Fences: Comparison to poem Harlem.

Troy is the main character and is somehow involved in everybody’s dreams. He also has several dreams of his own. Among these is the dream to play professional baseball, the dream to become the first black driver at the garbage company he works for, and the dream to “escape” from his daily routine in life. The hope of playing professional baseball can easily be related to the lines in Harlem referring to how a dream can “crust and sugar over—like a syrupy sweet”. The thought of playing professional baseball is certainly a sweet one, and the fact that it still brings Troy some joy to talk about baseball with Bono shows that he hasn’t forgotten the good in the sport. He also demonstrates how the dream has c

The strongest influence Troy has on another character’s dream is on Cory. Troy’s second son wants to play football and use his football skills to get him into college. Troy thinks that this will not work because the white man won’t let a black man get anywhere in sports, and forces Cory to quit football and continue working. This dream can be compared to festering like a sore. Cory is obviously growing angrier and angrier at Troy as the play goes on, and eventually he runs away to live on his own. This could also be seen as a dream that explodes. After the family learns about Troy’s affair, Cory almost starts a fight with his father while protecting his mother, and ends up moving out of the house. This is obviously an explosion of his anger that has been building through the last several years.

Outside of his own dreams, Troy has a profound impact on the dreams of those around him. In most of these cases, Troy’s impact is not a good one, although he is definitely a good influence on his brother. Gabriel simply wants to blow his trumpet to open the gates of heaven when the time comes. He sees the good in Troy and believes that his brother will be in heaven. Gabe even says that he has seen Troy’s name on St. Peter’s list.

Rose has a dream to basically lead a normal and stable married life. She says she has other dreams of her own, but that she has entrusted them with Troy. This dream has dried up, much like “Harlem” says a raisin in the sun will do. Rose realizes that al

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