How Is Troy Maxson Relationship Broken

    In Act I and some of Act II the audience sees many disagreements  between Cory and Troy about Cory playing sports. In Troy's past after he was released from jail he went to play baseball, but as Troy claims, he was not allowed to play due to skin color. Troy is then placing this stipulation onto Cory when he wants to play football. Troy made the statement, “I told that boy about that football stuff. The white man ain’t gonna let him get nowhere with that football. I told him when he first come to me with it. Now you come telling me he done went and got more tied up in it. He ought to go and get recruited in how to fix cars or something where he can make a living.” (Act I  scene I ). Troy makes this statement to his wife, Rose, after she tells him of Cory getting recruited college football. In this Troy is thinking of his past when he went to play baseball and he was not accepted to play. In

Cory was going down the same path Troy went down with sports, and Troy knows this will hurt him in the long run, so he made Cory get a job and do his chores. This makes Cory build up a work ethic and it also teaches him respect and how to deal with bad bosses and people being racist and unfair. A example of this is when Troy tells Cory he will have to quit football if he can't keep up the job and his chores. Cory needed to get a trade, not a talent which means he needs to be good at something people can't segregate, and something people need. Cory needs to get his head clear, and Troy takes him out of football, and this makes Cory very mad but it is for the best.

Troy Maxson has had a hard life especially growing up. One day, Troy was with a girl and his dad came looking for him a and his dad saw him with the girl, so his dad tried to "get with" the girl he was with. Afterwards Troy pushed and shoved his dad and ran away. For Troy to get money he was robbing and getting money. Troy has been through a lot in his life, but at least he feels responsible towards his children. He wants his son Cory to succeed in life, so he wants Cory to stop playing football and go get a job. Troy won't support Cory in football as Troy thinks it's a

Troy?s relationship with his father was one, which produced much tension, and had a strong influence on Troy?s relationships with his loved ones as an

When it comes to the relationship between Troy Maxon and his sons Cory and Lyons, and how generational trauma affects their relationship, we first need to understand the dynamic of the relationships between them all. The relationship between Troy and Lyons is more distant than that between Troy and Cory because Troy's son was from a previous marriage and he was in jail around that time, so Lyons's mother was taking care of him during that time. In the play, it can be shown that Lyons only sees his dad as someone who gives him money. In "Fences," by August Wilson, Lyons says, "Now I don't criticize you and how you live. " I just came by to ask you for ten dollars.

He focuses mainly on Biff who he believes has what it takes to be a successful sales man telling him "...I'll show you all the towns...And they know me, boys, they know me up and down New England...I have friends. I can park my car in any street in New England, and the cops protect it like their own" (Miller 1919). Much like Willy Loman, Troy Maxson also chased after an American dream. Troy Maxson is an older Aferican-American who chased after the American dream of becoming a Major League baseball player; unfortunately before he was ever recruited he had lost his athletic abilities. Troy Maxson still holds bitterness against white people because he feels as if he was passed over because of segregation and discrimination instead of how good his ability to still play was. The emotions involved with being passed over because of discrimination left Troy Maxson angry which he often displayed towards his family. Troy Maxson’s “point of view about things drastically affects those around him” (Armstrong). Troy Maxson had reached for his dream and failed and instead of encouraging his son to reach for his dream he demeans his son’s achievements. In spite of Troy Maxson’s encouragement his son, Cory, succeeds in his own dream of being recruited by a college football team. As anticipated his father belittles the accomplishment by saying “it ain’t gonna get him nowhere”

Troy’s relationship with his youngest son, Cory, was a prime example or his controlling nature. One major conflict between them was Troy Forbidding Cory from playing football. As said in the quote, “ If you go on down there to that A&P and see if you can get your job back. if you can’t do both...then you quit the football team you’ve got to take the crookeds with the straights ”(Act 1, Scene 3, Line 192) Troy is not happy with the fact that Croy quit his quit because of football practice. Troy is so against it because he was denied acceptance into a baseball team because of his race in his past. In a way troy thinks he his looking out for cory but deep down, as rose brings out in the next scene, he is haunted by his own

Troy Maxson's bitterness against white people due to racial discrimination blinds his path towards bigger goals. He felt he was not given chance due to his skin color, which can be true at that time in American history when racism against the black and minorities was at it's peak . Such experience made Troy take biased decision for himself and his family affecting their life in negative ways. Troy's failing his dream leads to the bitterness in his nature, instead of encouraging his son to aim higher, he demeans his achievements. Troy doesn’t give consent to Cory to play for the basketball ball team in which he was already selected, Cory argues with Troy, "Why you wanna do that to me?

August Wilson’s Fences is a play about Troy Maxson, and how his values influence his family’s. The play takes place in 1950’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Troy Maxson is a black, middle aged man working for a garbage company. Each member of the Maxson family has a special relationship with Troy, that affects their behavior throughout the play. In life you learn the most from your parents. They teach you how to walk, speak, and respect one another. Your parents also give you a set of values for life. As you grow up as your own individual, your values will change from your parents. There will be things that are much more important to you, and not as important to them. In the play Fences Troy Maxson has a very strong set of values that he believes are true in how you should live life. Troy imposes these values on everyone in his family to the best of his ability. Each character in Fences is at a different stage in their life, so Troy can’t push his values onto characters that already have their own beliefs. The character that Troy has the most influence on in the play is Cory. Troy is in Cory’s life throughout his childhood, and as his father Cory must respect Troy. Troy is very firm with Cory, because he wants Cory to be successful. Cory has a dream of becoming a football player, and this does not follow Troy’s values. Troy influences Cory so much that Cory will always be like Troy whether he realizes it or not. “Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn’t … and at

Troy Maxson always dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player. His hopes of achieving this goal were however crushed due to his age. Despite having secured a job as a sanitation worker in his hometown, Pittsburgh, Troy remains bitter about the state of his life. He takes out his anger on all those around him, especially his dear wife, Rose and his son Cory. When Cory gets an opportunity to meet a college football recruiter, Troy stands in his way, instead demanding that Cory finishes school and get a regular job. What follows is tension within the family, and Troy faces the consequences of pushing his loved ones away.

The theme of August Wilson’s play “Fences” is the coming of age in the life of a broken black man. Wilson wrote about the black experience in different decades and the struggle that many blacks faced, and that is seen in “Fences” because there are two different generations portrayed in Troy and Cory. Troy plays the part of the protagonist who has been disillusioned throughout his life by everyone he has been close to. He was forced to leave home at an early age because his father beat him so dramatically. Troy never learned how to treat people close to him and he never gave any one a chance to prove themselves because he was selfish. This makes Troy the antagonist in the story because he is not only hitting up against everyone in the play,

Troy wants Cory to have a better life than he has had working as a garbage collector. He refuses to yield to Cory for this reason regarding football and college recruitment. We see here another weakness in Troy. Though he aims to be a good father to his son and to be a better father than his own father was, Troy 's inability to see that the world has changed keeps him from letting his son go to college. He is bitter and resentful at the opportunities lost because of the color of his skin and is desperate to protect Cory from the same sort of disappointment. We can see that Troy clearly attempts to fulfill the expectations he sees for himself as a father and husband.

In the play, Fences, Troy seems to have a complicated relationship with every other character in the play. This applies especially to his relationship with his son, Cory. Troy and Cory have many similarities and differences that complicate their relationship. There are many outside factors that also make matters worse.

Troy becomes so wrapped up in his own misfortunes and bitterness that he fails to realize what strength his family really has (Zirin). They are trying and willing to help him but he is unable to fathom the possibility of that because he is so far gone. Troy says “…Come on! It’s between you and me now!

In the play Fences, by August Wilson, the main character, Troy Maxson is involved in numerous relationships with family members throughout the entire eight years that the story takes place. Troy is a father, husband, and brother to other characters in the play. Unfortunately for Troy, a strong-minded and aggressive man, he constantly complicates the relationships with his family members. Troy's hurtful actions and words make it nearly impossible for him to sustain healthy relationships with not only his two sons, but also his wife and brother.