A person’s past creates them. The events that layer one’s history shapes their beliefs, attitudes, and values. What becomes of a person in present day is directly due to how the past has reshaped them. In August Wilson’s Fences, Troy Maxson’s past experiences with the sport of baseball reveal its negative effect on his personal attitudes, which uncovers his unrewarding relationship with the past and reveals the underlying theme that a person’s perspective of the world is formed in the wake of psychologically altering events that impact and redefine the immature and optimistic outlook people naturally inherit in their youth.
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Through this revelation the play brings to light the underlying theme that a person’s perspective of the world is formed in the wake of psychologically altering events that impact and redefine the immature and optimistic outlook people naturally inherit in their youth. By contrasting Troy and Cory’s perspectives of life it reveals this overall meaning of the work. Due to Troy’s past with baseball and discrimination that came with it his perspective on the way life works was altered. Being denied the ability to play baseball ends up being a psychologically altering event for Troy. By not being allowed to follow his own dreams Troy came to develop a more realistic perspective of the world and the way things work in the existence of racial discrimination. Where he may have once believed he had the talent to exceed in baseball was altered when he was never allowed to advance, and thus altered his psychological mindset to the point where he began to realistically acknowledge the fewer opportunities for colored men in sports. This is evidenced when Troy explains to Rose that his rejection in baseball was not due to his age, but rather his race. “Don’t come telling me I was too old. I just wasn’t the right color. Hell, I’m fifty three years old and can do better than Selkirk’s .269 right now!” (39) Troy …show more content…
In Fences, August Wilson uses Troy Maxson’s past relationship with baseball to reveal how it negatively affected his attitudes, and the ways in which he copes with aspects of his past reveal the underlying theme that a person’s perspective of the world is formed in the wake of psychologically altering events that reshape the optimistic and immature outlook people naturally inherit in their youth. The past has its powers, and one’s maturity shows the direct outcome of these powerful past
Troy’s past relationship with the sport of baseball reveals how his experiences negatively impacted his present day …show more content…
Through this revelation the play brings to light the underlying theme that a person’s perspective of the world is formed in the wake of psychologically altering events that impact and redefine the immature and optimistic outlook people naturally inherit in their youth. By contrasting Troy and Cory’s perspectives of life it reveals this overall meaning of the work. Due to Troy’s past with baseball and discrimination that came with it his perspective on the way life works was altered. Being denied the ability to play baseball ends up being a psychologically altering event for Troy. By not being allowed to follow his own dreams Troy came to develop a more realistic perspective of the world and the way things work in the existence of racial discrimination. Where he may have once believed he had the talent to exceed in baseball was altered when he was never allowed to advance, and thus altered his psychological mindset to the point where he began to realistically acknowledge the fewer opportunities for colored men in sports. This is evidenced when Troy explains to Rose that his rejection in baseball was not due to his age, but rather his race. “Don’t come telling me I was too old. I just wasn’t the right color. Hell, I’m fifty three years old and can do better than Selkirk’s .269 right now!” (39) Troy …show more content…
In Fences, August Wilson uses Troy Maxson’s past relationship with baseball to reveal how it negatively affected his attitudes, and the ways in which he copes with aspects of his past reveal the underlying theme that a person’s perspective of the world is formed in the wake of psychologically altering events that reshape the optimistic and immature outlook people naturally inherit in their youth. The past has its powers, and one’s maturity shows the direct outcome of these powerful past