Character Analysis: Don T Eye All The Women

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Troy Maxson and Jim Bono are talking and drinking in the yard on a Friday night. Troy is concerned about his job at the sanitation department because he asked the bosses why the colored men have to lift the rubbish cans while the white men drive the truck. Bono asks about a girl, Alberta, with whom Troy has been flirting, and reprimands him for not being completely faithful to his wife, Rose. ‘Troy replies, “I eye all the women… Don’t never let nobody tell you Troy Maxson don’t eye the women”.’ Troy describes Alberta as “one of them Florida gals. They got some healthy women down there… Got a little bit of Indian in her.” Rose Maxson enters and she and Troy reminisce about how she won him for a husband though he hadn't been a marrying type. They argue about shopping at the A&P, which is cheaper, or at the local shop Bella's, which is a part of the community. Rose reports that a college football team is recruiting their son Cory. Troy wants Cory to give up on football because the white man will never let him get anywhere with it. He believes that Cory should keep the job he has at the A&P and “get recruited in how to fix cars or something where he can make a living.”
Troy played baseball in his youth, but …show more content…
He tells him that he pays ten dollars to the devil each month for the furniture and that he has been paying that sum for the last fifteen years. Rose shakes her head and calls it a tall tale. Troy insists that his son get a job and offers to get him in with the sanitation department. Lyons says the work wouldn’t agree with him and that he is going to keep making music because it gives his life meaning. He tells Troy, “You and me is two different people, Pop.” Troy tells them he doesn’t have extra money since his brother, Gabe, moved out of the house. All in all, August Wilson basically wrote this book to show friendship and relationships between
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