Comparison Of Troy Maxson And The Ideology Of Going Down Swinging

I agree with David Letzler in “Walking Around the Fences: Troy Maxson and the Ideology of “Going Down Swinging”” on a few occasions. He does uncover many key, important facts about baseball in the time frame of Troy Maxson, that author August Wilson did seem to either ignore for the sake of the play, or rather, just did not know enough about all the regulations and new rules of the Major League Baseball was undergoing during that time, resulting in favoring Troy’s ideology of “going down swinging”. However, I believe that Letzler did also not look in full detail to another aspect of combining both ideologies into how someone lives their life. One thing that Letzler and I agree with is that throughout the entirety of the play, Troy is misinformed with a lot of information about baseball and particularly the players that Troy claims that he superior to, and how he should have a shot at the Major Leagues. The prime example is when Troy and his son Cory are arguing and Roberto Clemente’s name is dropped in conversation. Troy tells Cory that Clemente does not play because Puerto Rican, and not a Caucasian man (Wilson 477). Upon further research, I confirmed that Clemente was indeed hurt for that season because of his back (Thornley). This was

He believed that living with more patience is a better suit. I believe the greatest ideology is when both “going down swinging” and “going down looking” are blending together in someone’s life. Nobody should look at life and believe they are in a “fear of striking out” at all times (Letzler 307). However, when looking at it as giving your best effort, that someone has to answer to his or her own self at the end of the day and answer the question, “Did I really give it my best effort?” If the answer is yes, then pick up and move on; if no, why and how are they going to fix it for the next go