"Fences" My Personal Thoughts
Fences brought out some reminders of my own childhood as I related to Cory and his relationship with his father, Troy. There were many similiarites I could relate, too, such as how Troy spoke to Cory and even how Troy felt as though he was always right and could tell Cory, in fact anyone, what to do.
Really enjoyed Gabe as well...his innocence and imagination rolled all up in one. He brought a wonderful joy to the story with his enthusiasm and ability to talk about God no matter what. I liked how he spoke of Heaven and the Book of Life...of course, we can't see Heaven nor can we see whose names are or are not in the Book of Life, but I imagine and hope my name is in it.
Lyons reminded me of a brother I have. Through Lyons I felt some pity and yet animosity because he, like my brother, had no problem asking for money..unlike Lyons, my brother doesn't pay it back.
I felt myself being pulled to Rose also. She always seemed so level headed, but yet strong-willed. I believe her strength was present only when she felt it was necessary. I particuliarly liked the part where she graciously accepted Raynell, even though Raynell came about through an affair. Rose realized that Raynell was innocent in all of this, so why should she grow up without a mother figure just because the father was unfaithful? She reminds me of my aunt on my father's side.
Wilson did, I believe, a great job of allowing imagination and emotion to be brought to life in the readers.
I really liked Gabe too. I liked his innocence, how he tried so hard and drifted in and out of the story. He is someone that Troy felt obligated to, just like his kids, but that didn't mean he had to like them. I think Troy assumed that liking them and being nice was part of Rose's job. I think Rose took that role on very well. In this particular story, Gabe's character reminded me a lot of "Arnie" in the movie "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" He knows what's going on most of the time, but he sees the world in a somewhat child-like way. He also sort of provided a little comic relief for me, because I just pictured him walking around with his fruit and vegetables just finding all sorts of funny things to get himself in to.
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