Act 2: Scene 1
Explanation and Analysis—Baseball and Gardening:

Troy and Rose use contrasting metaphors to capture their approaches to life and parenting, inviting the audience to see them as foils. Rose puts her metaphor into practice in Act 2, Scene 5, before Troy's funeral:

ROSE: Girl, get in here and get dressed. What you doing?

RAYNELL: Seeing if my garden growed.

ROSE: I told you it ain’t gonna grow overnight. You got to wait.

Act 2: Scene 5
Explanation and Analysis—Baseball and Gardening:

Troy and Rose use contrasting metaphors to capture their approaches to life and parenting, inviting the audience to see them as foils. Rose puts her metaphor into practice in Act 2, Scene 5, before Troy's funeral:

ROSE: Girl, get in here and get dressed. What you doing?

RAYNELL: Seeing if my garden growed.

ROSE: I told you it ain’t gonna grow overnight. You got to wait.

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