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“I read this for the Kansas Humanities Discussion on Fences. This book is appropriately named because it deals with physical, mental, and emotional fences that people build around themselves, and Troy Maxson has mastered buidling all three.
Physically he is building a fence for his wife Rose. She doesn't understand why she wants a fence, because there is nobody to keep out. But his friend Bono tells him it is to keep her family inside the fence. She doesn't want Troy to stray, and she doesn't wan ...more
Physically he is building a fence for his wife Rose. She doesn't understand why she wants a fence, because there is nobody to keep out. But his friend Bono tells him it is to keep her family inside the fence. She doesn't want Troy to stray, and she doesn't wan ...more
Rose and Troy's marriage is like a lot of marriages: neither one of them is completely engaged and by the time either notices it has fallen apart. Rose is not a weak figure and she tackles her challenges with grace, but I did not always agree with her choices. In the end, she triumphs in a way. Just not the way I wanted her to.
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