Monday, June 6, 2011
Fences
While reading the Fences by August Wilson it made me think of many types of families. In Fences, Troy was the father of Cory and Lyons. I saw the most struggle between Cory and his father. Cory was a very good football player but his father didn't want him falling into his footsteps. His father grew up in the days when black were not accepted into sports. Times have changed now but his father is stuck in the past. Do you think that Cory should ignore what his father is telling him to do and play football? Do you think that Cory and Troy will ever see eye to eye?
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Fences is a great play to show the struggles a black man has trying to adapt to the white man's world. I am also a really big baseball fan so it was nice to see that incoprated in this play.
ReplyDeleteI think in most situations, everyone would disregard what their parents "order" and would do what they feel is the right thing for them. In Cory's situation, it's to do football instead of get the job Troy want's him to get. Troy's (and most parents) advice would work, and probably was best for their times. The only problem is that some advice gets outdated and "old fashioned." This may lead into a generational gap, preventing parent and child from seeing eye to eye on certain situations.
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