going and asking nobody for nothing. I done spent too many yearswithout.” Lyans, on the other hand, is part of a new ambitious generation of blacks whobelieve that they can make something of themselves in an opportunistic world. It isevident that Lyans believes that there is a hope for success for blacks in the world’ssociety. Lyans deals with the world and its struggles through his music and feels that hismusic gives him a sense of belonging and a reason for existence. Lyans, in contrast withhis father, believes that they are “...two different people...” and that they just havedifferent methods of handling the world. Troy believes that Lyans is blind to theharshness of society on blacks and reacts in scrutiny to his son’s wanting 10 dollars. Thisconflict between Troy and Lyans emphasizes Troy’s flaw in his relationships. Troy is soworried that he is going to be taken advantage of and is so bitter because of his pastexperiences with whites, that he creates a “fence” or barrier between his relationshipwith his family. It is evident that Lyans, who quickly pays back the 10 dollars, wants acloser relationship with his father but does not succeed due to his father’s bitter wordsand naive attitude.The second conflict in Fences involves Troy and his youngest son, Cory. Cory isa 17 or 18 yr. old boy who enters coming home from football practice. Troy, whenseeing Cory, immediately attacks him verbally: “...The garbage sitting in thereoverflowing...you ain’t done none of your chores...” Following this, Troy and Cory’sconflict arises due to a difference in priorities between them. First of all, Troy prioritizesretarring the roof over getting a new TV while Cory believes in getting a new TV nowand fixing the roof when it starts leaking. Troy is trying to teach Cory responsibility butis going about it in the wrong way by damaging their relationship with ha...
