Who is Rose Maxson? What drives her to be so embracing, to have a surprising capacity to be robust, compassionate and forgiving? Who is Amanda Wingfield? Her relationship with men and her family is turbulent. What attributes emanate from her to be a caring mother? What makes it poignant? How are these women perceived? What should we learn from this? Should their lives be abandoned or honored? Fences is the fascinating story of a black family in the 1950s. The story of meeting freed black slaves trying to survive in the middle of an American urban industrial city. The story of four generations of Black Americans and how they passed on a legacy of morals, manners, attitudes, and ways of life. Fences examines the escalation of racial tensions in America during the 1950s. It deals with social issues as complex as racism and adultery. The author also recognizes that the family is the foundation of American society as a whole and chooses the family as the focal point of the story. Family is built with that specific form of love, respect, friendship, belonging, affection and values ​​that define the true basis of society. Its importance to black culture dates back to the time when black people were taken from their native land and brought to a foreign and hostile land. The protagonist of Fences is former baseball player turned Pittsburgh garbage collector Troy Maxson, and the antagonist is clearly racism. It was racism that challenged Troy Maxson at every turn and his skin color kept him from capturing a piece of the American dream for himself and his family. Racism creates conflict, which makes Troy feel surrounded by a discriminatory society. There are high tensions between ...... middle of paper ...... m is a ...www.sparknotes.com/lit/menagerie/canalysis.html - 30k - Cached - Similar pages 30 /01/ 06.SparkNotes: Fences - Navigate here -, Background, Plot Summary, Character List... Fences • Help | Comments | Make a request | Report an error | Quote this...www.sparknotes.com/drama/fences/ - 24k - January 29, 2006 - Cached - Similar pages Wilson, August. “Fences.” August Wilson Three pieces. Paul Carter Harrison. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991. Williams, TN. “The Glass Menagerie”. Modern Critical Views Tennessee Williams. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. Williams, TN. “The Glass Menagerie”. An introduction to literature. Barnett et al. New York: Pearson Education, Inc., 2004. Wilson, August. “Fences.” An introduction to literature. Barnett et al. New York: Pearson Education, Inc..., 2004.