Monday, December 5, 2011
Theme.
The theme or the moral of the story is the fact that Troy Maxson used to play sports, He couldn't actually pursuit that dream because he was a negro and back then the white people still acted funny towards the blacks. He was good. He even said he was better than Jackie Robinson the one who broke the colored barrier. He is now worried for his son who wants to play sports and has scouts coming out to see him play. His father don't want him to get his hopes up just to get this dreams crushed.
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Jymisha,
ReplyDeleteWhile it is true that the the character of Troy faced discrimination both in his workplace and in his dealings with organized sports, his actual participation is more of a plot point or an event than a theme. You do touch on a theme before you sign-off when you say, "His father don't want him to get his hopes up just to get [his] dreams crushed." A potential theme here might be that parents and children often argue over what is in the child's best interest. You are correct that Troy is fearful that Cory will face the same mistreatment that he had faced years earlier. You might also comment on how Cory feels that his over-protective father is holding him back.
How might these ideas connect to our current reading of Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart?
Mr. Monahan