When you first start reading the play, you immediately figure out that the play has to do with hard slave labor. The main character Troy, who is Rose's wife and Cory's father, is not considered a slave, just a labor worker for the white folk. As it is not rocket science that Troy is unhappy most of the time, he risks relationships with his family. I will not tell you, but it keeps you on the edge which makes you want to continue to read forward. Troy has too much manly pride, and hates the feeling of anyone in his family becoming a more successful person than himself. His son Cory, achieves a football scholarship to college, but that gets hashed quickly, in the most unexpected and most disappointing way possible.
This play takes place in 1957, and at this point and time, it was extremely rough. The use of the word "nigger" appears in this play almost every 2 pages, if not multiple times on one page. Reading this play may be difficult for a lot of readers depending on your background. I would suggest that no one under the age of 16 reads this play write. The language is just a bit too disturbing for any ages younger than that.
August Wilson does a fantastic job in making the reader feel like they are right there in the play. When he incorporates the reasoning in parentheses and so forth, you can get a great glimpse and feel of what the characters are trying to relay to one another. August Wilson in many different ways, makes it clear that in that time period, women never got respect from their husbands and were treated like slaves around the houses. This play not only tells an important message that everyone should be interested in, but gives us a feel of how times really were in the 50's and the 60's.
Anyone that enjoys a reality based, well-written, and only a 101 page play that will keep you guessing and shocked, then this should be your next read. There is never a dull moment, and August Wilson has done a wonderful job in assuring a action filled play.
JD Moore
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