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A 5 page research paper that analyzes August Wilson's play Fences, which is a multigenerational look at an African American family and is, principally, the story of Troy Maxson and the psychological fences that isolate him from his friends and family. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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between himself and others. Troys fences are part of his "survival system" in that the fences he builds aids him in exerting control over others and himself (Bogumil 34).
However within the context of the play, Wilson demonstrates that Troys fences are ultimately self-destructive. The fence between himself and his wife is his infidelity. Between Troy and his
son Cory is his refusal to sign Corys football scholarship recruitment papers. Between Troy and his brother Gabe, the fence is Troys signature on commitment papers that Troy cannot actually
read. There is even a fence between Troy and his best friend Jim Bono, which occurs when he secures a job as a garbage truck driver instead of being
a collector with Bono. Troy drinks and his alcoholism constitutes a fence that keeps him isolated from his own demons of "birthright, age, and most important, discrimination" (Bogumil 34).
The play in set in 1957, Act one Scene one opens with Troy and Bono entering the yard, engaged in conversation. The conversation is joking, but it soon turns serious
when Bono starts pointing out that Troy has been "eyeing" Alberta. Rose, Troys wife, comes out of the house, asks Bono is hell stay for supper. The scene introduces
the theme of baseball. While in was in prison, Troy had excelled in baseball and, after his release, he continued to perfect his game in the Negro Baseball League (Fences
and the 1950s Dream). It is the major tragedy of his life that Troy was unable to play in the Major League baseball because of his color, a situation that
is changing at that time. Bono asserts that times have changed and Troy just came along "too early." To which, Troy says, "There ought not never have been no time
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