Characters [and their “fences”]
i. Generational gaps, differences among characters
ii. Troy Maxson [Major League Baseball Integration 1947 / “Alright Mr. Death…I’m gonna build me a fence around what belongs to me” (77)]
iii. Jim Bono
iv. Rose [“Jesus, be a fence all around me every day / Jesus, I want you to protect me as I travel on my way” (21)]
v. Lyons [music, jail]
vi. Gabriel [war, mental illness, hospital / “It’s time to tell St. Peter to open the gates. Troy, you ready? You ready, Troy. I’m gonna tell St. Peter to open the gates. You get ready now” (100)]
vii. Cory [“He say you were supposed to help him with this fence” (29); Troy (father) “The white man ain’t gonna let you get nowhere with that football no way” (35)]
viii. Raynell