Fences - Summary

Fences, by August B. Wilson, is about an African American man named Troy. Troy is a typical black man who believes that black people need to work hard in order to live comfortably. In the play, Troy has a wife and two kids. His son is very passionate about football but Troy thinks that that life will never come true because his baseball career wasn't successful. In the play, Troy cheats on his wife with another woman who ends up pregnant. This then leads to the separation from him and his wife. Everything all goes down hill from there. When his "lover" has the baby she ends up passing away and Troy is forced to ask her to raise his child. She does because she thinks that the child deserves a mother. In the end Troy dies and his son comes from the military to see him.