Review of Fences by August Wilson

Fences by August Wilson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Disclosure:
This Piece of American Theater was the best example we had during our studies in the subject of American Theater during the University years. I own a copy of it. and I am willing to have it in Kindle Version too.

My Plot:
The First beginning of the Theater was the depiction of the scene beside the critics of the city as an entity that gave the whites love and Black people are bound with hate. After that came the beginning of the story occurs in a cottage outside a big city. the cottage was encircled by several dirty environment in addition to some entities that shows the house dwellers are interesting in baseball game. The main Personalities are the Maxon's family including Troy and Rose and her son Cory. In addition to the Protagonist brother Gabriel who used to be a Marine inside the U.S Army but due to the damage that the war caused he somehow loses his Marbles. The main subject of the Play was the bitterness of Troy that caused the loved ones to be fled from him. It was his attempt to make them stronger and be able face the struggle that blacks used to deal with. But the events go awry especially by the Death of the Protagonist following by the events that happens after his funeral.

Positive and Negative Aspects:
The Play portrays the miserable life and culture of the Black people inside the big cities in the U.S In fact it was a nice technique to criticize certain idea through literature. Besides the setting was professionally selected. But the main understanding point lays on the title which represent the human instinct toward loneliness and peace. It is a subject that submerge several discussions including the nature of life that Black have with each other, the Point of view that Blacks had toward the society they live inside. In addition to the depiction that Mass Media held toward these persons. In fact it was all nice to read this play and discuss it all over.

My Personal Reaction:
I really Interfere badly with the Play that portrays misery and Social problems inside a very developed country such as the US. I don't mean criticizing the state itself but criticizing the environment that go around the big cities. Personally It was a tragedy of Humanity. The Death of the protagonist portrays the surrender and the feeling of fails that Black have when their intentions are not fulfilled. Besides the fences that go around the setting really represent the feeling of being alone better than socializing with people who may do harm to anyone. I guess it really reflex all my intentions too.

Recommendations:
Due to it's complexity in understanding, I would recommend this play to those who makes researches concerning the Black people in America and their past situation inside the cities. the Play contains no harm concerning ethnicities that why I would say there is no harm reading it.

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