What makes us happy

For the characters in "Fences", happiness does not come easily. For example, Troy is doing anything to be happy so he can continue along with his day. While it may not be agreeable for some people to cheat on your wife, that is the bleak reality for this characters. Troy finds a sliver of happiness in the woman other than Rose and he tries to explain what this all means, "Then I saw that gal... she firmed up my backbone. And I got to thinking that if I tried... I just might be able to steal second. Do you understand after eighteen years I wanted to steal second" (Wilson 70). That is Troy's version of happiness and that is not the same for everyone. There are a lot of people that had otherwise found their slice of happiness in other things. Rose for example had already found happiness despite hard times, "I been standing with you! I been right here with you, Troy. I got a life too. I gave eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot with you..." (Wilson 70). I think the reality of happiness depends on the person and what their situation is like, I think it just differs for people and the reality can be much different depending on the person.