Fences

I thought the play was okay when I began the first few pages or so, but as I continued reading I started seeing what the character Troy was feeling. I found myself understanding why he acted and spoke the way he did. It wasn't just Troy is a mean old man, he just saw things in a different way...moreso, he understood things in his own way. Well, just when I arrived to class today I believed to understand the play pretty well. That was until I begin to listen to what Prof. Fusi was explaing about the play. I had no idea that there were so many of what I took to be as "hidden" meanings in the play. I guess my main thing is I need to learn how to open my eyes as I read alittle bit more...not to just look at the words and take it in, but to almost put myself into the story. My favorite character I think would be Rose, not just because she is a woman, but because I thought her character was good. She seemed like a "real" woman and responded to the things Troy did even if they were foolish acts. I don't see myself relating to her a whole lot(which is funny since I just said she acted like a real woman), but I guess I moreso mean I can "get-with" the way she was made up to be. Her shock she had as she found out a marriage of 18 years wasn't the way she alweays thought it was...I felt that silent rage as she heard her husband tell her he cheated for the first time . She was mad, but not psycho mad, just truly hurt and I can see that and feel for that a whole lot more than if her character JUST left the room, or JUST threw something. Fences, a play I may not have picked on my own, but in the end happy to have been told to read:)