Setting – The play is set in the front yard of the Maxson house. They live in a two-story block house, set off a back alley. Two chairs that sit on the front porch are in need of paint work. This appears to convey that the Maxsons aren 't precisely the wealthiest people. Cash is a consistent …show more content…
In conclusion, there is an old saying, “hurt people, hurt people.” Not sure who said that but it sure is an exact example of how Troy Maxson treated his entire family. He hurt his son Lyon by not being in his life as a father figure, he hurt his son Cory by not letting him have the opportunity to play football for a college in North Carolina and he hurt his dear wife, Rose by having an affair and fathering a child from that affair. Troy never took time with his brother Gabriel properly after he came home from the war, he just let him wander the streets but he will bail him out each time he was arrested for disturbances in