The father of the family, and main character, is Troy Maxson. Throughout the play, Troy works to build a fence around his back yard. The fence is symbolic of the difference between life and death. This is the meaning of this fence for Troy as he states so bluntly after his mistress dies, ?Alright...Mr. Death. See now... I?m gonna tell you what I?m gonna do. I?m gonna take and build me a fence around what belongs to me. And then I want yo

When Rose removes herself from Troy, their son Cory goes with her. Throughout the play Cory and Troy have been at odds. Their conflict stems from Cory?s wish to play sports and Troy?s wish to have his son learn a trade. This conflict shows the separation between the generations. Troy is the spokesman for the older generation. In Troy?s day blacks were banned from playing baseball. Troy was an excellent player, and competed in the Negro leagues. He is very bitter about missing his chance to play professional sports, and is trying to keep Cory from even trying, feeling that the attempt will only bring Cory the same misery it brought Troy. Cory on the other hand sees it as his big chance, and believes that Troy is only holding him back because of jealousy and a fear that Cory will be better than Troy ever was. The two characters and the generation gap th

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