The Impact of Intergenerational Trauma: The Fences story by August Wilson, set in segregated Pittsburgh in the 1950’s. Fences tells the story of the black community struggling to create a safe haven for themselves in the racially segregated urban America they live in. Fences illustrates how our environment shapes who we become and how our parents can negatively impact us through intergenerational trauma. Fences sets the scene for 53-year-old Troy Maxson, a former baseball player who was never able to advance to a serious professional level because of the discriminating era of time, even though it was inflicted to be because of Troy's old age. Bono, his friend, says, "Ain't two men ever played baseball as good as you?" That's Babe Ruth and Josh …show more content…
I owe a responsibility to you!" 38. The syllable of the syllable. He explains to Corey that he handles life challenges in order to provide for Cory not because he likes him but because it is his duty. He is a believer in accepting accountability for the effects of one's actions because his father never did. Although Troy wants nothing to do with his father, that was the only figure that he looked up to and in some ways has shaped him. Due to his upbringing, Troy feels that the only good a man can do is work and support his family, just like his father taught him before leaving him to fend for himself. With this, Troy expects that Cory needs to do the same and to leave football alone. Nevertheless, as a result of Troy's behavior, Cory is being pushed away, forcing him to carry out Troy's childhood trauma. It is assumed that Troy is having an affair with a young woman named Alberta throughout the play. His wife Rose is starting to catch on, and his friend Bono is also increasingly doubtful about it. Troy feels as though he is an outsider in this world. He brings with him the wounds of his childhood and his father's abuse, as well as the struggle of being unwanted in