`Fences` (1985) by August Wilson

He notices how another African American handles his restaurant business , and even chides his wife for playing the lottery . What he fails to realize is that he is far from perfect himself . He makes use of his brother , Gabriel 's government checks to build their home he cannot afford to have it built otherwise Moreover , while he restricts his wife 's lottery playing and complains about discrimination , he becomes involved in an adulterous affair which results to a baby girl . In response to this , his wife finally finds her voice : The mother

who finds the family together through her quiet strength emotionally erupts after years of suffering when she learns her husband has taken a young mistress . The audience cheers when she finally asserts herself , representative of all women in the 1950s (Swortzell 52-53 . Troy does not give his wife the equal treatment that he expects from the white man he asks her to behave while he does what he wants

The main theme of Fences ' is the father and son relationships between Troy and his own father , and between Troy and his sons . August Wilson himself believes that the most important lines of the play are said during the time when Troy is talking about his father : I got to place where I could feel him kicking in my blood and knew that the only thing that separated us was the matter of a few years (Savran 1314 This is the point in the play that Troy somehow shows an understanding of the cyclical process going on in his family . He and his father have had misunderstandings and his fear of him has led him to leave for the city and has become a man at fourteen years of age (Wilson 1298 His son , Lyons who is first portrayed...