Fences

 Truly is one of the main characters and fences and he has a hard time showing feelings he is very hard when his family and his friends  tried it show affection for example his son Cory asked for love enjoy answers with responsibility  I think Troy could at least show feelings but he so stuck in the past that he doesn't even know what feelings are anymore and he has become his father  problems with Troy's son wanted to have a dream  playing football in it was eventually going to come true .  Troy is hard on his son his family his wife his friends but he is also hard on his self  against the possibility of change .   TRoy's still stuck in the time that a young black man can not move confidently in the direction of his dream that's why he so hard on his son because he feel as though his sign should be out here working and going to school not worrying about football.  The consequences of choice hardness are by no means all negative.  My question is do you feel like it's Troy's age that is not letting him move on from the past that racism that exists  or beliefs

Fences-August wilson

Oedipus and troy the main characters of Oedipus and fences are more alike then what people may believe them to be. Oedipus and troy both supports and lets down their family. Troy does defiantly support his family financially however he's very numb with his feelings does not show the emotion support that his wife and kids may need. Oedipus certainly is an all peoples person and supports his family however he still unknowingly betrays his family. another reason could be how they live. troy and Oedipus both live disjointed in a sense to the world around them, troy because of his background he doesn't fully understand that the world is changing for a reason but hes so stuck in his ways that he doesn't want to hear that. Oedipus is so stuck on why Thebes had a plague and how he would make out with this suffering not knowing that its happening for a reason and that hes the reason why Thebes are suffering from a plague now.

Fences~ August wislon

In Fences by August Wilson one of the main themes is still focused on the race of people. The time the book was set which was in the 1950s America had came a long way from being segregated however things like pro sports was past that. Troy the main character in the play has a son named cory, cory is good in sports. connecting this book to Oedipus can be done because in one scene troy tries to set up corys fate by telling him that hes black so hes not going to ever make it to the big league not knowing that things are eventually going to change and the world is going to become more segregated then ever. Every character in this play is African American and must deal with racism everyday because the south was still pretty much segregated.