Fences Story Map
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Ms. Hyde
English 5H
Dec.29, 2007
Nandini Ramkissoon
Fences , by August Wilson
Characters & Characterization: Protagonist & Antagonist
Rose Maxson: Protagonist
Rose Maxson is the Protagonist in this play. Rose Maxson is 43 years old, an African American female, housewife who volunteers at her church regularly and loves her family which is Troy Maxson’s wife and mother of his second child named Cory. Rose Maxson was the one that told Troy and Cory to build a fence in backyard to keep her desire loved-ones close to her.
Troy Maxson: Antagonist
Troy Maxson I think Is the Antagonist in this Play. Troy Maxson is 53 yeas old which is 10 yeas older than his wife Rose Maxson .Troy Maxson is also an African American male who works for the sanitation department in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and also has a over thirty-year friendship with fellow sanitation worker Jim Bono. Troy loved to play baseball in the Negro Leagues but his dream was to play in the Major Leagues but he was never accepted because of his skin color. Troy Maxson is a very opinionated male who speaks his mind by Troy speaking his mind he had also betrayed his loved ones.
Setting:
Setting Time: Between 1957 -1965
Setting Place: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Plot: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion/Resolution:
Exposition: The exposition in this play is Rose Maxson wants to build a fence in the backyard to keep her loved –ones close to her. Most importantTroy and Cory throughout the play their where conflicts that give a twits to fences. Then Cory Maxson tells his dad that he is being recruited for football, on the other hand Troy tells Troy tells Cory that he can't play football and he wants him to stop playing football and to go back to working at A&C job at the local grocery store related because he thinks that what happened to him in the past is going to happen to Cory.
Rising Action : Well the rising action in this play is when Troy is having an affair with Alberta and still being married to Rose. Then you have Cory still playing football even that has dad said no to football.
Climax: Rose is angry that after being married for 18 years he betrays there love cuz Troy told or confess to Rose that he had been having an affair with Alberta and that Alberta is having his baby.then when Troy finds out that Cory has not working at a&c that has been going to football Troy tells him to go get his job back at A&C
Falling Action: The falling action is that six months later, Troy is going over to the hospital to see Alberta who that went into an early labor. Then Rose tells Troy that Gabriel has been taken away to the asylum because Troy couldn't read the papers and signed him away. Alberta had a girl but that died during childbirth. Troy brings home his baby, Raynell. Rose takes in Raynell as her own child, but refuses to be dutiful as Troy's wife.
Literary Elements
“Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner."
Metaphor- it is a figure of speech that which is an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.
Annotated Bibliography:
Fences , by August Wilson
Frederick August Kittel was Bron in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on April 27,1945 ans past on October2,2005 Frederick August Kittel had change has mane to August Wilson
was a Pulitzer prize winning the American playwright.
Ms. Hyde
English 5H
Dec.29, 2007
Nandini Ramkissoon
Fences , by August Wilson
Characters & Characterization: Protagonist & Antagonist
Rose Maxson: Protagonist
Rose Maxson is the Protagonist in this play. Rose Maxson is 43 years old, an African American female, housewife who volunteers at her church regularly and loves her family which is Troy Maxson’s wife and mother of his second child named Cory. Rose Maxson was the one that told Troy and Cory to build a fence in backyard to keep her desire loved-ones close to her.
Troy Maxson: Antagonist
Troy Maxson I think Is the Antagonist in this Play. Troy Maxson is 53 yeas old which is 10 yeas older than his wife Rose Maxson .Troy Maxson is also an African American male who works for the sanitation department in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and also has a over thirty-year friendship with fellow sanitation worker Jim Bono. Troy loved to play baseball in the Negro Leagues but his dream was to play in the Major Leagues but he was never accepted because of his skin color. Troy Maxson is a very opinionated male who speaks his mind by Troy speaking his mind he had also betrayed his loved ones.
Setting:
Setting Time: Between 1957 -1965
Setting Place: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Plot: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion/Resolution:
Exposition: The exposition in this play is Rose Maxson wants to build a fence in the backyard to keep her loved –ones close to her. Most importantTroy and Cory throughout the play their where conflicts that give a twits to fences. Then Cory Maxson tells his dad that he is being recruited for football, on the other hand Troy tells Troy tells Cory that he can't play football and he wants him to stop playing football and to go back to working at A&C job at the local grocery store related because he thinks that what happened to him in the past is going to happen to Cory.
Rising Action : Well the rising action in this play is when Troy is having an affair with Alberta and still being married to Rose. Then you have Cory still playing football even that has dad said no to football.
Climax: Rose is angry that after being married for 18 years he betrays there love cuz Troy told or confess to Rose that he had been having an affair with Alberta and that Alberta is having his baby.then when Troy finds out that Cory has not working at a&c that has been going to football Troy tells him to go get his job back at A&C
Falling Action: The falling action is that six months later, Troy is going over to the hospital to see Alberta who that went into an early labor. Then Rose tells Troy that Gabriel has been taken away to the asylum because Troy couldn't read the papers and signed him away. Alberta had a girl but that died during childbirth. Troy brings home his baby, Raynell. Rose takes in Raynell as her own child, but refuses to be dutiful as Troy's wife.
Literary Elements
“Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner."
Metaphor- it is a figure of speech that which is an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.
Annotated Bibliography:
Fences , by August Wilson
Frederick August Kittel was Bron in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on April 27,1945 ans past on October2,2005 Frederick August Kittel had change has mane to August Wilson
was a Pulitzer prize winning the American playwright.
Facts vs. Opinions
Homework: Facts vs. Opinions
If you look at a newspaper, you will find that it contains many different kinds of stories. News stories present facts--statements that are true by definition or that can be proved by observations. Editorials, in contrast, present opinions--predictions or statements of value, belief, policy, or obligation that can be supported by facts but not proved. Here are some examples:
FACT: The president's official residence is in the White House
OPINION: The Congress and the President should do something to house the homeless people sleeping in the park across from the White House.The first statement can be proved by definition.The second statement can easily be proved by observation.
Take this information into consideration when writing about Facts or Opinions. How do you prove facts? How do you provide supporting details for an opinion?
How do you prove fact?
what is a fact ? piece of information about everything that happens that exist or events that have occurred or a statement of verified information about something that is the case or has happened.To prove a fact you can research it, read about it also use time lines and newspapers and more.
How do you provide supporting details for an opinion?
Well to provide supporting details for a opinion can be kind of difficult I think it is an conclusion held with confidence by positive knowledge.
If you look at a newspaper, you will find that it contains many different kinds of stories. News stories present facts--statements that are true by definition or that can be proved by observations. Editorials, in contrast, present opinions--predictions or statements of value, belief, policy, or obligation that can be supported by facts but not proved. Here are some examples:
FACT: The president's official residence is in the White House
OPINION: The Congress and the President should do something to house the homeless people sleeping in the park across from the White House.The first statement can be proved by definition.The second statement can easily be proved by observation.
Take this information into consideration when writing about Facts or Opinions. How do you prove facts? How do you provide supporting details for an opinion?
How do you prove fact?
what is a fact ? piece of information about everything that happens that exist or events that have occurred or a statement of verified information about something that is the case or has happened.To prove a fact you can research it, read about it also use time lines and newspapers and more.
How do you provide supporting details for an opinion?
Well to provide supporting details for a opinion can be kind of difficult I think it is an conclusion held with confidence by positive knowledge.
August Wilson
Do some research on the time period of this play and autobiography on August Wilson (in your own words) make this brief August Wilson's Bio: complete name, DOB, DOD, education, conflicts from childhood to adult, achievements, personal life, works.Time Period of the play Fences: what was going on at that time.
August Wilson complete name is Frederick August Kittel Wilson had change his name to August Wilson to honor his mother after his father's death in 1965 August Wilson was the fourth of six child
August Wilson was born in April 27,1945 and past way on Oct 2,2005
About is education Wilson Augustan is an African American who was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American playwright. August Wilson Learning to read at the age of four. The first he read was Nancy Drew mysteries, by age 12 he was a regular at the local library.Wilson was an unexceptional student who developed a reputation for yelling answers out of turn in class. When he turned in a well-written term paper on Napoleon, Wilson was accused of plagiarism by a teacher who would not believe a black child could do that well on his own. Wilson would often find notes on his desk reading "Nigger go home."At the age of 15 August Wilson was sick of the racism that surrounded him, Wilson dropped out of school and began to educate himself, beginning in the "Negro" section of the public library. Reading works by Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright and more. At home, his family had to endure racial taunts when they moved to the mostly white Hazelwood area of Pittsburgh.
Conflicts from childhood to adult in1960:· August Wilson Drops out of Gladstone High School 10th grade when a teacher accuses him of plagiarizing a 20-page paper on Napoleon.· Gets his own education at the library and on the street.1962-1963:· Enlists in U.S. Army for three years, leaves after one..1965:· August Wilson biological father dies· Buys his first typewriter ($20) writes poetry.· Moves into rooming house on Bedford Avenue.1969:· August Wilson stepfather dies, David Bedford.· August Wilson Marries Brenda Burton.1970:· August Wilson has a daughter named Sakina Ansari Wilson1972:· The Marriage of August Wilson and Brenda Burton ends.1976:· "The Homecoming" for Kuntu Theater.· Sizwe Bansi Is Dead at Public Theater, his first professional play.1978:· August Wilson Moves to St. Paul, Minn. with advice of friend Claude Purdy.1981:· August Wilson gets Married again to Judy Oliver who is a social worker.1983:· August Wilson mom Daisy Wilson dies1987:· The book "Fences" opens up on Broadway, wins Pulitzer, grosses $11 million in its first year1989:· "Fences" first Wilson play staged by Pittsburgh Public Theater.· Named 1990 Pittsburgh of the Year by Pittsburgh Magazine.1990:· August Wilson gives a speech in 1990 Pittsburgh of Year award.· "Piano Lesson" opens on Broadway, wins Pulitzer Prize.· August Wilson and Judy Oliver Marriage is over· August Wilson moves to Seattle.1994:· August Wilson gets Married again to Costanza Romero who is a costume designer.· "Piano Lesson" filmed in Pittsburgh.1997:· August Wilson has a Public debate in New York City with critic Robert Burstein on status of black theater.August Wilson has a child named Azula Carmen Wilson1999:· Honored at 100th anniversary of Hill District Branch Library (March 18).· Round-table discussion with three other black playwrights at Public Theater. Marion McClinton says, "August is Michael Jackson at this table."· Named by Post-Gazette as top Pittsburgh cultural power broker."King Hedley II" premieres
August Wilson achievements/ Awards:Pulitzer Prize Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 1984Fences, 1987,Joe Turner's Come Gone, 1988Tony Award best drama Fences, 1986–87American Theater Critics Award, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998American Academy of Arts and Letters, inductee, 1995National Humanities Medal from the President of the United States, 1999;Harold Washington Literary Award, 2001.
August Wilson personal life, August Wilson had erased his connection to his real father when he adopted his mother's name in the 1970s. David Bedford became August Wilson's stepfather when the he was a teenager, but the relationship between father and son was rocky.
August Wilson complete name is Frederick August Kittel Wilson had change his name to August Wilson to honor his mother after his father's death in 1965 August Wilson was the fourth of six child
August Wilson was born in April 27,1945 and past way on Oct 2,2005
About is education Wilson Augustan is an African American who was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American playwright. August Wilson Learning to read at the age of four. The first he read was Nancy Drew mysteries, by age 12 he was a regular at the local library.Wilson was an unexceptional student who developed a reputation for yelling answers out of turn in class. When he turned in a well-written term paper on Napoleon, Wilson was accused of plagiarism by a teacher who would not believe a black child could do that well on his own. Wilson would often find notes on his desk reading "Nigger go home."At the age of 15 August Wilson was sick of the racism that surrounded him, Wilson dropped out of school and began to educate himself, beginning in the "Negro" section of the public library. Reading works by Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright and more. At home, his family had to endure racial taunts when they moved to the mostly white Hazelwood area of Pittsburgh.
Conflicts from childhood to adult in1960:· August Wilson Drops out of Gladstone High School 10th grade when a teacher accuses him of plagiarizing a 20-page paper on Napoleon.· Gets his own education at the library and on the street.1962-1963:· Enlists in U.S. Army for three years, leaves after one..1965:· August Wilson biological father dies· Buys his first typewriter ($20) writes poetry.· Moves into rooming house on Bedford Avenue.1969:· August Wilson stepfather dies, David Bedford.· August Wilson Marries Brenda Burton.1970:· August Wilson has a daughter named Sakina Ansari Wilson1972:· The Marriage of August Wilson and Brenda Burton ends.1976:· "The Homecoming" for Kuntu Theater.· Sizwe Bansi Is Dead at Public Theater, his first professional play.1978:· August Wilson Moves to St. Paul, Minn. with advice of friend Claude Purdy.1981:· August Wilson gets Married again to Judy Oliver who is a social worker.1983:· August Wilson mom Daisy Wilson dies1987:· The book "Fences" opens up on Broadway, wins Pulitzer, grosses $11 million in its first year1989:· "Fences" first Wilson play staged by Pittsburgh Public Theater.· Named 1990 Pittsburgh of the Year by Pittsburgh Magazine.1990:· August Wilson gives a speech in 1990 Pittsburgh of Year award.· "Piano Lesson" opens on Broadway, wins Pulitzer Prize.· August Wilson and Judy Oliver Marriage is over· August Wilson moves to Seattle.1994:· August Wilson gets Married again to Costanza Romero who is a costume designer.· "Piano Lesson" filmed in Pittsburgh.1997:· August Wilson has a Public debate in New York City with critic Robert Burstein on status of black theater.August Wilson has a child named Azula Carmen Wilson1999:· Honored at 100th anniversary of Hill District Branch Library (March 18).· Round-table discussion with three other black playwrights at Public Theater. Marion McClinton says, "August is Michael Jackson at this table."· Named by Post-Gazette as top Pittsburgh cultural power broker."King Hedley II" premieres
August Wilson achievements/ Awards:Pulitzer Prize Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 1984Fences, 1987,Joe Turner's Come Gone, 1988Tony Award best drama Fences, 1986–87American Theater Critics Award, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998American Academy of Arts and Letters, inductee, 1995National Humanities Medal from the President of the United States, 1999;Harold Washington Literary Award, 2001.
August Wilson personal life, August Wilson had erased his connection to his real father when he adopted his mother's name in the 1970s. David Bedford became August Wilson's stepfather when the he was a teenager, but the relationship between father and son was rocky.
Outline/Critical Lens essay
Introduction:(Paragraph 1)
Restate
Interpret
Agree or Disagree with quote
Cite authors & specific genre, introduce two examples of literature (underline novels, "Poems and Short Stories")
Body:(Paragraph2)
Analysis on first literature
Include literary terms and elements
Title and Author (underline novels, "Poems and Short Stories must be put in quotes with the punctuation within this quote.
"What does this literary work has to do with the quote/lens?How can I use this work to support my interpretation of the quote?1-2 New Literary Terms (plot, setting, characterization, theme, point of view, symbols).
Body:(paragraph3)
Analysis on second literature
Include literary terms and elements
Title and Author (underline novels, "Poems and Short Stories"What does this literary work has to do with the quote?
How can I use this work to support my interpretation of the quote?
1-2 New Literary Terms (plot, setting, characterization, theme, point of view, symbols)
Specific Examples
Body:(Paragraph4)
Another analysis on literature. Stronger emphasis on l
literary term/s. (usually theme)
Use Literary Terms that the two works may have in common (plot, setting, characterization, theme, point of view, symbols)
Or here you can compare and contrast the two works.
Concluding:( paragraph5)
Restate your opinion on the quote Clincher: Explain why your opinion is important, how it relates to the world at large, or why you care about it.
Restate
Interpret
Agree or Disagree with quote
Cite authors & specific genre, introduce two examples of literature (underline novels, "Poems and Short Stories")
Body:(Paragraph2)
Analysis on first literature
Include literary terms and elements
Title and Author (underline novels, "Poems and Short Stories must be put in quotes with the punctuation within this quote.
"What does this literary work has to do with the quote/lens?How can I use this work to support my interpretation of the quote?1-2 New Literary Terms (plot, setting, characterization, theme, point of view, symbols).
Body:(paragraph3)
Analysis on second literature
Include literary terms and elements
Title and Author (underline novels, "Poems and Short Stories"What does this literary work has to do with the quote?
How can I use this work to support my interpretation of the quote?
1-2 New Literary Terms (plot, setting, characterization, theme, point of view, symbols)
Specific Examples
Body:(Paragraph4)
Another analysis on literature. Stronger emphasis on l
literary term/s. (usually theme)
Use Literary Terms that the two works may have in common (plot, setting, characterization, theme, point of view, symbols)
Or here you can compare and contrast the two works.
Concluding:( paragraph5)
Restate your opinion on the quote Clincher: Explain why your opinion is important, how it relates to the world at large, or why you care about it.
Part 4,ELA Regents Critical Lens (Essay Outline)
Homework: take one of the previous critical lens that you've already listed on your Blog page and do the following on your Blogs.
Keep/update the introductory paragraph
Then, outline the rest of the essay i.e
Introduction
According to Bernadette Devlin “To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. Another way to say this is that sacrifices must be made in order to achieve your goals. I agree with this quote because in life in order to achieve yours goals sometimes scarifies have to be made. The books The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs show how this pertains to events which take place throughout the books.
Keep/update the introductory paragraph
Then, outline the rest of the essay i.e
Introduction
According to Bernadette Devlin “To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. Another way to say this is that sacrifices must be made in order to achieve your goals. I agree with this quote because in life in order to achieve yours goals sometimes scarifies have to be made. The books The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs show how this pertains to events which take place throughout the books.
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