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  <title><![CDATA[Fences]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;p&gt;A Pulitzer Prize winner. Garbage collector Troy Maxson clashes with his son over an athletic scholarship.&lt;/p&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1986</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Fences</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[August Wilson]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in 8th grade, but decided to read it again because I forgot alot of stuff in it. But I do remember really enhoying this book because the book centers itself around such themes that made up a black america in the 1950's and 60's. The  main character Troy Maxson is a middle aged man w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11287722">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Add a start if you're a fan of old-time baseball. I didn't love this play, but I don't love plays in general. It seems like lazy writing to just SAY a character is lazy, or sad, or mean instead of allowing the reader to figure it out themselves by interpreting the character's words and actions. But ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55999243">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is probably the highlight of my 10th grade Lit. reading list so far.<br/><br/>Though plays are not my favorite medium, I found myself very interested in this story of a headstrong black male trying and failing to rectify the mistakes of his life. The play includes lovely commentary on the iss...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48317334">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this play at the same time as Hansberry's _A Raisin in the Sun_.  I will be reading this with my 11th graders in the coming weeks, and _Raisin_ with my 9th graders.  It is interesting to see how these two plays depict the African-American experience in the 1950's, on the verge of the civil ri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51275893">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 26 07:32:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This play revolves around the life of Troy Maxson, an African American man living in Pennsylvania during the late 1950s. Troy's struggle to have equality in society, his grappling with his family responsibility, and his treatment of life as a game of baseball make this an engaging read that is still...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50502536">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50526825">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I did not enjoy reading this book, more than likely because it was not in modern times and was not an origional or unheard of idea. The characters were very blunt to me, and it did not hold my at attention very well. The plot line was of a child whose dad would not let him play football, and how the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50526825">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50514045">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was pretty good. It was about a couple and how they live together. Troy and Rose are the main characters and Troy does not treat Rose like he should. I like this book because it teaches guys on how they should not treat girls. Personally, I thought this book was better then I thought it wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50514045">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Every year I go to the Oregon Shakespeare festival in Ashland OR, and last year they performed August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN.  It was my favorite play of the season.  This year they put on this play but unfortunately it's run ended in July and I was unable to attend at that time.  Instead I picke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29346861">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I revisited Wilson's great play as a teacher's assistant in a classroom setting, which made it a very interesting experience for me. It's one thing to be the student, reacting to a work of literature for the first time...being on the &quot;other side&quot; is quite a unique experience. <br/><br/>T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27706536">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The core of Fences is a family drama full of husband/wife, father/son, brother/brother conflict. However, Fences adds another element to this that is rooted in the african american experience and the generational gaps that exist in the early part of the twentieth century. Here is where the heart of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22054092">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[To be a Black man in an August Wilson play, is to receive a gift from the drama gods, because Wilson builds fatastic, intriguing, complicated, beautiful male characters. Characters that actors, including one of my most favorite stage actors, Russell Hornsby, can inhabit, fall into, and animate with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19647117">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The 1987 Pulitzer Winner about an African-American man (Troy Maxson) and his struggles with life and his past. The play balances a number of powerful themes. For instance, the play takes place in 1957, the period right before the heart of the Civil Rights Movement.  Troy struggles with understanding...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12116459">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my ex-students, Libya Pugh, is currently involved with Black theater in Chicago (Congo Square) as a founding member. She had the unique opportunity to work with August Wilson and it is with delight that I hear her stories and watch the growth of her spirit, her instrument. I have a link with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10839670">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a play about two friends named Troy and Bono. It talks about both of their fathers. For Troy’s father, it talks about how evil and mean he was. When Troy was 14 years old, his father caught Troy with a girl, he had a crush on, doing “stuff”. As a result, his father was so evil that he ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7047843">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[August Wilson’s play “Fences” is about main character, Tory. Troy is African American man. He has a loving wife who takes all of his responsibilities that he leaves behind. Rose, is a loyal wife to Troy, which isn’t exactly the same for Tory. Try also has a life- long pal named Jim Bono who ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1743071">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The play &quot;Fences&quot; written by August Wilson is one of the most modern populer plays written. This play is about race and Family problems.Troy is an African American he has a hard time getting by. Troy has a courageous brother who fought in the world war 2 named Gabriel. Gabriel was wounded ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1741860">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[     The play &quot;Fences&quot; has an unlikely storyline. The father and son relationship is rather strange. Throuhgout the play their relationship seems more bad than good. They seem to dislike eachother. They have complete opposite outlooks on life than eachother which causes many clashes betwee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1729104">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[          Fences is a play i really enkoy reading. AT first i asked why we were reading about FENCES. I thought the play was about some fences but by reading it i discovered that it was about a guy named troy and how he is has a person. One main reason why i liked reading it and every one else did i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1715299">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[  August Wilson has really reached out of his comfort zone of talking about black people and racism. But instead he decided to talk about racism and marital problems. In this exuberant drama, Troy wanted to be a baseball player. But he couldn't because he was a black man and black men weren't allowe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1650993">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fences was a play that was writen about the struggle African Americans expierienced during the 1960's.  In the play the father was a baseball player in the Negro Leagues.  His son wants to follow in his fathers footsteps but his father won't let him.  August Wilson does a great job explainging some ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51287191">more...</a>]]></body>
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