Cory in the House

“The Un-numbing of Cory Willhouse” by Virgina Euwer Wolff, Cory attempts to make up back for his early mistakes. On Halloween night, when Cory was nine years old, he and three other friends stole from Kim’s Market and Grocery. Since that night, Cory has lived with the guilt. One morning, after hearing how the store burned down he decides to do something. Over the course of a few weeks, he helps put the store back together. After confessing to Mr. Kim as why he is helping, Cory is left with guilt

her family, and to Cory, the fence is a boundary. The fence in Fences is seen differently by all the characters in the story. To Troy, the fence is there to keep people out of his property. First, he wants to keep death out by building a fence. “Alright . . . Mr. Death. See now . . . I’m gonna tell you what I’m gonna to do. I’m gonna take and build me a fence around this

comprised of four scenes and Act Two has five. The play begins on a Friday, Troy and Bono's payday. Troy and Bono go to Troy's house for their weekly ritual of drinking and talking. Troy has asked Mr. Rand, their boss, why the black employees aren't allowed to drive the garbage trucks, only to lift the garbage. Bono thinks Troy is cheating on his wife, Rose. Troy and Rose's son, Cory, has been recruited by a college football team. Troy was in the Negro Leagues but never got a chance to play in the Major

living in a new country. Similarly, Cory in the book Fences by

and his son, Cory. Troy believes that what he’s doing is for the good of his son which will benefit Cory in the future. He’s trying to teach Cory to be a responsible, mature, independent person who is able to care for oneself. It appears that majority of the time, Cory doesn’t give enough respect to his dad. Troy has to correct him every time Cory doesn’t respond correctly. For example, Troy is working on building a fence and Cory approaches him. Troy asks him a question, and Cory responds by saying

As a dynamic character, Cory Maxson starts out as a child but becomes an independent grown man due to his father’s treatment towards him. Cory is the second child of Troy Maxson, and the only biological child of Rose Maxson. Cory respects his parents and tries to do well in school, so that he can have a decent life after high school. He takes heed of his father’s advices, but continues to enjoy the life of a carefree teenage boy. Later in the play, Cory learns that his father’s advice and treatment

he did not want Cory to fall into the same fate. However, instead of supporting Cory to become a better man, Troy disregards Cory’s dream and tries everything in his power to shatter it. Through past experiences, Troy knows that a white man will not let Cory play on the team because “the colored guy got to be twice as good before he get on the team”. But, times have changed, and yet Troy still holds his grudge against white people because they would not give him a chance before. Cory lived his life

August Wilson. Act One is four scenes long; Act Two is five. The play starts with Troy and Bono's payday. Troy and Bono go to Troy's house to hang around like they do every week. Troy is in a dispute with his boss, because he asked why the black workers are only allowed to pick up the trash instead of driving the trucks. Bono thinks Troy is cheating on Rose, while Cory has been scouted by a college football team because he's a kickass footballer; Troy, his dad, was in the Negro Leagues, and is bitter

significant other, Rose. Troy and Rose's child, Cory, has been selected by a school football group. Troy was in the Negro Leagues however never got an opportunity to play in the Major Leagues since he got excessively old, making it impossible to play similarly as the Major Leagues started tolerating dark players. Troy goes into a long epic tale about his battle in July of 1943 with death. Lyons appears at the house since he knows it is Troy's

Fences . On page 57 Cory states “ Papa done went up to the school and told coach Zellman I can’t play football no more”. Troy, who is Cory’s father does this to ultimately protect Cory from being racial discriminated in the big leagues for football. He wants to keep Cory inside the fence. Troy and his father never had a good relationship, so of course Troy wants to love Cory, he simply doesn't know how to show it because he himself never received it. Later on in the play, Cory and Troy get into a