In the play, Fences, by August Wilson, the tragic hero, Troy Maxon, an African American, still struggles after what he has been through, not getting equal rights as white people. He is still living in the past and not accepting the fact that the world is changing for the better. Troy is a harsh person, he is very strict, but he wants what is best for his family. He had a rough childhood, America was segregated as he was growing up, and not being able to move on, and let go of the past made him the way he is.
