"I could feel him kicking in my blood" (52). In the Novel Fences, August Wilson depicts how the progression of the Maxson family builds upon lessons learned from the generation before. Troy's father was a very grumpy man who wasn't satisfied with life. He was a violent man who whupped Troy, "he had them leather straps off the mule and commenced to whupping me like there was no tomorrow" (52). Although Troy's father was beating Troy to teach him a lesson,
It occurred too violently and frequently. He did it to relieve stress because his life wasn't tolerable. Troy's father also raped a girl which shows how low in his life Troy's father must be. "Now I though he was mad cause I ain't done my work. But I see where he was chasing me off so he …show more content…
"The boy lied to me. I told the nigger if he wanna play football...to keep up his chores and to hold down that job at the A&P. That was the conditions". Now, what Cory learned from this is to let nobody tell you, you can't do something. "Don't ever let somebody tell you, you can't do something. Not even me, alright. You got a dream, protect it, people can't do something themselves they wanna tell you that you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period" (Gardner, The Pursuit of Happyness). The previous quote came from the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, yet it doesn’t fit anywhere better than right there. It describes perfectly what Troy was doing to Cory. Yet, Having Troy not believe in him is what led Cory to be successful and become a marine. Cory also learned from his father that hard work is how you get what you want, not just plain luck, "I'm gonna tell you what your mistake was. 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. Don't you strike out" (58). Cory also learned to never cheat on your wife, cheating on your wife means you cheated on your family, "I'm talking, woman, let me talk. I'm trying to find a way to tell you...I'm gonna be a daddy. I'm gonna be somebody else's daddy" (66). Cory realized that although his family was there financially and physically, he was not their emotionally for him or the rest of the family. Cory learned many lessons from his father that made him a better person in
It occurred too violently and frequently. He did it to relieve stress because his life wasn't tolerable. Troy's father also raped a girl which shows how low in his life Troy's father must be. "Now I though he was mad cause I ain't done my work. But I see where he was chasing me off so he …show more content…
"The boy lied to me. I told the nigger if he wanna play football...to keep up his chores and to hold down that job at the A&P. That was the conditions". Now, what Cory learned from this is to let nobody tell you, you can't do something. "Don't ever let somebody tell you, you can't do something. Not even me, alright. You got a dream, protect it, people can't do something themselves they wanna tell you that you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period" (Gardner, The Pursuit of Happyness). The previous quote came from the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, yet it doesn’t fit anywhere better than right there. It describes perfectly what Troy was doing to Cory. Yet, Having Troy not believe in him is what led Cory to be successful and become a marine. Cory also learned from his father that hard work is how you get what you want, not just plain luck, "I'm gonna tell you what your mistake was. 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. Don't you strike out" (58). Cory also learned to never cheat on your wife, cheating on your wife means you cheated on your family, "I'm talking, woman, let me talk. I'm trying to find a way to tell you...I'm gonna be a daddy. I'm gonna be somebody else's daddy" (66). Cory realized that although his family was there financially and physically, he was not their emotionally for him or the rest of the family. Cory learned many lessons from his father that made him a better person in