Analysis Of Pat Mora 's Fences

The play, Fences, in conclusion acquires many interpretations of the “fence” that is mentioned variously. Despite there only being one physical fence, it represents many figurative fences throughout the play. The “fence” is signified as having both positive and negative

Lives are lead with anxiety over certain issues and with apprehension towards certain events. This play, Fences written by the playwright August Wilson deals with the progression of a family through the struggles of oppression and the inability to obtain the American Dream. The characters in the play develop throughout the story and can be viewed or interpreted in many different ways, but one man remains constant during the play and that is Troy. Due to certain events that transpired as he was growing up, Troy is shaped into a very stubborn yet proud man. To be a man who was black and proud ran the risk of getting destroyed, both physically and mentally. The world of the 1950s and 60s was rapidly changing and

Pat Mora’s “Fences” is a delicate poem that deals with the timely issues of class divide and privilege. She begins her poem on a positive note, saying “Mouths full of laughter,” which creates this safe and harmless tone. The next line, she uses the word “turistas,” which is interesting; Mora uses a Spanish word (tourist in English) to indicate possibly the ethnicity of the speaker. It is not until the last few lines of the poem, however, when the reader can also detect the class and likely status of the speaker, when the speaker’s mother says, “It’s their beach,” after seeing the speaker’s younger sister running across the sand where the affluent tourists are. At only 19 lines, “Fences” is a relatively short poem, but Mora’s use of

Secondly, the speaker of the poem can be described as underprivileged, and this is shown throughout the entire poem. For example, line 1 of the poem it states "some are teethed on a silver spoon” and line 5 it states "some are swaddled in silk and down”. This shows that the speaker is not the same as the person who is teethed on a silver spoon or cared for very carefully. This inclusion also shows that the speaker was not born into a wealthy family and so the speaker must fight for what they need pertaining to themselves and the family.

Pat Mora is an award-winning writer that bases most her poems on tough cultural challenges and life as a Mexican American. She was born in a Spanish speaking home in El Paso, Texas. Mora is proud to be a Hispanic writer and demonstrates how being culturally different in America is not easy. She explains this through her experiences and the experience other’s. In her poems “Elena”, “Sonrisas”, and “Fences”, Mora gives you a glimpse of what life as a Mexican American is; their hardships, trials, strength that make them who they are.

In Pat Mora's poem, "Legal Alien," the author describes her biracial character as being "viewed by Anglos as perhaps exotic, / perhaps inferior, definitely different, / viewed by Mexicans as alien," a description which highlights the situation encountered by people who strive to be prestigious individuals by floating between cultures and who consequently fail to be a part of any particular group (Mora 9-11). Often the individuals are biologically trapped between two probable lives, and they forge ahead to meet the opportunity of possibly belonging to the higher society while they degrade the small culture which has weaned them from birth. These people find themselves

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Fences is a play, set in U.S. society in the late 1950s, which deals with serious and common issues of humankind. It is the sixth in Wilson 's ten-part "Pittsburgh Cycle". Like all of the "Pittsburgh" plays, the play was written in 1983. The beginning scene is about Troy, who is a strong character, in full control of his life, his wife, and his son Cory. The last scene is on the day of the funeral of Troy Maxson. Fences presents characters who are real flawed humans, who struggle to for control and power in their life. Their effort of the play imparts understanding of this struggle to the audience. Fences is the symbol of personal culture, as well as a sympathetic, but unforgettable central character.

The major differences between the interpretations of Troy by Jones and Washington in the play, “Fences” is obvious. A play is not a play without the audience. With Jones’ version, the audience seems more focused and attentive unlike Denzel’s version where the audience are kind of part of the scene and they create jovial moment in the course of the play. The audience's laughter caught me off-guard. Also the person who played the role of Troy’s son in Denzel’s version, was more like the type to put up with his father unlike the other hand where Troy‘s son in Jones’ version was more fearful, timid and kind of wobbly. I also realized that Denzel's tone was somehow playful which made his way of delivery close to the comic nature. Just like the slap

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As this Introduction to Literature-Drama class moves forward, I am learning tons of new information. Each assignment has been challenging, but with some hard work they can be completed. I have enjoyed reading the comments that my classmates have left me. Each one offers a different perspective and gives me helpful feedback. For example, on the Production Comparison of Fences thread, Emily Waldrop left me a comment that said, “I agree that Denzel's version of Fences is a lot calmer! He has a much more sarcastic response to his sons statements. I personally didn't view James as kindhearted when he put his hands on his sons shoulders at the end, I took it more as threatening just by the way he was looking at him, but now that I think about it

In so many ways Fences is such an ordinary story that its power comes from the ways in which ordinary people hear and view it. There is no doubt but that the metaphor of the fence prevails, working its way across work, family, friendship and the emotional pain of living a life literally dependent on garbage for survival. This is what Wilson wrote about in his Fences of the 1950s. In retrospect, however, it doesn't take a lot to put some of these pieces together yet again to create a difference story of its own kinds of fences, wooden, social, economic. But then or now, this story is still about the ordinary failing of a person who cannot figure out how to get out of the box that surrounds him and who thus finds himself pulling others inside his own fenced in troubles and pains. Being a black man wasn't easy then and it isn't easy today.

It is clear to see that Troy and Torvald are very similar characters. Troy is the main character of the play Fences and Torvold is a secondary character from A Doll’s House. In both of the plays in the beginning it is hard not to believe that both men are good husbands and loyal men who are looking out for their families. It turns out to be quite the opposite situation. For the reason that Troy end up cheating on his wife and Torvold treated his wife like a Doll by manipulating her to do things for his fantasy’s. Both husbands fail in every shape and form to carry out the role of a good decent person and husband. Both wives are miserable and have no lives to live of their own.

The desire humans have for control tends to be blocked off by the “fences” that limit an individual’s access to their rights and resources. These “fences” are not always physical, nor always bad, but tend to be a necessity to the world when we face problems associated with globalization and the dwindling of human rights. While maintaining control, humans face both gain and loss in their own perspectives. Naomi Klein’s “Fences of Enclosure, Windows of Possibility”, introduces her audience to step out of their first-world mindset and step into a different perspective to view third-world issues that tend to be overlooked. The barrier Klein touches upon symbolizes control that the government craves to hold over their citizens,

Millions of people… were murdered because of their race; because they were who they were. This happened in our time; it must not happen again. These were the first lines of the The World at War, Volume 20: Genocide movie that was watch in class. These were the lines that have stuck with me throughout the term, more importantly the ending lines “..it must not happen again.” The last few words, of almost pleading, make the viewer pay attention and learn of what happened because knowledge of these horrible events will prevent from repeating. This is what English 330 has been doing by studying text and watching movies. Most have the same concept, a first person view, from a Jewish man, who goes through an concentration camp. All except two: Schindler 's List and Europa Europa. Schindler’s list and Europa Europa both show what it was like on the other side of the fence, meaning the main male characters were affiliated with Nazis in someway. The difference is Shindler is a german man whose main goal, in the beginning, is wealth. As for Solomon, the main character of Europa Europa, he is a Jewish teen, who tricks others to believe he is a german, and through unusual circumstances, he is enrolled in a Nazi Youth School. What makes this film stand out compared to the others is the fact Solomon is a teen, thus the viewer is able to have a idea of what it was like living in Nazi Germany as an teenager. The movie introduces viewers to concepts that many do not know about such as Mein