Fences Act One Analysis Juanita Hawkins

So far in the book Fences you can see the main character Troy Maxson halting his son Cory's dreams. The dream that Cory is to play football professionally. Now most of the time fathers would dream to have their son become successful, but this is not the case for Troy. The why troy wants to prevent Cory from playing college football is because, he was once an athlete. Troy Maxson was a star in the negro leagues, with the promise to become a MLB player. But Troy was not able to fulfil his dream since, at the peak of his career the Major Leagues was not allowing colored players. So troy put down the glove and decided to learn a trade instead. After that he decided that he didn't want the same thing to happen to Cory. So he keeps his son from ever meeting with a NC recruiter. Also Troy goes down to the school and tells Cory’s coach that he is no longer allowed to play on the team. Another interesting thing that happened in act one is the fact that the fence is trying to be built. I'm thinking that the fence is symbolism for Troy not achieving his goals of playing in the Major Leagues. He is trying to put up this fence that is the goal that he is trying to reach and the fence is being built slowly. Also he tries to get help from Cory but that doesn't work out since, Troy isn't letting Cory reach his own goals. In the end my theory is that the fence will never be completed, or it will be completed by someone else.