While making choices in our lives, we all look at history to help make the decisions. That is one of the main points behind the choices made in the play Fences by August Wilson.
The father, Troy Maxson, uses his own experiences to lead his sons. His youngest son, Corey, is very interested in football. Corey had just been recruited to play for a college football team, but his dad will not allow him to go to school. Troy would rather have Corey stay back so he can find a good job because when Troy was young, he was never given the opportunity to play baseball in the major league and Troy believes it was because he was black because he was better than the rest of the team. Troy does not want Corey to continue playing football because he thinks Corey will just be wasting his time because he will just be sitting on the bench since he is black. Troy is taking all his anger about not being able to play in the major leagues on Corey so he is trying to keep him out of them because he does not want his son to be better than he is.
Sports for Troy represent anger and disappointment. For Troy he hates sports and his family being involved in them because he believes he was left out just because he was black because he says he was better than the rest of the baseball team. For Corey, sports represent a future, because he was recruited to play for a college football team, but his father will not let him go. Lastly for Rose, the sports represent the kids having their own life and making something for themselves. Rose believes that Troy was not offered a major league position because he was black, but rather because he was too old to be playing in the majors. Rose wants to see her son have the life that he wants and she wants to be able to support him so she wants him to go play for this college team, and she tries her best to convince Troy to let him, but Troy already has his mind set and nobody will change that for him.
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