Fences by Willow

Fences by Willow

This Drama takes place in the backyard of Troy Maxsons’ home. The characters include Troy Maxson, His wife Rose, Their son Cory, Troys’ son Lyons , Troys disabled brother Gabriel, Troys’ friend Bono, and the woman that Troy has an affair with and Raynell who is Troys daughter to the woman .Troy is not someone who gets along well with his children always thinking the worst of them so much so that he prevents his son Cory from going to college with a football scholarship. Cory is Picked in a football draft by a North Carolina scout. But Troy will have no part of it says Cory cannot make a living playing ball because he is black. The reason he believes this is because he holds a grudge from not being allowed to play major league baseball. The way it is prevented is by Troy is he goes and tells the football coach that Cory is no longer allowed to play and there is no need to send the scout. At first I thought that Troy and Rose loved each other but come to find out that they had an abusive relationship and there was also cheating involved. Troy found himself a fling on the side who he ended up having a daughter with. The woman died and Rose was made to raise their daughter Raynell as her own child. I also seen the meanness in Troy when he threw his son Cory out of the house and made him grow up early due to him protecting his mom from Troy. This forces Cory to join the Marines which we find out later in this Drama. This family is a blended family with a lot of problems including money, Raceisim, abuse, Infidality and alcoholism. All these issues are surely a recipie for disaster. Troys’ friend Bono finds out about his affair and confronts him. Troy does not take kindly to this confrontation and pretty much tells Bono to mind his own business. Troy finds out his woman is pregnant and confronts Rose with the news. Troy has no consideration for Roses’ feelings, dreams or desires. Troy portrays a selfish man. He reminds me of a spoiled child who gets everything he wants. The facts and reasoning he gave to his wife as to why he was cheating and why he was going to continue to cheat just made me sick. Rose gave up all her dreams and desires for 18 years to be the best wife and mother she could possibly be to Troy and his kids. When she receives the news of Troys’ cheating it is a slap in the face because he pretty much saying she cannot fulfill his needs and desires and that she is smothering him with bills and house payments.