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Troy's Relationship With Other Characters In Fences, By August Wilson

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The book Fences by August Wilson is an American novel that was written to describe the work and hardships that African Americans had to endure during the 1930's and 1940's. Many characters throughout the story had important roles in the story but the most important was the protagonist, Troy. Most of the story that is being told in fences mainly belongs to Troy and his life. Most of the characters have in comparison with Troy is a complicated relationship with him. Troy's character creates major and minor conflicts throughout the story dealing with the other characters. Troy has a very aggressive attitude towards his son Cory and his decision to play football in college. In hid mind all that he can remember about playing sports is the hardships he had to go through playing baseball back when he was young. Troy doesn't realize that the times have changed and are much different than when he had played. …show more content…

What is very significant about this time and Troy is his last name. Troys last name is Maxson is a combination of Mason and Dixon, after the Mason-Dixon Line, was the name that was given to the imaginary line that separated the slave states from the free states. This name is significant to Troy because it symbolically shows Troy's character as a man who lives on a thin line of two opposing beliefs. Troys past is both rooted in the north and the south, one half is full with hope and the other half is filled with disappointment. Troy once had an excelled career in baseball but that dream had fell off the table into a more depressing life in a dead-end

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