FENCES

Fences by August Wilson

            Troy had a passion and love for the sport of baseball. His dream was to play in the Major Leagues but he never got the chance due to racial discrimination early on. As soon as the Major Leagues started accepting black players Troy had gotten too old. His son, Corey, has the same passion for football that Troy once had for baseball and wants to play college ball. However, Troy does not allow Corey to pursue his own dreams because he doesn't want his son to go through the same pain that he had gone through being denied by the Major Leagues even though times have changed. He wants his son to live what he thinks is a normal life and to work a "regular" old job instead of going out of the comfort zone.

Difference Between Watching and Reading "A Doll's House"

                                                  Henrik Ibsen's Play, "A Doll's House"

Reading "A Doll's House" and actually watching some of it had a different impact on me. While reading a play I am allowed to visualize the characters in a way that is different from other people that that have read the same play. As for "A Doll's House", I was able to visualize each character based off the way they act. For example, I saw my grandpa in place of Torvald because my grandpa acts like his the one in charge of the household and so does Torvald. Once I actually watched the play being acted out, I had to see Torvald being played by a person who didn't quite look like my grandpa.

Reading the play also had the affect on me that Nora was the reasonable one in the household and she should be able to leave the household to discover herself, and Torvald was being the rude one. However, after watching the play I could tell that Torvald really loves Nora and wants her to stay, but he's not able to tell her that because of the social construct during that time period; men don't show there emotions and feelings like woman do.

Trifles Blog Post

        While searching for things to bring Minnie Wright, who sits trial for murdering her husband, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale find crucial evidence that would suggest Minnie Wright as the murderer of her husband. They found Minnie's pet Canary bird dead in a fancy little box. The bizarre thing is that the Canary had been killed the same way Mr. Wright was, being suffocated by a rope around the neck. However, these two ladies feel bad for Mrs. Wright because they know that Mr. Wright wasn't a good husband and so they refrain from showing this evidence to the Sheriff and County Attorney.

        In my opinion, they should show the evidence of the dead bird and put their feelings and emotions toward Minnie aside and relize what she truly did. I've seen people get away with things they shouldn't off and believe they should be punished for their crimes. In this case, I believe there is enough evidence to prove that Minnie Wright is the killer and therefore should be punished for her crimes.