The actual fence to me represents anger and obstacles that Troy faced throughout the story. Troy believed he would have been a successful baseball player, but he didn't get a chance at that success due to racism. Troy is trying to keep himself separated from the world. Troy appears as a closed off person not allowing no one to get close to him. Troy is separating himself from the people who loves him. Troy seems like he has built up angry from the past and it is keeping him separated from everyone, which is preventing him from being happy. Also I believe the fence represents a barrier between Troy and Cory. Throughout the story you can see the two doesn’t have a close father-son relationship. When Cory tries to hold a conversation with his
