All about Troy
Psychoanalytic Lens
Troy and Cory
100

What was Troy turned down from doing because of his race/age?

MLB or baseball

100

What are the two ways to focus our reading?

The author and characters

100

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

200

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

200

This lens takes the ideas of psychology and applies it to _____?

Literature 

200

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

300

What was Troy’s father like?

He valued hard work and responsibility, but was bad father to Troy and his siblings (abusive)

300

Out of Freuds 3 mind parts what does Troy seem to be? (ID, Ego, Superego)

ID

300

What does Cory think about Troy?

He thinks all Troy has ever done is hold him back and try to make him scared

400

What did Troy do after his father beat him?

He left at age 14 to fend for himself

400

What subtopic in this lens does Troy tend to use towards his family?

Projection

400

When Cory and Troy are fighting in the backyard over the bat who ends up on top?

Troy ends up with the bat

500

Where did Troy end up before he met Rose?

In jail for stealing and murder 

500

Who would be the “Ego” in this play?

Rose

500

Instead of hitting Cory with the bat, what does Troy do?

He tells him to leave his yard