Prompt (what will you be writing about):

Which conflict does Wilson use most to drive (bring forth, move forward) all the other elements of the story?  Choose ONE that you feel is more apparent and easier to defend than the others.  Troy vs Society  Troy vs Himself  Troy vs Family  Troy vs Death

Instructions (how to get it done):  You have completed research on August Wilson, his life, and his plays.  You have completed reading/viewing Fences by August Wilson.  You have read the resources on Conflict in this unit.  Choose the conflict area that you think will have the strongest text support.  Create a thesis statement that clearly states your stance on why this conflict is the driving

Research needed sources so that you have at least 3 outside sources that are valid and reliable.  Be sure also to include text examples from the Fences, the play.  Defend your thesis in an introduction, at least three supporting sections, and a conclusion.  Check in with your instructor with any and all questions. 

In the play, Fences, August Wilson uses the conflict of Troy vs. Society to drive the other battles and elements of the story as evidence by showing Troy’s overlook about his life, struggleshe had to face. Troy had been an ex-convict and fought daily to not blame society for everythinghe had to duffer since he had left his home at age fourteen. The way he looked at life and regularly accuses how he had to steal and even kill to survive, created conflict with his family, himself, and even death.Wilson used the struggles of African American went through in the play Fences, using society racism and believes about black underclass, domestic workers, criminals, and drivers in the 20th century (Nittle, 2017). Troy blamed society for what he had done to live “Got up her and found out…not only couldn’t you get a job…you couldn’t find no place to live (Wilson, 1985, act 1, scene 4, line 125). In the 20th century African American struggled to find jobs and be at a young age they had it worst, and deal with racism. Troy going to the city came to find out it wasn’t what he thought it would be. Wilson showed in Fences a different way for society to look at African American, by showing a man of color that worked as a sanitation worker, also had a life, feelings, and responsibilities. Troy feels that society was to blame for becoming a convict, it hadn’t given the opportunity because of his color “Color folks living down there on the riverbanks in whatever kind of shelter they could find them self’s” (Wilson, 1989, act 1, scene 4, line 128). Troy describes how ow they people of color struggle to find shelter and how they live