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The Unfinished Fence as a Symbol of a Family Falling Apart

August Wilson 's play entitled Fences is a play that chronicles the life of a poverty-driven black family of Troy Maxson in the South . It is emphasized that this family has battled with racism all their lives . For instance , Troy , the father of the family , has fought for his life amidst pressures and oppression from the white establishment for nearly fifty-three years . At the same time , he has also fought to uphold the lessons

that he learned all for his family especially his son Cory who like himself is into sports . He recalled that when he was young , he was not given an opportunity to make a living out of baseball because it was a white man 's world . In the words of Troy : I told that boy about that football stuff . The white man ain 't gonna let him get nowhere with that football (Wilson 1487 . His concern was legitimate and sincere because he knew and learned from experience that that 's the way of all earth However , even with this , he still failed the same thing as he was unable to finish the fence that his wife has always been pushing him to do Wilson does have a purpose in naming the play Fences than just emphasizing the building of the fence in the backyard of the family as the main action in the play . It symbolizes Troy 's failure to protect his...