stitched it together for you! Enjoy.
-Edgar A. Guest (circa 1916)
I saved the best for last, right? 🙂
Actually, which one was YOUR favorite? 1, 2, or 3?

Feel free to let me know in the comments section below. And please be sure to share this page of poems with your friends, using the social sharing buttons below. It's a quick thing for you, but a HUGE thing for me, as I try to resurrect my almost-dead site. LOL

-Shawn

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In keeping with my recent theme of inspirational poems, here's 3 more great ones that you should REALLY take the time to read. You'll love them. And anyone you share them with will love them too. They're share-worthy.

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I chose the most infamous part of the painting in the Sistine Chapel. I think this relates to Cory because, in my eyes, he tried so hard to structure, yet he doesn't try as hard to please his father. Which symbolizes the hand that is more relaxed. At the same time, he wants to chase his dream, he practices hard, he lies to his father to keep playing football, he confronted his father. He takes so many risks to be happy. That symbolizes the hand that reaches out.

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Yes, I do. I think Cory had many strengths and weakness and I think his biggest weakness was not being able to understand his father was just trying to do what he thought was right for his son. I also think his biggest strength was being able to stand up to his father and taking the risk of getting beaten to show to his father that he wanted a life for himself. He had a dream and his father wouldn't let him follow it and it broke him. Yes, his father didn't want him getting hurt like he was, but it was a different time from when Troy was rejected for baseball, more African Americans were being accepted into sports, such as football and baseball.

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Cory to Raynell - "You go run in the house and change them shoes like Mama told you so we can go to Papa's funeral."

Cory is compassionate. He is caring and loving to his half sister, despite the fact that she is the daughter from his father's affair. He acts with kindness, caring and loving hands towards Raynell.

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Cory's character trait is compassionate.

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Cory is a teenager in high school for most of the movie/play. He wants to play football. He's good enough that he made his high school team, as an African American, and played. He has a college recruiter coming to talk to his father and get his father to sign for Cory to play college football and because he has good grades it's possible, but his father doesn't want to sign it. Troy, Cory's father, doesn't want his son to make the mistake he made and try to go for a professional sport when he thinks he won't make it. At the end of the movie/play, Cory gets kicked out of the house by his father, we have no idea what happened to him until he shows back up at home when his father died. We find out that he joined the Marines.