Troy White Character Traits

Due to the fact that Troy does not want Cory to play sports sets a boundary between the two of them. On page 5 Troy tells Cory “I told that boy a bot that football stuff. The white man ain’t gonna let him go nowhere with that football.” Troy does not want Cory to play football because he feels like he will not get anywhere with it. Another thing that puts a fence between Cory and Troy is jealousy. Troy is jealous of Cory because he actually has a chance to live out his dream and play a sport. When Troy was young and he played baseball it was back in the time of racism so he could not make it to the major baseball league like he wanted to even though he was a great player. On page 27, Cory says to Troy “Just cause you didn’t have a chance! You just scared I’m gonna be better than you, that’s all.” The relationship between Cory and his father is not very good. This could be because Troy is jealous of his son for getting a chance to do something that he could not. This could also be because Troy loves his son very much and does not want to see Cory get his feelings hurt if he does not make it where he wants to with playing

Troy’s personality is very conservative. He is an angry man who has been a victim of racial violence and allowed his bitterness to become a barrier to new opportunities that opened at this time. As a child Troy wanted out of his abusive father’s relationship. His father barely looked after his 11 children and had always puts himself first before anyone else. Instead, young Troy escapes north to Pittsburg ending himself in jail due to theft, which is where he meets his ace

Troy really believes despite being recruited it will still get him nowhere, he is convinced that he will be eventually dropped, will be disappointed and does not want him to end up like him-. He had decided a long time ago without his son’s knowledge that he will not be involved in any sports, he told his wife.

August Wilson’s play Fences gives a glimpse back in time into the life of Troy Maxson during the 1950s. Troy Maxson is an African-American living in Pittsburgh working as a garbage collector. However, he is bitter and feels as if he has been cheated out of a good life because of his past, race, and age. This behavior drives a wedge between him and the people who care about him. Wilson uses the theatre life themes of generation and love to tell how Troy Maxson displays self-destructive characteristics.

Walter lee younger and Troy Maxson grew up in a time period where African American was segregated from a white citizen. walter younger, the oldest son of Lena younger who works as a chauffeur, but hopes of owning his own liquor store. Troy Maxson is a bitter man, who believes he owes his family everything from his paycheck to his soul. they both struggle with the challenges of a deferred dream, race, and moreover, their egocentric personality always impacts on their families.

The origin of this novel stems from a time with great attitude changes within the African-American way of life. Tensions between gender specifically had begun to emerge, women, who were thought of as subservient, belonging to the house as well as to their husbands. During the timeframe of this story, women had been beginning to emerge with dignity, grace, and authority. The play takes place in Pittsburgh, during the 1950’s when the gap between genders had been shrinking, as women had been introduced further into society as more than just mothers. To most, this diminishing gap, to most would be a seamless concept, however, to the characters of this play would be a deciding factor for many conflicting scenes. The main characters of this play

In the Negro Leagues, black athletes were almost never given a chance to continue their career into the big leagues. This remained the way of baseball until Jackie Robinson was aloud into the white baseball leagues. The character Troy was set in the times before Robinson and would never reach the professional level because Robinson was a good role model who had no bad habits. As for Troy, he was no role model learning how to play baseball in jail. This is why Troy would have to fight and fight to make it into the major leagues.

o Troy says in Act 1, Scene 3 pg. 37 "…The white man ain 't gonna let you get nowhere with that football noway." Troy’s beliefs ran true to his experiences all through the play.

This situation makes me wonder if he is actually scared that Cory will be an amazing athlete and will be better than him. Troy maybe jealous that his son has opportunities to succeed that he never had, no matter how great of an athlete he was, he could have never made it to the pros because of his skin color. Now his son is being recruited by professional teams to play for them. Troy may be against this because he doesn't want his son to be able to live the dream that he was never able to live. This makes their father son relationship very interesting. It is said that fathers typically want their sons to be better off then they are, especially not very wealthy people. You would think in this situation Troy would support Cory in what he wants to do and be happy for him that he has such wonderful opportunities. Troy maybe be acting like this because Troy still lives in a dream world and still thinks he a great base ball player. He has trouble accepting that his

Troy understands that he had hurt his son by not signing the permission papers. However, being an excellent baseball player himself, he learned that chances for a black man are not always equal in this country.  He boldly believes that the white men will not let his son Cory get anywhere with that football stuff and doesn?t want him to be hurt just like he was.  It is exemplified in Troy?s words, ?I decided seventeen year ago that boy wasn?t getting involved in no sports.  Not after what they did to me in the sports.?

He focuses mainly on Biff who he believes has what it takes to be a successful sales man telling him "...I'll show you all the towns...And they know me, boys, they know me up and down New England...I have friends. I can park my car in any street in New England, and the cops protect it like their own" (Miller 1919). Much like Willy Loman, Troy Maxson also chased after an American dream. Troy Maxson is an older Aferican-American who chased after the American dream of becoming a Major League baseball player; unfortunately before he was ever recruited he had lost his athletic abilities. Troy Maxson still holds bitterness against white people because he feels as if he was passed over because of segregation and discrimination instead of how good his ability to still play was. The emotions involved with being passed over because of discrimination left Troy Maxson angry which he often displayed towards his family. Troy Maxson’s “point of view about things drastically affects those around him” (Armstrong). Troy Maxson had reached for his dream and failed and instead of encouraging his son to reach for his dream he demeans his son’s achievements. In spite of Troy Maxson’s encouragement his son, Cory, succeeds in his own dream of being recruited by a college football team. As anticipated his father belittles the accomplishment by saying “it ain’t gonna get him nowhere”

having come along ‘too early’ to build a career in baseball as a black man keeps Troy

One of the biggest disagreement points in the story revolved around Cory wanting to pursue his dream in college football due to the scholarship he had been offered. “The white man ain't gonna let him get nowhere with that football,” said troy, again this quote shows a lack of trust in white people as he believes that one of the white recruiters won’t really take Cory and that Cory will never make a living out of it. What Troy does not understand is that times

    In Act I and some of Act II the audience sees many disagreements  between Cory and Troy about Cory playing sports. In Troy's past after he was released from jail he went to play baseball, but as Troy claims, he was not allowed to play due to skin color. Troy is then placing this stipulation onto Cory when he wants to play football. Troy made the statement, “I told that boy about that football stuff. The white man ain’t gonna let him get nowhere with that football. I told him when he first come to me with it. Now you come telling me he done went and got more tied up in it. He ought to go and get recruited in how to fix cars or something where he can make a living.” (Act I  scene I ). Troy makes this statement to his wife, Rose, after she tells him of Cory getting recruited college football. In this Troy is thinking of his past when he went to play baseball and he was not accepted to play. In

He first talks about his opinion on the discrimination in sports when Rose tells him about his son, Cory, wanting to play college football. In his words, he said, “I told that boy about that football stuff. The white man ain’t gonna let him get nowhere with that football” (Wilson 8). Due to his failure to achieve his dream, he disapproves when his son wants to play football. Because of Troy’s failure in sports, his pain reflected on his son who also had a similar dream. He doesn’t want his son to go through the same pain he went through when he tried to join major league baseball. He wanted his son to be successful at getting a job that would feed him and not rely on sports because Tory knew that Cory wouldn’t get a chance. Troy was also skeptical when his first son, Lyons wanted to play jazz music for a living. Troy didn’t want to even loan him any money to help him and tried to convince him take the job picking up trash. When Lyons finally got his chance as a musician, Troy refused to go see him play.