What was Troy turned down from doing because of his race/age?
MLB or baseball
What are the two ways to focus our reading?
The author and characters
What does Troy think about Cory playing football?
He thinks that he should work instead and do chores, he also thinks he won’t get anywhere in life with football
What does Troy think about MLB players in the present?
He thinks he is better than all of them and he also think only white players get to play and if you’re a different race you only sit the bench
This lens takes the ideas of psychology and applies it to _____?
Literature
What does Troy do after he finds out Cory didn’t get his job back?
He told coach Zellman not to let Cory play football and to send the recruiter back to North Carolina
What was Troy’s father like?
He valued hard work and responsibility, but was bad father to Troy and his siblings (abusive)
Out of Freuds 3 mind parts what does Troy seem to be? (ID, Ego, Superego)
ID
What does Cory think about Troy?
He thinks all Troy has ever done is hold him back and try to make him scared
What did Troy do after his father beat him?
He left at age 14 to fend for himself
What subtopic in this lens does Troy tend to use towards his family?
Projection
When Cory and Troy are fighting in the backyard over the bat who ends up on top?
Troy ends up with the bat
Where did Troy end up before he met Rose?
In jail for stealing and murder
Who would be the “Ego” in this play?
Rose
Instead of hitting Cory with the bat, what does Troy do?
He tells him to leave his yard