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    The play fences by August Wilson is discussed by many people whether or not the play for Americans, African American, or universal. The popular opinion from people are that the play is for African American. The reason being is that the play is based off of the beginning of the end of segregation, discrimination, and the opportunities for African Americans were starting to have. I believe that the play for anyone and that anyone from different races can understand and relate to the play because…

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    August Wilson published Fences in the year 1985 to present "a slice of life in a black tenement in Pittsburgh in the 1950s" (Jacobus, 1466). Wilson was able to accomplish his goal of writing a script that deals with time, place and action unity, as well as family. This was done through many script revisions and honing upon "the all-American game" known as baseball (Jacobus, 1495). Baseball is a reoccurring subject throughout Fences. Troy uses baseball in metaphorical instances in order to…

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    In 1987, August Wilson’s Fences was a part of his Pittsburg Cycle of dramas of the 20th Century. These plays were used to “examine important elements of African American experiences” (Gardner 1331). The symbolisms in the play are used to tell the late life story of Troy Maxon and his relationship with his family. All throughout the play, various events show that Troy believes he isn’t where he should be in life and that the world treated him unjustly. He believes that he has to venture…

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    acrimony and pain prevented blacks to completely embrace them. Those who fought for the chance to make history, emerged successful, but those who let the past hold them back, continued to live in the restrictions of the past. In the play Fences, August Wilson utilizes symbols and subplot…

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    were being killed brutally in the public in front of their beloved ones. They had not choice rather than suffrage. However, they had dreams to come true and their dreams were to fight for their freedom until death. In the article of “Fences” by August Wilson, the writer brought the life of a hardworking man in the 1950s how…

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    angry after a game and hitting me, and many more problems, maybe death. My developing brain created a fence around people of color, to stay my distance, change to a sport that will my race will be playing at my local park. In the book “Fences” by August Wilson, the main character named Troy is a african-american man in his 50’s. He has a son named Cory, Troy stops him from playing football in college since he doesn’t believe Cory will make it due to the fact that he’s black and they only accept…

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    Fences: Everything you need to know The play Fences written by August Wilson is a great play. It was written by someone who really lived in the character's shoes , and it felt very real. It connected to many things that have happened in my life. Many the hardships they have faced have come up in my life at some point, and it makes it very relatable to me personally, and that is way I choose to write about the Fences August Wilson was born on April 27, 1945, in Pittsburgh. His father…

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    into American society were made to and by African Americans. However, the issues central to it—the rights blacks deserved, and the possibility of economic and social justice—are still unsettled. The fictional play, The Piano Lesson, written by August Wilson was set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression. The book focuses on different opinions within the Charles family about whether they should sell the piano that represented their family heritage to buy land. The Piano…

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    Some critics complain that August Wilson’s play are too subtle and that nothing happens. With Fences August Wilson proves that his plays are not too subtle, but they are in actuality dramatic. Fences is a dramatic work because it demonstrates many conflicts. August Wilson brings to light many problems that people dealt with at the time. In Fences Troy faces racism, has marital problems, and has problems with his two sons. First of all, August Wilson did a phenomenal job in demonstrating the…

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    Fredrick August Kittle, was born on April 27, 1945, in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wilson, who dropped his father’s name and changed it to August Wilson in his twenties, was the son of Daisy Wilson, an African American cleaning women, and Frederick Kittle, a German immigrant (PBS). Wilson was raised by his mother with his siblings, and bounced from school to school before finally dropping out of high school in his early teens. August Wilson was a talented writer and when he…

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