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A 4 page paper which examines the relationship between Troy and his son Cory in August Wilson’s “Fences.” The paper argues that Troy is trying hard to be a good father, yet is confused about his own identity. No additional sources cited.
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families experience as they try to come closer together despite many differences, including the differences involving dreams and hopes. The following paper examines the characters and relationship of Troy and
his son Cory. The paper argues that Troys parenting style is primarily based on the fact that he is having enough trouble finding his own identity and as such is
unable to really help Cory as a father should. Troy and Cory Troy is a man who has experienced great suffering as it relates to his own father,
back when Troy was a child. His father was a figure that Troy was always fearful of, and a figure that was essentially evil. Troys father, while a very good
provider, unlike many African American males following the freedom of the race, was a man who was angry and bitter himself. The story, being about Troy and his family and
not about Troys father, does not really illustrate the character of Troys father enough to know his own weaknesses and fears, but the play does illustrate how Troy is clearly
affected by his father and the evil nature of his father. This is introduced when Troy and Bono are talking about their childhood, telling the history to Troys son Lyons.
Troy illustrates that at one point in his childhood, when he was 14, he became a man and stood up against his father, no longer fearing him. He was involved
with a girl one day and his father came along and began to beat him. When Troy ran away from the beating he noted that his father then took the
girl as his own, truly enlightening Troy about the nature of his father as an evil and cruel man. Troy states, "I could see why the devil had never come
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