Now, however, Cory meets Raynell, who bears witness to a reformed
world at the house and represents the changing world of the United States as it
evolves into the passionate and emancipating decade of the sixties. Raynell
holds no grudge against Troy. Her comments about their father are ordinary.
She, like Lyons, Bono and Troy will grow up without one parent, but she will
never experience the hurtful coming of age struggle Cory and the older men
experienced. Raynell changes the pattern of violence between father and son in
the Maxson family. When Cory and Raynell sing Troy's father's song about the
dog named Blue together, Cory forgives Troy because he witnesses the love and
the lessons that Troy passed on to his children. Cory experiences the song as
evidence that Troy's deeds were a consequential from of what Troy knew in life.
Troy did what he could with what he had and did his best to give what little he
had to his family. Cory was stalled by Troy's mistakes, but will become a
better person than his father because of what he learned as a result of Troy's
struggle with himself.
Monday, May 18, 2015
Troy's legacy
So the final scene of fences what is presented is the lasting effects of
Troy's life on his loved ones. Though Troy's relationships with Bono, Rose, and
Cory were abandoned and broken in life, they gather together in his honor to
pay respect for his death. The most significant representation of Troy's legacy
is the conversation between Cory and Raynell “Papa said it was the army. Did you
Know Blue?”(99) Raynell experienced Troy's parenting after he and Rose stopped
loving each other and after Cory left home. Cory experienced Troy at his worst
as a parent and husband. Lyons had very little chance to know Troy as a father
at all. Bono and Rose knew Troy in his prime as a ballplayer and witnessed his
demise. Cory refuses to go to Troy's funeral even though he made the journey to
visit home for the first time in almost eight years. Cory's last memories of
the Maxson household were bitter and oppressive which led him to be the person
who he is.
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I agree I didn't see the song in the perspective that it was the way he showed Corey what he meant to do with all he did. I just thought it was a song to show he was sad not to someday teach Corey a lesson.
ReplyDeleteI agree I didn't see the song in the perspective that it was the way he showed Corey what he meant to do with all he did. I just thought it was a song to show he was sad not to someday teach Corey a lesson.
ReplyDeleteYou made very good points in your blog. I especially liked the comment you made at the end of you blog that said, "Cory was stalled by Troy's mistakes, but will become a better person than his father because of what he learned as a result of Troy's struggle with himself. " This is big part of the legacy that Troy left behind.
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