Fences Thesis

Fences Outline
Endless Opportunities; financial success; equality; upward social mobility are what the American Dream is all about, for those who succeed, but what about those who fail? Imagine being a proud black man in such a hateful country during the 1960s, society diminishes any ounce of self confidence and dignity an individual can have all while trying to achieve the idea of the American Dream. Author Wilson (1986) constructed the play Fences which depicted main character Troy Maxson who expressed the struggles black individuals faced during the 1950s and 1960s. Troy has two sons, Lyons who strives to be a well off musician, and Cory who wishes to pursue a football career, and though the career choices are different, Troy disapproves

The American Dream is not always achieved, negative aura is created when those who do not obtain their dreams realize it is no one's fault but themselves. While trying to conduct a robbery Troy commits homicide; soon after he becomes incarcerated for fifteen years, upon his release he was at no age to play professional baseball (Wilson, 1986). If Troy had gone to play professional baseball instead of going to prison, his best friend Bono would never apear, changing the entire plot of the play. There is self impact when Troy’s consequences result in long lasting friendship, just as others become impacted such as Bono getting a prevailing friendship as well. By beloved wife Rose; rather than finding a solution, Troy carried on impacting all of those around him (Wilson, 1986). Upon cheating on his wife, Troy negatively self impacted by creating such an enormous emotional mess for himself, and negatively impacted others by creating disaster in the home. Cory lost respect for his father and Rose went six months without a word to Troy. All because Troy did not reach the American Dream to become a professional baseball player he felt it was okay to commit adultery. The amount of negative impact to himself and others created by Troy proves that those who do not obtain the American Dream cause

Individuals who played the game of football and made themselves a reasonable living is uncommon during the time period of the play, though some individuals are in fact good enough to make the cut such as Troy’s youngest son Cory. There was one requirement for Cory to play football, maintain a job at A&P; Troy notices Cory did not tell the truth about his job so that he could play football, therefore, Troy took a visit to the school and sent Cory’s scout home, resulting in an uproar (Wilson, 1986). In the act, Cory lies about his job, resulting in self impact that causes destruction to his possible football career, his dream. On the other hand, there is also an impact to others, such as Troy, because broken trust and honorability is where Cory lacks to do the right thing now. The impact of himself and others has created a situation that results in the destruction of Cory’s dream entirely, proving once again that those who do not achieve their dreams have the biggest impact. Parents expect respect from children, though in the instance a parent does not deserve respect a child was expected to still provide it with possible consequences. After Troy’s offense of adultery Cory lost respect for his father, therefore Cory disrespected him while trying to get into the house, consequently Cory needs to get