In the second act of the play by August Wilson I discovered that this play is filled with nothing but turning points. Well this act said a lot about Troy, he is nothing but a cheating bitter man who needed to excuse himself from the play honestly,. First he was with Rose for 18 years and decided to cheat on her with some woman he met at a bar, and that's a problem. Second he decided to check his poor disabled brother Gabriel into a mental hospital, then lie about it. Now it may not have been that bad if Troy actually cared about Gabe's health but no he just wanted half of his disability check. So now if that's not bad enough that he cheated on his wife of 18 years, and checked his brother into a mental hospital, he then ultimately decided to get the side chick Alberta pregnant and have a daughter. But now we could see that coming but then this man had the nerve to ask his wife( whose has made the executive decision to no longer be his woman) to help him take care of Raynell after Alberta died giving birth. In the end Troy ended up dying and the funeral was the last scene of the play. Which is interesting to me since it's extremely ironic. Troy's main reason for building the fence was to keep his family together, and to keep death out. But I find it extremely interesting since one, he was the one who ultimately cheated on his wife, drove his son away, and locked his brother away in a mental hospital. Also he was the first one to die. So with that being said the fence did not serve the purpose that he wanted it to.
Do you believe that Troy sabotaged his life by calling out death? In the play during multiple occasions Troy challenged death. Believing that building the fence was to keep his family together, actually did. His family became closer while he drifted apart. He tried to keep death away from his family but while he creeped outside the gate death followed him too. Do you think it is ironic that Troy got what he tried to keep out?
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