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"I ain't quitting the team. I don't care what Poppa say."

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"I ain't quitting the team. I don't care what Poppa say."

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Maddie H. - Cory had played football so long and it was so important to him, that it became a major part of his identity. He wants to be a football player, but his father won't let him which becomes a major struggle throughout the play.

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"Some kids was teasing him and he run them off home. Say he was howling and carrying on. Some folks seen him and called the police." (2.1.65) Society expected Gabe to sit idly while being teased and society took it as howling. Gabe was the one to get into trouble when others started the problem.

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"Some kids was teasing him and he run them off home. Say he was howling and carrying on. Some folks seen him and called the police. That's all it was" (2.1.65).

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"Some kids was teasing him and he run them off home. Say he was howling and carrying on. Some folks seen him and called the police. That's all it was" (2.1.65).

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Jorie- Gabriel was treated unjustly by the people of the neighborhood, and was arrested for sticking up for himself, or as he later says, chasing hell hounds. Gabe was most likely being prejudiced due to his skin color or mental state, and was treated unequally.

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"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!"(1.2.34)

Troy sacrifices putting his own well-being and his personal needs first in order to look out for and take care of who he calls family.

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"I don't want him to be like me ! I want him to move as far away from my life as he change get. You the only decent thing that ever happened in my life. But I don't wish him a thing else from my life. I decided seventeen years ago that boy wasn't getting involved in no sports. Not after what they did to me in the sports.("1.1.39)

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"I don't want him to be like me ! I want him to move as far away from my life as he change get. You the only decent thing that ever happened in my life. But I don't wish him a thing else from my life. I decided seventeen years ago that boy wasn't getting involved in no sports. Not after what they did to me in the sports.("1.1.39)

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Erik - Troy is telling Rose about how there is nothing from his past he wishes on his son's future. He is contending with the past because it is from his bad experience with sports that his hate for that life path comes from.

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"I been standing with you!.. I gave 18 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 ever wanted other things?" (2.2.70)

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"I been standing with you!.. I gave 18 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 ever wanted other things?" (2.2.70)

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Liliana Andrean- Troy tells Rose in the second Act that he has been cheating on her. Through her anguish we learn more about the sacrifices Rose made for her family and her husband. She gave up her dreams, wants and aspirations for Troy because she loves him and is loyal to him. Rose sacrificed key parts of living and in turn her identity for Troy and his faults. This is the main reason his cheating hurt her so. She was willing to give him her all because of her passion, but he couldn't do the same because of the experiences that shaped him and said faults.

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"See . . . you swung at the ball and didn’t hit it. That’s strike one. See, you in the batter’s box now. You swung and you missed. That’s strike one."(2.1.70)

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"See . . . you swung at the ball and didn’t hit it. That’s strike one. See, you in the batter’s box now. You swung and you missed. That’s strike one."(2.1.70)

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This scene shows that Troy has not given up on thinking about baseball and wants to continue it but cannot and only talks about it.

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"I gave eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot with you... I took all my feelings, my wants and needs, my dreams... and I buried them inside of you" (2.1.70-71).
Rose has put her life on pause for Troy and her children. Unlike Troy, Rose didn't wander off when things started to feel off. Even if she wanted follow her wants or dreams she stayed with her family, trying her best to be a good wife/mother. It is a cultural and societal expectation for wives to stick with their husbands no matter what. Women are suppose to be selfless humans who will willy give up everything for their families. Rose has done everything her cultural and society expected of her without truly complaining. But at this point of the play Rose is tired of being the selfless wife.
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"Don't you think I had dreams and hopes? What about my life? What about me. Don't you think it ever crossed my mind to want to know other men? That I wanted to lay up somewhere and forget about my responsibilities? That I wanted someone to make me laugh so I could feel good? You not the only one with wants needs. But I held on to you Troy." (2.1.70-71) 

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"Don't you think I had dreams and hopes? What about my life? What about me. Don't you think it ever crossed my mind to want to know other men? That I wanted to lay up somewhere and forget about my responsibilities? That I wanted someone to make me laugh so I could feel good? You not the only one with wants needs. But I held on to you Troy." (2.1.70-71) 

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This quote shows Rose telling Troy all of the sacrifices she made to help Troy, even bringing up that she has wanted to talk to other men, but decided to stay with Troy and continue to try to help him as a person. -Patrick McPherson

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"The old folks ... my granddaddy used to pull his teeth with pliers. They ain't had no dentists for the colored folks back then" (2.1.60).

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"The old folks ... my granddaddy used to pull his teeth with pliers. They ain't had no dentists for the colored folks back then" (2.1.60).

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Jonah - This quote is relevant to the topic of inequality and injustice, because it shows how black people (in recent history at the time) were unable to get basic medical services. Because of this, Bono explains how hi grandfather would have to do his own dental work by pulling his own teeth with pliers.

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"All they (the police) want is the money. That makes 6 or 7 times i done went down there and got him. See me coming and they stick out their hands" Troy: "They don't care about whats right" (2.1.60)

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"All they (the police) want is the money. That makes 6 or 7 times i done went down there and got him. See me coming and they stick out their hands" Troy: "They don't care about whats right" (2.1.60)

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Hannah - Bono and troy are discussing how they have had to bail out troys brother multiple times from jail by paying the police officers every time he is arrested. The routine Troy,Bono, and the police between highlight the racial injustice in the justice system as they not only target African Americans, but also know that they can extract payments from them without retaliation because of the existing social structure upholding white peoples authority. .

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"my granddaddy used to pull his teeth with pliers. They ain't had no dentists for the colored folks back then" (2.1.60).

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"my granddaddy used to pull his teeth with pliers. They ain't had no dentists for the colored folks back then" (2.1.60).

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This quote shows inequality. It shows how life for African Americas was poor with low resources.

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"A man couldn't ask for no woman to be a better wife than you've been. I'm responsible for it. I done locked myself into a pattern trying to take care of you all that i forgot about myself."(2.1.69)

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"A man couldn't ask for no woman to be a better wife than you've been. I'm responsible for it. I done locked myself into a pattern trying to take care of you all that i forgot about myself."(2.1.69)

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Troy is explaining himself for being a "daddy" for another family. Is reasoning is that he spent to much time focusing and providing for Rose, and the kids, that he didn't have enough time to have fun or do his own things. He felt that he forgot about himself, and enjoys time with the other woman.(pax)

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"I don't want him to be like me ! I want him to move as far away from my life as he change get. You the only decent thing that ever happened in my life. But I don't wish him a thing else from my life. I decided seventeen years ago that boy wasn't getting involved in no sports. Not after what they did to me in the sports.("1.1.39)

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"I don't want him to be like me ! I want him to move as far away from my life as he change get. You the only decent thing that ever happened in my life. But I don't wish him a thing else from my life. I decided seventeen years ago that boy wasn't getting involved in no sports. Not after what they did to me in the sports.("1.1.39)

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Troy is explaining that there is nothing from his past that he wishes his son to go through as well. He explains how his son is the only decent thing to happen in his life which would explains his deep love and caring for his son. He brings sports into the topic which shows how deep sports runs through their family.
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"You born with two strikes on you before you come to the plate. You got to guard it closely."

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"You born with two strikes on you before you come to the plate. You got to guard it closely."

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Jackson - This speaks to the racial inequality that was happening during the 50's. African Americans were much more easily prosecuted and had to do three times the work to get to the same place a white man would.

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"'I planted myself inside you an waited to bloom. And it didn't take me no eighteen years to find out the soil was hard and rocky and it wasn't never gonna bloom. But I held onto you, Troy. You was my husband. I owed you everything I had'" (2.1.71).

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"'I planted myself inside you an waited to bloom. And it didn't take me no eighteen years to find out the soil was hard and rocky and it wasn't never gonna bloom. But I held onto you, Troy. You was my husband. I owed you everything I had'" (2.1.71).

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Makayla- Rose reveals that she knew she would never fall in love with Troy or be completely happy with him. But she holds onto him anyways an was loyal, because, not matter what, he was her husband. This contrasts to how Troy viewed the marriage and his duty of loyalty

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"And wherever you was going...I wanted to be there with you. Cause you was my husband. Cause that's the only way I was gonna survive as your wife" (Wilson 2.1 71)

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"And wherever you was going...I wanted to be there with you. Cause you was my husband. Cause that's the only way I was gonna survive as your wife" (Wilson 2.1 71)

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Maddie Rocchio- Rose bases her identity on being Troy's wife and being the best wife she can be. When he reveals himself to be disloyal, she can no longer identify as his faithful, loving wife.

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"All of a sudden it's "we". Where was "we" at when you were rolling around with some god forsaken women? "We should have come to an understanding before you started making a damn fool out of your self."

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"All of a sudden it's "we". Where was "we" at when you were rolling around with some god forsaken women? "We should have come to an understanding before you started making a damn fool out of your self."

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In this quote, Rose is processing Troy's affair with another women. She realizes that she has put up with so much of Troy's nonsense for 15 years, all for him to not even stay loyal to him and beyond that, lie to her face. She contends with her past actions and how Troy has simply betrayed her.
-Ethan Greaser

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"I ain't ducking responsibility for it. As long as it sets right in my heart... then I'm okay. Cause that's all I listen to. It'll tell me right from wrong every time. And I ain't talking about doing Rose no bad turn. I love Rose. She done carried me a long ways and I love and respect her for that" (2.1). Troy's father showed him that no matter how difficult his life is, he should always take responsibility for his family. Troy has the mentality that if he gives his paycheck to his wife, that makes him a good husband and a good father. He thinks that he can justify cheating on his wife of eighteen years because he supports the family financially.
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"I done tried to be everything a wife should be. Everything a wife could be. Been married eighteen years and I got to live to see the day you tell me you been seeing another woman and done fathered a child by her. And you know I ain't never wanted no half nothing in my family. My whole family is half. Everybody got different fathers and mothers...my sisters and my brother. Can't hardly tell who's who Can't never sit down and talk about Papa or Mama. It's your papa and your mama and my papa and my mama..." (2.1.69)
All Rose wanted was to have a good and loving family. She don't want her kids to have different mom or dad like how her and her siblings had. After hearing what Troy had done to her, her dream of having a family she had hoped for has been ruined.

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Ekin - "I don't want him to be like me ! I want him to move as far away from my life as he change get. You the only decent thing that ever happened in my life. But I don't wish him a thing else from my life. I decided seventeen years ago that boy wasn't getting involved in no sports. Not after what they did to me in the sports.” (1.1.39)

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Ekin - "I don't want him to be like me ! I want him to move as far away from my life as he change get. You the only decent thing that ever happened in my life. But I don't wish him a thing else from my life. I decided seventeen years ago that boy wasn't getting involved in no sports. Not after what they did to me in the sports.” (1.1.39)

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Troy voices out his concerns over the future of his son and how he does not want him to go through the same injustices and struggles that he has gone through because he cares. He reminisces about his painful past and amplifies how he will never have Cory play football after his own experience.

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"Don't you think I ever wanted other things? Don't you think I had dreams and hopes?...But I held on to you, Troy. I held you tighter. You was my husband. I owed you everything I had" (2.1.71)

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"Don't you think I ever wanted other things? Don't you think I had dreams and hopes?...But I held on to you, Troy. I held you tighter. You was my husband. I owed you everything I had" (2.1.71)

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Rose is very selfless when it comes to family, unlike Troy. She made family her top priority even when other things might of made her happier. She gave up a lot of her dreams to keep her family together, so she wouldn't have to relive her childhood. Troy ends up ruining that for her because he puts his happiness over his families.
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