In a story that Troy tells in the play, the devil is represented as a white business owner
Race and Racism
In a story that Troy tells in the play, the devil is represented as a white business owner who takes advantage of his black customers. The setting for Fences is just before the racial tensions of the 1960s erupt. Troy is a garbage man. He has noticed that only white men are promoted to driver, and, although he possesses no driver’s license, Troy complains about the injustice of a system that favors one race while excluding another. Because he has complained, Troy is promoted, but the result is that he no longer works with his friends and the camaraderie of the workplace is lost. Troy also feels that his dream to play professional baseball was destroyed because he was a black player in a white world. Because he has spent a lifetime being excluded, Troy cannot see any advantage for his son when college recruiters come to watch Cory play football. Troy cannot trust the white man, the devil, and so, he forbids his son to play football.
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Fences is a play written by August Wilson a playwright from America. The play was written in 1950s and it is the sixth in Wilson’s Pittsburgh cycle that has ten plays. The play explores the evolving African American experience and examines the theme of race and racism among others. The playwrights attention is Troy the main…………..
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