Surname: 1 Name: Course: Professor: Date: Troy as Both a Protagonist and an Antagonist Introduction August Wilson wrote the short play Fences with a setting of the late 1950s. In his story, the author was successful in addressing three main themes which are; races, father and son connections and trust. Troy appears as both protagonist and antagonist on various incidences throughout the performance. This essay highlights the instances that Troy acts as both a villain and a hero as well as the conclusion that he is both an antagonist and protagonist. Troy has the courage to walk up to his boss and request his boss for a job to drive trucks like the whites (Wilson 4) “why? Why you got the white men driving and the coloured lifting?". ‘You think only white fellows got the sense to drive cars?” He despises the fact that blacks do other casual jobs like lifting barrels as seen with his ‘his’ people. A hero is a person
