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"Times have changed from when you was young, Troy. People change. The world's changing around you and you can't even see it."
This line is important because it is one of the central themes for Troy's character coming to light. Rose defends Cory's aspirations to play football after Troy tells him he cannot. Troy thinks that he is protecting Cory from what he went through when he was a baseball player, but Rose says that times have changed since Troy was young. It shows how the decisions that Troy makes are based on his own experiences, and how he does not know how things could be different.

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"You not the only one who's got wants and needs. But I held on to you, Troy. I took all my feelings, my wants and needs, my dreams... and I buried them inside you."
This line is important because it shows what Rose has sacrificed for her husband and for her family. Troy tries to defend why he cheated on Rose by saying he needed to fulfill his wants and needs, but Rose comes back by saying that she has had wants and needs too, except she has put those aside for her family. She cares for her family over herself.

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Lyons- "If you wanted to change me, you should’ve been there when I was growing up."

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Lyons- "If you wanted to change me, you should’ve been there when I was growing up."

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This line sums up Troys relationship with his children and shows us that the kids never had a real father figure and how it is effecting them now.

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Pg. 70 - "I been right here with you, Troy. I got a life too. I gave eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot with you. Don’t you think I ever wanted other things? Don’t you think I had dreams and hopes?" - Rose

I think that, during this moment, Rose is addressing Troy’s justification for cheating on her and telling him that there is nothing he could say that would ever cause her to forgive him. Troy cheated on Rose during a rough time in his life. He found a woman that satisfied what he needed at that time, and that woman was not Rose. He abandoned his wife and his family for the second time to focus on his own personal desires. Throughout the play, Troy has demonstrated his inability to be a decent father. He abandoned his family twice and refuses to demonstrate his support for his children’s endeavors. Rose supported Troy while he was playing baseball, yet Troy can’t do the same for his kids. Rose has given up her life, her dreams, to raise Troy’s children, and he repays her by demonstrating his unfaithfulness to their marriage.

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“Times have changed since you were playing baseball, Troy. THat was before the war. Times have changed a lot since then.” -Rose

I think this is important because sometimes people live in the past and don't look towards the future. Troy was close minded in his son playing football because of his past experience. In order to accept his son in becoming succesful, he needed to break down that barrier in his head.

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Pg. 50 - "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 to working." - Troy

I think that this line is important to not only this scene, but to the play as a whole because it gives some insight into Troy’s childhood and how his father has impacted the way that Troy raises his kids. In this scene, Troy is upset that Cory left the house without cleaning his room to go play some football. He doesn’t want Cory to focus on football because he does not believe that he will succeed. He wants Cory to realize that and focus more on hard labor. Throughout the play, the neglect Troy received from his father is apparent to how he raises his kids. He completely abandoned Lyons when he was born and often makes a big deal out of him asking for money. He never supports Cory.

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" “It’s my job. It’s my responsibility!... Not ‘cause I like you! Cause it’s my duty to take care of you… I done give you everything I had to give you. I gave you life!” - Troy Act 1 Scene 3

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" “It’s my job. It’s my responsibility!... Not ‘cause I like you! Cause it’s my duty to take care of you… I done give you everything I had to give you. I gave you life!” - Troy Act 1 Scene 3

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This was significant as it demonstrates the relationship Troy has with his family/children. He views his family more as a job as something he just needs to give material things to without ever forming an emotional connection which is often thought of with a family. His apathy towards his family will be significant as it ultimately leads to rifts between him and Cory, Rose, and the rest of the family.

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Troy: "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 what counts." This line shows how quick Troy was to turn his son down because he saw himself as the boss, even above Rose. This caused even more of a rift between his relationship with Cory.

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"Okay Troy... you're right. Ill take care of you're baby for you cause like you say shes innocent"

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"Okay Troy... you're right. Ill take care of you're baby for you cause like you say shes innocent"

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Act two scene 3- This is important because it shows Rose was putting the baby first even though troy had her with another woman.

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Rose: “Okay Troy you’re right. I’ll take care of your baby for you cause like you say she’s innocent and you can’t visit the sins of the father upon the child. A motherless child has got a hard time. From right now this child has a mother. But you a womanless man.

This shows how Rose knows the importance of a child having a mother and that she is willing to mother Raynell for Troy even though their relationship is falling apart.

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This line is said by Rose when Troy is telling one of his stories. She repeats it a couple of times as well. I think this line is important because it's foreshadowing Troy lying about him going to his friends house when in reality he was with Alberta. This shows how Troy likes to protect himself instead of him being real with his family. He's manipulative and lies to make people (rose) take his side and think he's telling the truth.

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“You ain’t never gave me nothing! You ain’t never done nothing but hold me back.” -Cory

This is important because throughout the book, Troy brags about providing for his family. Giving them a roof over their head, food, and more. But it doesn't even matter to Cory because he feels like his father doesn't like him because of the way he treats him.

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Rose singing, “Jesus, be a fence all around me every day Jesus, I want you to protect me as I travel on my way.” This is important because it has to do with the title of the book and shows that Rose just wants to be protected by the "fence" rather than kept out by the "fence"

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"Liked you? Who the hell say I got yo like you?"- Troy 

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"Liked you? Who the hell say I got yo like you?"- Troy 

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This line really showed how troy truly is as a father and how his relationship with his own son isn't good at all and it really sets up for hows things to continue to go between the two of them throughout the story.

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Act 1 scene 4: “liked you ? Who say I got to like you? What law is there say I got to like you?”-Troy

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Act 1 scene 4: “liked you ? Who say I got to like you? What law is there say I got to like you?”-Troy

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I think this line is important because this is when Troy is talking to Cory after Cory comes home from practice. Troy goes on to list everything he’s done for Cory not because he likes him but because Cory is his son and he feels it’s a responsibility, like a chore. This ties to the end of the book where Troy tries to defend his cheating on Rose with he needed to get away from his responsibilities

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"All of a sudden it's "we." Where was "'we" at when you was down there rolling around with some godforsaken woman? "We"should have come to an understanding before you started making a damn fool of yourself."- Rose Act 2 Scene 1

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"All of a sudden it's "we." Where was "'we" at when you was down there rolling around with some godforsaken woman? "We"should have come to an understanding before you started making a damn fool of yourself."- Rose Act 2 Scene 1

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It is important because Rose is telling Troy that she wasn't the one sleeping around with other women and ruining their marriage. That he was the one at fault not the both of them

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Rose: "I gave eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot with you" Act 2 scene 1 

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Rose: "I gave eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot with you" Act 2 scene 1 

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This is important because it's showing how Rose scarified a lot for Troy and her family and Troy acted like he didn't care about them.

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Cory: “Papa done went up to the school and told Coach Zellman I can’t play football no more. Wouldn’t even let me play the game. Told him to tell the recruiter not to come.”

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Cory: “Papa done went up to the school and told Coach Zellman I can’t play football no more. Wouldn’t even let me play the game. Told him to tell the recruiter not to come.”

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Act 1 - Page 57,

The first quote for act 1, page 57, involves one of the pivoting points of the essay; the main 'seed' of conflict. This was one of the main sources of tension between both Cory and Troy and blossomed into their family struggles as a whole.

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Act 2: Another line that really caught my attention was when Troy is confessing to Rose about his infidelity and Rose asks him if he will continue to see Alberta. To this he responds how Alberta makes him feel, but he says “I can’t give that up.” This was a line where we can really see how Troy is selfish and has absolutely no feelings of guilt or regret toward his decision. This was so significant to me because it shows Troy’s really personality and it makes the reader really see him as the villain.

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Act 1: A line that I find as important would be “..., as long as you live in my house, you put that sir at the end of it when you talk to me!” which is said by Troy. I think this line can be used to show how much Cory has matured by the end of the play. In this scene, Scene 3, Troy and Cory are arguing and Cory here is just letting Troy take advantage of him and being scared. But we know that later in the play, Cory stands up to Troy and tell him he no longer “counts” in his own home, showing Cory’s growth.

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“You take… and don’t even know nobody’s giving!” This line is important to the scene because it sets up the rest of the scene, it leads to Troy grabbing Rose  and to Cory hitting Troy, which ends the scene. This line is important to the rest of the play because without this line causing Cory to hit Troy, and Troy telling him he has two strikes, the story would not have the final conflicts, and increased tensions between Troy and Cory, that continue throughout the rest of the play.

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“ Papa done went up to the school and told coach Zellman I can’t play football no more. Wouldn’t even let me play the game. Told him to tell the recruiter not to come”. This line is important because this effects Cory's future significantly because he won't be able to play football anymore. It is also important because this is going to weaken the relationship between Troy and Cory because Cory disagrees completely in what his father did.

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Troy- “See you in the batter’s box now. You swung and you missed. That's strike one. Don’t you strike out!” Act 1 Scene 4 

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Troy- “See you in the batter’s box now. You swung and you missed. That's strike one. Don’t you strike out!” Act 1 Scene 4 

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This quote shows the growing tension between Cory and Troy that will continue throughout the rest of the book. If Cory keeps getting strikes then Troy is gonna get him out of the game.

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“Some people build fences to keep people out…and other people build fences to keep people in. Rose wants to hold onto you all. She loves you.” I think this line explains what the whole story is about

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It is important because Troy has not been a good father to Cory and has never shown any affection and Cory finally asks why and it turns into an iconic speech from Troy.

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Act 1 Scene 4 -Troy says, "I done give you everything I got. Don't you tell that lie on me."

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Act 1 Scene 4 -Troy says, "I done give you everything I got. Don't you tell that lie on me."

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This is important because Troy feels like he has given everything he has to Rose, but to the reader it seems like he has given up. He has cheated on her without her knowing, and doesn't seem to pay much attention to their kids/family.