n, was born. Troy thought that he was a good husband to Rose because he provided her with food and a house. He wasnt a good husband because he didnt give her love and compassion. These two things are needed in a good marriage. She centered her whole life around him and he gave her almost nothing. When she had a problem, she couldnt go to him. Troy also wasnt faithful to Rose. He went off and had an affair with another woman. Rose was heart-broken by this. She couldnt believe Troy could do this to her. She devoted her life to him and he goes and stabs her in the back. On top of that, Troy had a child with his mistress. The woman died giving birth. Troy asked Rose to take care of the baby. Rose did, what else could she have done? Troy was not a good husband. Troy took care of Gabriel after the war. This made him think that he was a good brother. Troy wasnt a good brother to Gabriel. He stole the war money that Gabriel got. He used the money that he got to build himself a house. Gabriel couldnt take care of himself, so Troy oversaw Gabriels life. After a while Gabriel moved out. He went to live in Mrs. Pearls house, down the street. Troy was mad because now that Gabriel wasnt living in his house, he didnt collect rent from him. Troy then sent Gabriel to an institution. Since Gabriel was there, Troy got half of the money that Gabriel got from the war. Troy couldnt care less about Gabriel; all he wanted was his money. Would a good brother do this? I dont think so. Troy thought he was a good father because he put a roof over his sons head and fed him. Cory was scared of his father and he didnt really love him. Troy didnt want Cory to play football. This made Cory dislike him even more. He wanted Cory to work at the A&P. In Troys mind this was a nice, safe job. He only did this because, in his childhood Troy wanted to play baseball but he couldnt because he was black. Troy was afraid that his son would be better than him. He also thought...
