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A 5 page review of the Pulitzer Prize Winning play by August Wilson. The author of this paper presents the contention that although the emotional fences in the play are constructed as defense mechanisms against racism and prejudice, in reality their construction facilitates the continuation of that same racism and prejudice as major elements in shaping the self identity of each of these characters. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPfences.rtf
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In his Pulitzer Prize winning play "Fences" noted author August Wilson provides a multigenerational look at an African American family. The head of this family
is Troy Maxson, a black man who grew up in the 1930s and who experienced some of the most oppressive times of post-Civil War history. Although a talented baseball
player, the racism and prejudice of the time prevented Troy from realizing his dream of becoming a professional player. In "Fences" we meet up with Troy in the 1950s
in a time which is significantly different than that of his youth but in a time with many of the same societal prejudices still firmly in place. Troys dream
has now been taken up by his second son Cory who hopes to attend college on a sports scholarship. Rather than being supportive of his sons dream, however, Troy
is quite discouraging. He insists throughout the play that Corys time and energy would be better spent learning a trade than in dreaming impossible dreams. As Troy patiently
builds a picket fence around his property he is simultaneously erecting an emotional fence between himself and his son. Troy is not the only one building a fence, however.
Indeed, oppressed by three hundred years of racism and prejudice, it seems that every individual in the play in involved in much the same process. These fences are
constructed as defense mechanisms against the racism and prejudice which has held African Americans bound throughout history but in reality their construction facilitates the continuation of that same racism and
prejudice as major elements in shaping the self identity of each of these characters. "Fences" is distinctive in a number of regards.
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