In the playwright I think for Rose her happiness is keeping her
family together and seeing everything that’s going on with Cory wanting to play
football and Troy ruining that for him and Gabriel getting arrested I think she
feels like she has that responsibility of keeping her family together and
everything running mostly. Troy proves financially to keep a roof over their
heads but Rose is the one who makes it feel like a home. For Troy I think
happiness for him is being able to be himself and not have to worry so much because
he’s been worrying all his life. “Met your mama. I was young and anxious to be a man. Met your
mama and had you. What I do that for? Now I got to worry about feeding you and
her. Got to steal three times as much”. I think all his worries started to pile
on when he faced the responsibilities of providing for his family and so after
so many years I think he started to become claustrophobic and his happiness started
to fade and it continued to fade throughout the many years hence why he cheated
he wanted to feel some freedom and free of responsibilities and he wanted an
outlet which is a little contradicting because now he’s going to have even more
responsibility. But I think for Troy it’s all about moments and those moments
is what defines he’s happiness.
In society happiness is a must. You have to be happy. I
think it’s so glamorized that people start to hide behind smiles and laughs. Society
is more worried about seeing you happy then trying to help you resolved your
issues for you to be happy. Society is all about putting labels on people, and
god forbid you anything other than happy, you’re suddenly put into a different
category. I feel that the word depressed or not happy is looked for bad upon
that people try to run away from their true feelings. They try to make themselves feel something they’re
not so I think that the way happiness is portrayed in our society is not realistic.
Everyone has gotten to a point in their lives where they’re not happy and so
finding that happiness again is tough. And that’s where decision come into
play, in the playwright Troy cheating because he wanted to feel happy and free.
Society presents happiness to be that you have to go and find it in other
places, when really it already lies within us we just have to find it within
ourselves.
I was reading your response and I feel that you covered the prompt really well. It was cool seeing you take Rose’s point of view. I went the opposite route and took Troy’s. I said that Troy is seeking happiness through freedom and worry free from bills and finances. I like your approach when you said Rose’s happiness is keeping her family together. I agree with that because she is a selfless woman who would do anything to provide for her family and keep her kids happy. She felt that when Troy took Cory’s chance to play college football away that it destroyed his happiness and that hurt her because she wants to make them happy. I never thought of it like that but I really like that. You said that “For Troy I think happiness for him is being able to be himself and not have to worry so much because he’s been worrying all his life.” That is the approach I took and further elaborated on it. I said that he wants to run from his problems rather than face them. I also like when you said, “I think for Troy it’s all about moments and those moments is what defines he’s happiness.” I never thought of it like that.
ReplyDeleteI agree that happiness is glamorized in society. You mentioned that people hide behind smiles and laughs. I took the route and said that in society, “money can’t buy you happiness.” I believe that it is true in a sense but at the same time, those who are financially stable and can provide for their family effortlessly have a lot less stress on their plates. Some people live paycheck to paycheck to provide for their families which adds stress and less time to be together. Happiness is self-created. You can choose your own destination. I like how you mentioned that society is all about putting labels on people. That is a valid point that I never thought about. People in our society are materialistic and everything you do, you’ll be judged.
Overall, I really like the way you set up your response. It helped expand my response because you added thoughts to my head and got me thinking deeper. Your response is quality. One thing that you could work on is adding to the third question and how they differ or overlap.