I can't drag Papa with me everywhere I go. I've got to say no to him. One time in my life I've got to say no. The whole time I was growing up...living in his house...Papa was like a shadow that followed you everywhere. It weighed on you and sunk into your flesh. It would wrap around you and lay there until you couldn't tell which one was you anymore. That shadow digging through your flesh. Trying to crawl in. Trying to live through you. Everywhere I looked, Troy Maxson was staring at me... Hiding under the bed...in the closet. I'm just saying, I've got to find a way to get rid of that shadow, mama.
Cory is Troy's son. He always feels like Troy does not want him to be better than he was. The reason Cory wants to defy his dad is because his dad would not allow for him to play college football. Cory is jealous of Troy because he was allowed to play baseball.
The number one emotion that is expressed is frustration. Cory feels like he can't escape his fathers shadow, and there is nothing he can do about it because he does not have another opportunity to play football. Cory is also very angry at Troy because of the way that Troy treated him when he was growing up.
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