Fences

Imagine the pressure to do well in school, be flawless by a beauty standard, and fit in with society’s standards. In the play, Fences, written by August Wilson, the main character Troy Maxson goes through a lot of pressures to be the person he once was or will never become. There are many different things that can be caused by pressure but one of the most prevalent is low self-esteem. There are several different pressures that society causes but more specifically beauty, academic, and social…

involved Troy and Raynell. Most of the time the woman that was cheated on would have said forget the baby out of spite for Troy but Rose’s religion was used in a very good way now that a would be motherless child has a mother. Rose commits a godly act. “Fences” is built around Troy’s infidelity as “the plays conflict centers on … his extra marital affair” (Ogoanah 213). What Ogoanah is saying here is that with Troy’s infidelity considered if Rose would have acted differently that would have…

In the two plays, A Raisin in the Sun, and Fences, the plot is centered around an African American man living in the city with his family. In A Raisin in the Sun, that man is Walter Lee, who is middle aged, and works as a chauffeur for a rich white man. In Fences, it is Troy Maxson, who is in his fifties, and he works for the sanitation department lifting garbage into trucks. The two of them are fathers of boys, Walter Lee having one, and Troy having two (until the end in which he has a girl).…

The exhibition Over the Fence, currently on display at the UQ Art Museum features a selection of photographic works from eighteen contemporary Indigenous artists. The selected artworks have been drawn from the private collection of art enthusiast, collector and philanthropist Patrick Corrigan. The exhibition, curated by Gordon Craig and titled after an artwork by Destiny Deacon, features artists including Richard Bell, Bindi Cole, Fiona Foley, Nici Cumpston, Christian Thompson, Vernon Ah Kee,…

punish him. When Aunt Polly understands the truth about Tom after being snitched to by Tom’s brother, Sid, for the next day, Tom will have to whitewash a fence for his punishment. Before Tom could receive his punishment, he tricks some boys into paying him to whitewash the fence. He gets out of his punishment, and leaves the boys to whitewash the fence. While walking home, he looks inside Jeff’s house and sees a beautiful girl. After seeing this girl, Tom fell in love with her and had a desire…

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…

to me as a writer to create a fun and new writing experience for not only myself but to create a literary inspiration to bring these two together. Both pieces have symbolic examples, and multiple characters that stood out, but the father figures in Fences the play, and the film Smoke Signals defined what to do and not to do as a father. Both delivered an unconditional love, whether it was from a distance but one father was in the picture entirely and the other left his son at a young age. The…

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…

The play “Fences” by August Wilson contains many different topics of discussion. From Troy’s upbringing to his relationship to his son Cory, a lot takes place. These issues are the driving factors that create plenty of drama within the play. The topic specifically being focused on is Troy’s impact on Rose’s relationship with Raynell. Rose shows true strength when she decides that it it is her duty to take care of Raynell for many of reasons that include because Troy’s mistress Raynell dies in…

The play Fences is from the early to mid 1900s, it captures what the world was like during that time period. Troy Maxson works for a sanitation service and is a hardworking man. The book Fences is largely Troy's stories, and how challenging his life was. Troy is married to Rose and has a best friend named Bono. He has two sons, Lyons (who was born from a different women) and Cory. Troy is an awful parent and man because he cheated on Rose, he destroyed his son's dream and ruined his friendship…