Final Blog

Fences is a very dramatic play in which family and friends of the protagonist Troy face hardships and dramas that ultimately affect the relationship between everyone in the play. Troy is a hardworking character with a wonderful family that he inflicts his stubborn ideas of morality. This affects a lot of his relationships especially with his son Cory. Troy often acts as if he knows the path Cory should take and it often leads to conflict. Eventually their father son relationship is smashed. Troy did not want for this to happen because he felt that he was simply looking out for his son against the harsh realities of life being a black man. Troy also cheats on his wife with another woman and ends up impregnating the other woman. This also leads to more conflict with Troy’s wife, Rose who does find out about Troy’s hypocritical actions. The woman who Troy was having an affair with dies after giving birth and Rose decides to take the child and raise it as her own. I personally, would never wanted to see Troy again if I were Rose and nonetheless raise the child as my own. However, Rose is a very caring mother to all even those who are biologically not hers. She is the typical Brady bunch mom with a big heart and tons of understanding for her children. Troy also has a best friend named Bono. Troy and Bono share a lot in common especially in terms of their pasts. They also both work as garbage men in a time when African Americans were still not treated with the full amount of respect that they not only need but deserve. In conclusion, this story leaves me, the reader, wondering about what life has in store for me and if it is as dramatic as the stories that I have encountered in this English class. Overall, this is my final blog and I did enjoy it. Perhaps now I will start my own blog on something else because this blog has opened my eyes to my enjoyment of writing.