Final thoughts on Fences
Discussion Board Assignment: Final Thoughts
Go to the Discussion Board and address on the following three topics:
Topic 1: Resolving the Metaphor
How might Troy’s life have been different? What would he have had to change in his life in order to tear down the metaphorical fence he built between himself and his loved ones?
Topic 2: The Best of Both Worlds, Parents?
Raynell is viewed as the Maxson family’s hope for the future. What is she armed with that neither Cory nor Lyons had? In other words, why is it that she will be a success?
Topic 3: Addressing the Archetype
Children, parents, and their relationships are universal subjects as is the circumstances of each's "coming of age." In Fences, what is Wilson suggesting about one sub-topic of generational relations, dealing with the “sins of the father”?
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Discussion Board Assignment: Final ThoughtsGo to the Discussion Board and address on the following three topics:
Topic 1: Resolving the Metaphor
How might Troy’s life have been different? What would he have had to change in his life in order to tear down the metaphorical fence he built between himself and his loved ones?
Topic 2: The Best of Both Worlds, Parents?
Raynell is viewed as the Maxson family’s hope for the future. What is she armed with that neither Cory nor Lyons had? In other words, why is it that she will be a success?
Topic 3: Addressing the Archetype
Children, parents, and their relationships are universal subjects as is the circumstances of each's "coming of age." In Fences, what is Wilson suggesting about one sub-topic of generational relations, dealing with the “sins of the father”?
NEXT: Lesson 4 Language Study--The Case of the Watermelon
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