Drama is about bringing reality to life through acting and interpretation. August Wilson wrote the play Fences about his life: the harrowing reality of racism in his life and the struggles he faced to overcome it. He had a difficult childhood and career due to prejudice and paternal abandonment, and he reflected this through his African-American dramatic works. Wilson uses the character of Troy, his family, and his friends in Fences to express his life, struggles, and emotions. terrifying hardships that African Americans have faced over generations. August Wilson was born in a ghetto area of ​​Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to his white father, August Kittel and African-American mother, Daisy Wilson Kittel. His father left him, his mother, and Wilson's five siblings when Wilson was a child. His mother worked as a cleaner until she remarried. His stepfather moved them to a predominantly white neighborhood where the family was subject to fierce racial prejudice. Wilson also married several times, having two children, one each from separate marriages (Galens 181). One of Wilson's most notable plays is Fences, in which he forcefully addresses the civil rights issues he struggled with in his life. The “fences” in the play are a representation of the blocks in the characters' family bond relationships and their racial issues. The actual fence in the play was built with the intention of keeping the family together while the title word "fences" has a different meaning, that is, to prevent the movement or departure of individuals, families or ethnic groups. Robert Frost wrote about fences in his poem "Mending Wall" showing how fences are designed to keep people in or out and how that separation is ... middle of paper ...... although his career has been heavily influenced by racism; however, it is precisely racism and hardship that helped him lay the foundation for some of the most significant modern dramas ever. Works Cited Delbanco, Nicholas and Alan Cheuse, eds. Literature: craft and voice. vol. 1-3. New York: McGraw Hill, 2010. Print.―Fences‖ Student Drama. Ed. David M. Galens. vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 1998. 180-197. GaleVirtual reference library. Network. November 23, 2010. Frost, Robert. “The wall that repairs”. Literature: craft and voice. vol. 1:413-14.Kenney, W.P. "Fences." Masterplots II: African American Literature, revised edition (2009): Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. Network. December 1, 2010. Wessling, Joseph H. "Wilson's Fences." Explicator 57.2 (1999): 123. Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. Network. December 2, 2010. Wilson, August. Fences. Literature: craft and voice. vol. 3: 422-56.