Fences is a great film that everyone should view in their lifetime. The film takes places in the 1950s and shows a black family’s struggles. In the opening scene the main character, troy, is working but is complaining with his best friend Bono about the white man always being above the black man. This carries into a scene which starts out warms with tory showing affection to his wife rose but quickly changes gears when Lyon shows up and asks for money. This gets serious because troy does not approve of the musical lifestyle Lyon lives. This sets the tone for Tory character in the movie to be mean and strict. Tory’s strictness is most prominent shown with the interactions with his young son Cory. Cory is a student athlete that has an opportunity
