Fences Cory And Troy's Relationship

The book “Fences” is the outlook on an average black family trying to make it with breaking apart as a family. Troy is the father and the man of the household that gives demands and tries to be a strict stern example role model to his children. The family has arguments but at the end of the damn comforts one another in different ways as black people usually do. Troy comes off as a angry individual but is a very love man. Troy shows his love by tough love towards Cory, his stubbornness towards his son Troy, and willingness to let his brother to wander freely. Troy has a very abrasive way of expressing his feelings when try to show his love towards his family. He tries to raise Cory to become a man and to have morals and responsibilities. He tries to show Cory that you can have dreams, but also be realistic and take care of your family and business first. For example, in the book it states, “I don’t care … people’s garbage.”(Wilson 19) The statement shows Cory that no matter what you want to accomplish you could never get far in life because the government don’t want to see you have successes because you’re black. You better off just working for the rest of your life and learning a trade or doing something …show more content…
Troy acts as the unwilling parent when it comes to dispensing money to his children because he wants them to become men to provide for themselves. He believes only time Lyons come around is on pay day to receive money from him as if money grows on trees. Troy comments to his son that, “Yeah, I got… years without.” (Wilson 11) Troy is stating that as a man Lyons has to have priorities and spend his money wisely and not spend it all on what you want but what you need. As you mature and grow in age you must manage your money just in case something comes up like losing a job. Troy just doesn’t want his children to think that life comes off free you have to work for what you