Both Troy and Baba struggle through many hardships to get to where they want to be. Troy becomes the first truck colored garbage driver in the city, while Baba becomes a wealthy businessman. Using their power as a father, Troy rejects his son, Cory, to play football and Baba’s high expectations for his son, Amir, the fathers ruins the father-son relationship.
Troy build “fences” around him “to keep people out” (2.1.32). This displays that Troy doesn’t trust anyone. He only believes his decisions are correct, while negating what other people think. He refuses to let Cory play college football because he thinks “they got colored on the team and don’t use them” (1.3.114). Troy experiences segregation when he plays baseball, so he doesn’t want