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"Ain't no sense you blaming yourself for nothing. Gabe wasn't in no condition to manage that money. You done what was right by him. Can't nobody say you ain't done what was right by him. Look how long you took care of him" (1.2.28).

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"Ain't no sense you blaming yourself for nothing. Gabe wasn't in no condition to manage that money. You done what was right by him. Can't nobody say you ain't done what was right by him. Look how long you took care of him" (1.2.28).

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Jorie- In this quote, Rose addresses Troy's guilt for using Gabe's veteran compensation to pay for the house. She attempts to help him overcome his actions of the past by explaining that he made the right decision and did what was best for all of them.

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"While you thinking about a TV, I got to be thinking about the roof... and whatever else go wrong around here. Now if you had two hundred dollars, what would you do... fix the roof or buy a TV" (1.3.32).  Troy works hard for the money he earns. He can spend it on anything he want, but he does not. He prioritize spending his money on what he and his family needs instead of what they want, which is a sacrifice. A TV is a want, they don't need the TV to survive. Getting the roof fix is a need, they need the roof fixed to survive rainy weather. Instead of buying the TV anyways because everyone has one and they would like to watch sports. Troy is saving up to get the roof fix so he and his family does not have a leaking roof during bad weather. Troy feels it is his responsibility to makes sacrifices for his family.
Amani Tanner

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"I ain’t thinking about the Pirates. Got an all white team. Got that boy . . . that Puerto Rican boy . . . Clemente. Don’t even half-play him. That boy could be something if they give him a chance. Play him one day and sit him on the bench the next." (1.3.33)

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"I ain’t thinking about the Pirates. Got an all white team. Got that boy . . . that Puerto Rican boy . . . Clemente. Don’t even half-play him. That boy could be something if they give him a chance. Play him one day and sit him on the bench the next." (1.3.33)

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Dylan- In this quote Troy talks about how in sports only the white players get all the attention, he mentions a non-white player who he says is talented but because of his ethnicity he is expected to sit out for most of the games.

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"... I looked up one day and Death was marching straight at me...The army of death was marching straight at me. The middle of July, 1941...It seem like Death himself reached out and touched me on the shoulder... i got cold as ice and death standing there grinning at me... i looked him dead in the eye. I wasn't fearing nothing" (1.1.11) 

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"... I looked up one day and Death was marching straight at me...The army of death was marching straight at me. The middle of July, 1941...It seem like Death himself reached out and touched me on the shoulder... i got cold as ice and death standing there grinning at me... i looked him dead in the eye. I wasn't fearing nothing" (1.1.11) 

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Hannah - Troy is talking with his friend, Bono, as he recalls a time when he was sick in the summer of 1941 and believed he was on Deaths' doorstep. Troys life threatening experience contributes to his character development as it demonstrates how he deals with problems and hard times head on, and highlights his own self-assurance and confidence.

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"If they got a white fellow sitting on the bench... you can bet your last dollar he can't play! The colored guy got to be twice as good before he get on the team... They got colored on the team and don't use them. Same as not having them." (1.3.34)

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"If they got a white fellow sitting on the bench... you can bet your last dollar he can't play! The colored guy got to be twice as good before he get on the team... They got colored on the team and don't use them. Same as not having them." (1.3.34)

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Liliana A- In this quote Troy is talking about the racial injustices in football to discourage Cory from playing. He describes how hard it is for people of color to make it in that sports community and, even then, how they are discriminated against regardless of how well they can play. This is another instance where people of color are not treated the same as their white counterparts.

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"If they got a white fellow sitting on the bench... You can bet your last dollar he can't play. The colored team got to be twice as good before he get on the team."(1.3.34)

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"If they got a white fellow sitting on the bench... You can bet your last dollar he can't play. The colored team got to be twice as good before he get on the team."(1.3.34)

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Erik- In this quote by Troy the standards are not the same between raced. Troy says players who are not white have to be twice as good before they even get the opportunity of a white player.

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" I know I got to eat. But I got to live too. I need something that gonna help me to get out of the bed in the morning. Make me feel like I belong in the world. I don't bother nobody. I just stay with my music cause that's the only way I can find to live in the world. Otherwise there ain't no telling what I might do." (1.1.18) This quote relates to identity because it shows an important part of Lyons which is his love for music. Because of music, Lyons is able to find meaning for living in the world. This proves that music is really important to Lyons and it is a major thing that makes up his identity. -Mwee

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"Don't you try and go through life worrying about if somebody like you or not. You best be making sure they doing right by you. You understand what I'm saying, boy?" (1.3.38) Troy wants to make sure that his son goes through life without worrying about other people, and focusing on himself. This reveals that Troy does not care about what others think of him, and will do whatever is best for himself.
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"Don't nobody wanna be locked up, Rose. What you wanna lock him up for? Man go over there and fight the war . . . messin' around with them Japs, get half his head blown off . . . and they give him a lousy three thousand dollars. And I had to swoop down on that." (1.2.28)

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"Don't nobody wanna be locked up, Rose. What you wanna lock him up for? Man go over there and fight the war . . . messin' around with them Japs, get half his head blown off . . . and they give him a lousy three thousand dollars. And I had to swoop down on that." (1.2.28)

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Jonah - In this quote, Troy is explaining to Rose how he had to take over the money that Gabriel recieves from his role in WW2. Troy is contending with the past, because he is not proud of how he had to use Gabriel's money to pay for his house. Even though he decides he had no other choice, he feels wrong for using his own brother's money that he got from serving for his own use.

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"You can't change me, Pop. I'm thirty-four years old. If you wanted to change me, you should have been there when I was growing. up."

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"You can't change me, Pop. I'm thirty-four years old. If you wanted to change me, you should have been there when I was growing. up."

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Jessie- Contending with the past is seen in this quote because it brings up Troy and Lyons pass. Troy was not there for Lyons as a child and threat affects there relationship now.

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" I told that boy about that football stuff. The white man ain't gonna let him get nowhere with that football." (1.1.8)

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" I told that boy about that football stuff. The white man ain't gonna let him get nowhere with that football." (1.1.8)

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Maddie H.- This quote talks about how difficult it will be for Cory to play football successfully, do to racial injustices. Troy thinks that he won't be able to make a successful career out of it because of the inequality that came along with it.

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“Like you? I go out here everymorning ... bust my butt...putting up with them crackers every day... cause I like you? You about the biggest fool I ever saw.”(1.3.38) Troy gave up his time and his life to afford taking care of his wife and his kids. Instead of playing baseball like he would’ve rather done he became a father to a kid he feels required to take care of.

Aedan Deckard

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"Its my job. Its my resposibility! You Understand that! A man got to take care of his family... Cause it's my duty to take care of you. I owe a resposibility to you."(1.3.38)
Paxton- Troys son, Cory, is a football player whos getting recruited, while Troy doesnt want him to go to college for sports, and would rather him work. Cory dropped his work shifts besides on sunday, to make time for football and school, on the other hand Troy is irate with his decision, and told Cory he won't be speaking to the recruitor. This angered Cory and asked why he never liked him, and Troy explains that he doesn't have to like him, hes obligued to provide and care for him until he can go on his own way.

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"I ain't worried about them firing me. They gonna fire me cause I asked a question? That's all I did. I went to Mr. Rand and asked him, "Why?" Why you got the white mens driving and the colored lifting?" Told him, "what's the matter, don't I count? You think only white fellows got sense enough to drive a truck. That ain't no paper job! Hell, anybody can drive a truck. How come you got all whites driving and the colored lifting?" (1.1.2)

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"I ain't worried about them firing me. They gonna fire me cause I asked a question? That's all I did. I went to Mr. Rand and asked him, "Why?" Why you got the white mens driving and the colored lifting?" Told him, "what's the matter, don't I count? You think only white fellows got sense enough to drive a truck. That ain't no paper job! Hell, anybody can drive a truck. How come you got all whites driving and the colored lifting?" (1.1.2)

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Ekin - The way Troy's workplace discriminates against the black employees by not allowing them to drive the garbage trucks and only letting to lift the garbage highlights the expectations for black people to stand in the background while the white people are doing the more important job. Troy reports this to his boss, Mr. Rand but he is very disinterested and simply tells him to report to someone higher which reveals how regular this kind of behavior/expectations are.

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"Your daddy like to had a fit with you running out of here this morning without doing your chores"

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"Your daddy like to had a fit with you running out of here this morning without doing your chores"

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This shows how in their culture, children are expected to help out around the house. When Cory goes to football practice, something that will help him go to college for free, without doing his chores, he is yelled at. Even more, while Rose is expected to do her chores, Troy doesn't seem to do any.

Ethan Greaser

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The white man ain't gonna let him get nowhere with that football. I told him when he first come to me with it" (Wilson 8)

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The white man ain't gonna let him get nowhere with that football. I told him when he first come to me with it" (Wilson 8)

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This quote displays injustice/inequality because the white people are excluding African Americans from sports.

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"Can't nobody say you ain't done what was right by him. Look how long you took care of him... till he wanted to have his own place and moved over there with Miss Pearl" (3.2.28). Rose tries to comfort Troy because he feels guilty for using his brother's money to buy his house. Rose says that he is still a good brother and has had him living in his house refusing to admitting him into a hospital.
Daniela

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"Only thing is ... When we first got married ... forget the rooster ... we ain't had no yard!" (1 . 1 . 7)

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"Only thing is ... When we first got married ... forget the rooster ... we ain't had no yard!" (1 . 1 . 7)

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This quote connects to the theme of Family by saying that together, as a family, they have increased their living conditions, by working together as a family. - Pat

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"I don’t care what nobody else say. I’m the boss . . . you understand? I’m the boss around here. I do the only saying that counts. . . . I asked you . . . did you understand? . . . You go on down there to that Aamp;P and see if you can get your job back. If you can’t do both . . . then you quit the football team. You’ve got to take the crookeds with the straights." (1.3.15)

Troy states his role in the family and how he still respects and utilizes familial rules.

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"Troy, you oughta stop worrying about what happened at work yesterday" (1.2.23).

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"Troy, you oughta stop worrying about what happened at work yesterday" (1.2.23).

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Jackson-- Here, Rose is trying to get Troy to stop worrying about the racism that has been going on his job. There is a sense that contending with the past will be ineffective, and they need to just move forward.

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"If they got a white fellow sitting on the bench... You can bet your last dollar he can't play. The colored team got to be twice as good before he get on the team."(1.3.34)

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"If they got a white fellow sitting on the bench... You can bet your last dollar he can't play. The colored team got to be twice as good before he get on the team."(1.3.34)

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This quote shows the inequality between races and how a colored team needs twice as much skill as the white team for them to be equal.
griffin

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"'Why you got the white mens driving and the colored lifting?'" (1.1.2).

The black men have to do what is considered the dirtier work while the white men get to just drive the truck. The whites get to drive because they are seen as more capable and/or they just don't want to the messier work themselves so they push onto the black workers who they know need the job.

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"I don't care where he coming from. The white man ain't gonna let you get nowhere with that football noway...get you a trade. That way you have something can't nobody take away from you," (Wilson 35) 

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"I don't care where he coming from. The white man ain't gonna let you get nowhere with that football noway...get you a trade. That way you have something can't nobody take away from you," (Wilson 35) 

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Troy explains to Cory that because of the racial injustice of the era they live in, he will not be able to be successful in football and will be held back by white superiority. He suggests that Cory learns a trade instead of playing football so that he cannot be stripped of his skills.
Maddie Rocchio

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"I told that boy about that football stuff. The white man ain't gonna let him get nowhere with that football. I told him when he first come to me with it" (1.1.8)

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"I told that boy about that football stuff. The white man ain't gonna let him get nowhere with that football. I told him when he first come to me with it" (1.1.8)

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Troys experience with sports as a black man as formed a lot of his identity because he uses that experience to reflect on how he can only get through life by having a steady job. He pushed this on both of his children by not approving of them following their dreams, as his did not work out.
Nora

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"Sometimes i wish i hadn't known my daddy. He ain't cared nothing about no kids. A kid to him wasn't nothing. All he wanted was for you to learn how to walk so he could start you working. When it come time for eating ... he ate first. If there was anything left over, that's what you got. Man would sit down and eat two chickens and give you the wing." (1.4.50)

This quotation from troy provides a lot of context for how he was raised and how his father treated him. Troy wants to avoid repeating the sins of his father, ultimately failing. But in this quotation we see the sort of man Troy does not want to become, and allowed us to compare for ourselves.

(Riley Sherman)

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"The colored guy got to be twice as good before he get on the team. That’s why I don’t want you to get all tied up in them sports. Man on the team and what it get him? They got colored on the team and don’t use them. Same as not having them. All them teams the same.' (1.3.27)

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"The colored guy got to be twice as good before he get on the team. That’s why I don’t want you to get all tied up in them sports. Man on the team and what it get him? They got colored on the team and don’t use them. Same as not having them. All them teams the same.' (1.3.27)

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Kaitlyn- Troy is expressing his concern for Cory for quitting his job and trying to pursue football, he explains how the white guys are always accepted however the black guys need to work extra hard to become accepted in sports.