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Bryan Alvizures March 6,2018 Mr. Amoroso. Period 9 Concept questions 3 In the play “Fences” by August Wilson, Troy(the main character) has a a type of dualistic nature within him. Sometimes he teaches lessons while sometimes he shows complete anger and no control. On page 66 he states “ I’m trying to find a way to tell you ...I’m gonna be a daddy. I’m gonna be somebody’s daddy.” Troy is showing himself as a person who doesn’t respect his wife and went out to have a baby with…

In The Piano Lesson, by August Wilson, readers can see Berniece struggle to let the piano go, which affects Boy Willie from buying Sutter’s land. In this play there are some religious aspects, some of which who say are attached to the piano. Boy Willie struggles to see the piano more than just an item which is in their house, he fails to see the emotional attachment within the piano, and struggles to utilize it correctly. In this play, Boy Willie comes from Mississippi all the way to Pittsburgh…

Why does Ivory Christian hate football that could offer him so many great opportunities for him? Most of the time he fights to get rid of it from his life, even though he likes the game itself. He doesn't even see the potential his coaches see of a career in college football. In Friday Night Lights, Ivory is confused with a lack of self-esteem who wants above all to please his dad. Ivory felt confused when it came to playing football because he felt like it was his obligation to play and…

Maxon V.S Wilson August Wilson born April 27, 1945, in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Given the name Frederick August Kittel at birth by his mother; Daisy Wilson, and father; Fredrick Kittle. As a child Wilson faced many hardships. He had transferred high schools three times before the age of fifteen. But that didn’t stop him from becoming aa successful poet. “Widely regarded as one of the most notable playwrights of the twentieth century” (Hunter 247) Winning multiple awards for his work, such as a…

In Light in August, William Faulkner explores many ideas that revolve around man’s relationship with his community, particularly his isolation from it. These ideas can best be expressed by analyzing the characteristics of Lena Grove, Reverend Gail Hightower, and Joe Christmas. Each of these characters is in some way, shape, or form isolated from his or her community, and each character’s relationship with his or her community can be derived from their relationship with the past. Faulkner uses a…

Ironically, the author August Wilson did not name the play because of the building of the fence in Troy’s backyard. There is a significance to this title as it relates to Troy and Rose specifically. The characters’ lives serves as a literal and figurative representation for the building of the fence. They represent the relationships that are bonded and broken due to the building of this said fence. The characters create “fences” in their lives. Instances include the things that Troy wants to…

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…

Fences in Fences August Wilson’s Fences has a significant title in that there are many fences that have an impact on the characters throughout the play. Troy Maxson is fenced out his baseball career in the major leagues because of his skin color. To add on this, there are some fences that arise within the family of Troy Maxson due to family issues. “August Wilson uses the symbol of the fence to illustrate the challenges of the black experience in America during the mid-1900’s. He uses the…

"I could feel him kicking in my blood" (52). In the Novel Fences, August Wilson depicts how the progression of the Maxson family builds upon lessons learned from the generation before. Troy's father was a very grumpy man who wasn't satisfied with life. He was a violent man who whupped Troy, "he had them leather straps off the mule and commenced to whupping me like there was no tomorrow" (52). Although Troy's father was beating Troy to teach him a lesson, It occurred too violently and frequently…

“ Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up “ - Robert Frost. “Fences” by August Wilson is a powerful, moving play that has its title as the axis for the audience to interpret in their own way. Fences is centered around the building of a fence that has a different but entangled meaning for each character in the play.Fences went further than just the vague interpretation of fence and took a step farther by asking why was the “fence’’ put up ? The Protagonist, 53 year old…