Fences August Wilson Analysis

In Fences, August Wilson enlightens his audience by showing how miniority groups are tired of oppression and are now starting to fight for equality. Troy wants Bwownie to “give everybody a chance to drive the truck” (3). On his own since age fourteen, Troy shows he has fight in him, as he took care of himself, got thrown into jail, gets a job as a garbage collector, and gives Lyons money from his paycheck that he worked so hard to earn. Something that surprised me was the father and son relationship between Troy and Cory. Troy did not seem to necessarily love his children, but he sacrificed for them because they were his responsibility. Troy seemed just like his father, as “he felt a responsibility toward us . . . but without that responsibility he could have walked off and left us” (51). Troy learns from his father that he cannot run away from his family no matter how hard the time may be.

What Rose did not understand was how she dedicated eighteen years to Troy and he “‘should have held me [Rose] tight . . . you should have grabbed me and held on’” when he was questioning the point of his life or just needed a break (70). Cory does not “‘know how she [Rose] can stand you [Troy] . . . after what you did to her’” (87). Rose did not leave Troy after he confessed of his affair, but as far as she is concerned Troy is “‘a womanless man’” (79). Rose acknowledges the innocence of children, as she could not “‘visit the sins of the father upon the child . . . from right now . . . this child got a mother’” (79). The innocence of Raynell was the reason that Rose took her in, she was not feeling anything for Troy but he could not raise a little girl correctly by himself. Rose “‘take[s] care of your [Troy’s] baby . . . [because] she’s innocent’” (79). Rose, as a woman, carries more compassion within her for the child, but cannot forgive Troy and his