le and found himself in jail for many years. When he got out, he got a job at the sanitation department and married Rose and became the sole breadwinner for his family. Though he loves his family very much, Troy is neither happy nor satisfied with his life. He was once at the top of an exciting career opportunity as a ball-player that nose-dived into a life in a dead-end job. Troy however, succumbed to a life of bitterness and inaction rather than persisting in his dream. He allowed for racism to get the best of him and control his destiny. Though Troy developed a defeatist attitude, his life still revolved around baseball. He constantly compared baseball to life in the play. Still, Troy is so upset about his failed dreams that he blames all his failures on others and eventually drove everyone who loved him away.
             Cory, Troy's son, is interested in becoming a football player. Apparently he is talented because he has scouts coming to watch him play and possibly offer him a football scholarship. However, Troy believes that the same thing that happened to him will happen to his son and he too will be hurt by an impossible dream. Troy tells his son that football is not going to get him anywhere and that he s
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