Fences

Great Play!

The play is a pretty nice short read. It talks about the civil rights time. The dialogue is pretty dramatic which kept me entertained. It's also a pretty short read and took me about 3 days to complete. Most people can probably read the whole thing in 1 day. If your looking for a short book to past the time, this would be a great book to read.

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"Fences" - August Wilson

This play was assigned to my English class, and (knowing my teacher) I was expecting something that had many levels and depth to the characters. Well, that's what I got. All of the characters (Troy, Rose, Cory, Gabe, Bono, etc) are three dimensional. They aren't flat and predictable. There are plenty of symbols and foreshadowing which I won't disclose here for the sake of keeping it a surprise ;-), and it keeps you curious about what will happen next.
This isn't a fluffy and heartwarming story.
It's an "easy" read and can be finished in a day.

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Fences

I found that Fences was a good book. It showed a great perspective of how families really are. It shows the families ups and downs and how they react to it. It is about a man named Troy and his friends and family. Toy is a quick-tempered man and some people get tired of it. Other people learn do deal with it and just stay out of his way. Everything changes when Troy starts going down to Taylor¿s and hangs out. He is abusive to his wife¿s boy Cory. Cory says its because Troy is afraid that he will be better than him. Cory got recruited to a school but Troy won¿t sign the papers for him to go. Troy has been in jail before and has brought out memories of it. He met a man in jail. His name is Bono and is now his best friend. They both work together unloading trucks. One day Troy gets fed up the white people sit in the car as the blacks unload the trucks. He goes to the commission board and becomes the first black man to drive the truck. His family is proud of him. Troy was once a big baseball player but didn¿t get very far, he claims this is because he is black. Troy¿s brother Gabriel was in World War II. While there, he got half his face blown off, and because of this he a confused man. Troy likes to tell family stories. He tells how he has had to fight death and what the battle was like. My thought on this story is that it was good. I like the way every scene opened and closed. There weren¿t to many characters in it. It also had a good moral to it. Those were my thoughts on the story.

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JUST AWESOME

This book is great. Everyone who is having problems in their lives need to read this. It changes lives. Thanks to the author.

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Great book

Fences To me the book is great because it captures a lot of stuff from the past and its mostly telling how they lived during those times (1950-1960). Like how hard it is to get a job, hard to avoid going to jail, how hard to keep a roof over your head, and much more. The book is also about how it is to struggle to keep the family together and how. Troy got it tough when he was a child always stealing to get food for his family. But then Troy is harsh on his child so they can face the real world like he did when he was young. And it works for Cory and he watch for other people to and how everything is baseball for Troy from solving his problems and playing the game and how better he is from everyone else. And how care and loving his wife is to her family trying to help them solve their problems but most of the time Troy doesn¿t want her help and always ask her when dinner. Their family always fights either over money or family problems or about school. The best thing about it that it¿s a play to so you can act it out with your friends. This book deserved to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama this book has funny parts to it, drama, unexpected scenes and more. Then all this drama and unexpected within 101 pages. August Wilson is a mastermind for making this book.

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this book sucks

the play is called "Fences", Troy Maxson is the father in this play he is trying to support his family. Cory Maxson is a struggling athlete who is looking for support from his family. Rose Maxson is the strong one trying to keep the household together. the play takes place in Pittsburgh,PA. the time period is the 1950's through the 60's.

the story was very bland there was not a good story line the characteres didnt really appeal to me in a certain manner. the use of language was very rude the way people were treated was very horrible. Troy Maxson is a very mean father. This play i wouldnt recomond to anyone the play was horrible.The story if anyone were to read it should just pick up another book and begin to read that one.

Fences

"Fences" written by August Wilson tells a story set in Pittsburg about a son who wants affection and recognition from his dad. This family is black and live in times where there was a lot of discrimination. Throughout the play there are many mini - drama's developing in with each person.

I liked this story because it was so interesting and different from stories I would normally read or movies I would normally watch. My favorite parts from the play were when the dad and the son were fighting and Troy told Rose that he cheated on her. I also think it's sweet how Rose took in Raylene.

I reccomend this play to anyone who is open - minded and adventurous. It is interesting the whole time if you pay enough attention. Everyone should give this a chance.

Highly Recommended- A Must Read !

This book was amazing. An attention grabber straight from the beginning. You might feel like you're losing some brain cells from the old time slang but other than that it was great. There were very intense scenes where I could actually feel what the character was feeling and at times I had to remind myself to calm down for its only a book. I recommend this book to absolutely everyone, its also fairly brief so if you're someone who has a short attention span or just doesn't like long books this is good for you. I want to look into other books from this author because I really liked this one.

Simply Amazing!

August Wilson brilliantly wrote Fences with strong, passionate characters that come alive right before the reader. The play makes commentary on the human condition while dealing with racism, adultery, betray, war and death while depicting the hardships between the relationships of father and son, and husband and wife.

Absolutely amazing! . .

Fences-Awesome!!

Fences is without a doubt a triumph! Fences is a remarkable, life- relating, story! I'ts one of those books you'll never forget after you read it. It stays with you forever! This is a classic! August Wilson put together a masterpiece!

Outstanding book

I am not a big fan of reading but this is one of the greatest books i have ever read. I couldn't put it down. I read the whole thing in one day. I recomend it to everyone

great book

i read this book in my english class. we read the book aloud and i was reading every day, this book got to the point where i didn't want to stop at the end of class. I enjoyed the in depth meanings of the book and the commical relief given to the book by gabe was also i nice touch. I like the way it showed the oppression of the black man. It showed how life really was. I enjoyed this book thouroughly

A masterpiece!!

Mr. Wilson, as always, has done an excellent job here capturing the African American expeience. He is one of our greatest storytellers.

Great book

This book is great!!! It's a page turner

Ahhhh..breath of Fresh air

Fences!! WOW!! It's an amazing play that deals with a lot of issues that fathers and sons face in todays world with in all ethnic back grounds. I idenified a lot with the young character Cory with his struggle to escape the image of his father and the claws of his father as well. Ahhh..Fences is a breath of fresh air and every one should have this play on their Birthday list.

Fences Review

Fences is a good book that gives a detailed look into the lives of African Americans during the 1950's and 60's. Many felt as if the different aspects of their life fenced them in. August Wilson included a metaphor throughout the book comparing death and baseball. This was good to have in the book since it made the story more interesting. This book also portrayed an unstable relationship between a father and a son and what happens when that father is too demanding on his son.

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