By the end of the play, "Fences" by August Wilson, Troy has pushed away so many people that it is like he is living amongst strangers. ... Troy refuses to sign the papers to allow Cory to be recruited because of a fear that was rooted in him nearly eight-teen years earlier. ... You just scared I"m gone be better than you, that's all" (Wilson, 199). ... Throughout the play "Fences" by August Wilson, Troy is dealing with the emotional boundaries that he has created to keep the most important people in his life separated from him. ... Building up the security fences around his heart is w...

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• Grade Level: High School

August Wilson: Boundaries and Life. August Wilson writes the dramatic play entitled "Fences- with extensive use of metaphors to represent human situations in a perspective uniquely held by a black man, yet complicated by many other factors in life. ... Rose, Troy's wife of eighteen years answers, "Troy, why don't you admit you was too old to play in the major leagues?... Troy responds, "What you worried about what we getting into for? ... The fence is a metaphor used less frequently by Troy in his conversations than baseball however, Wilson uses the fence in metaphors of different...

• Word Count: 1440
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When August Wilson wrote his play, Fences, he was writing a play about the things that keep people apart. ... Throughout the play, Troy works to build a fence around his back yard. ... I'm gonna take and build me a fence around what belongs to me. ... Misconceptions of a different kind are what fuel another form of separation that is examined in Fences. ... Throughout the play, the character of Troy helps August Wilson explore a number of different kinds of separation. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Did Progressives Go Far Enough In Reforming America? Did progressives go far enough in reforming America? The progressives are known as a group of people that advocated reforms to confront the problems caused by urbanization and industrialization. They were rampant in the political landscape of the early 1900's. Many of them just analyzed the political situations while others took action. ...

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