d job, son.” Troy says that he doesn’t have time for this kind of talk andbelieves that Cory has to make his own way in life as his father did. Troy states insupport for this theory, “...Ain’t nobody gonna hold his hand when he get out there in thatworld.” Troy, although having good motives, is a bit blinded to the way the times havechanged since his younger years. As Rose states, “...People change. The world’schanging around you and you can’t even see it. This blindness in Troy triggers hisstubborn actions of canceling Cory’s football playing and telling the scout from NorthCarolina not to come which eventually drive Cory away from Troy to the tune of noteven wanting to attend his funeral.The third conflict in the play involves Troy and his young little daughter, Raynell. Raynell is the daughter of Troy and Alberta, Troy’s secret lover. She is the product ofTroy’s feeling that he must release himself in freedom in the arms of another woman. Troy believes that he can “...be a different man” around her while forgetting about hisstresses and anxieties. Raynell is born because of Troy’s cheating on Rosa so there isconflict involving Rosa taking care of the baby as her own and what Troy and Rosa willdo regarding their relationship. The couple face each other here and admit truths thatthey have seldom ever talked about and Rosa stands up to Troy realizing that he isimperfect and full of flaws. This conflict jeopardizes Troy and Rosa’s relationship anddigs a whole in which they never truly overcome. This conflict emphasizes Troy’sweakness and Rosa’s strength and dignity.In the drama Fences ,by August Wilson, Their is much conflict entangling a blackfamily living in the twentieth century. This conflict involves Troy trying to live his lifethrough his sons, Lyans and Cory, while trying to keep them from making the samemistakes in l...
