Relationships, Racism, and Drama in August Wilson's Fences

In August Wilson’s Fences, relationships were a big part of the story because every character had a different kind of relationship with each other. Troy had a relationship with every character in the play and it was not the same kind of relationship. Troy Have a complicated relationship with every character in the play because troy character is difficult and it cause conflicts with everyone character in Fences (Blumenthal). Troy has a personal relationship with his self and it was kind of a fictitious relationship but to Troy it was realer than anything in his life. Troy was a denial type a person so he really disagreed with others wisdom and advice and stuck to his on philosophy. He had a rough life growing up his family history in the south of slavery carried over in his entire life and affected his everyday life (Pereira). Troy is a man that takes on all his responsibilities and a very hard and passionate worker but also has difficulties with his inner self which made him build a relationship with his inner self and always believed that he had to trust and go with his abnormal thoughts.

Troy had dreams of Major League Baseball that he could have accomplished but in that time blacks was not allowed in the League, even though Troy was good enough to play they just were not letting blacks in the league, which leaded into believing self created illusions (Blumenthal). Troy believed that one time he was in a real battle with Death that was the toughest battle he has ever fought and won. He said that he really struggled hard and that he was extremely brave and stood strong and faced death and went on and on with death for days and finally defeated it. Troy said it was a very dark cold battle ground that they were fighting and tha...

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