I feel very confused about the resolution of the play. I feel that a lot was left out such as, how Troy died and how Cory got all the way to the Marines. I believe August Wilson left a cliff hanger. I do believe it's significant how Wilson included Raynell in the Resolution of the play because it shows how Rose was dedicated to not leaving her motherless, as she said when she was first born. Although I was left with wanting to know more, I do like how the play ended with Cory and Lyons still standing behind their mother.
I like that you bring up Raynell, because her character may be symbolic. Afterall, Raynell is the future. What predictions can we make about Raynell and her symbolic function in the play?
I agree with anwaar because it is very confusing about how Troy died and that Cory made it al the way to the marines. The author made this book so at the end it would leave us saying to each other I want to know more about the characters but it's still good that Cory and Lyons are still standing behind their mother
I agree with both Anwaar and Anthony and their concepts about the resolution of the play. It was very mind boggling to know that there wasn't much details that described Troy's death. To me, I thought there was gonna be a lot of descriptions describing how he spent the rest of his miserable life, and how it led to his death. The time lapse from when Cory left to Troy's death, and the characterization of some of the characters (such as Rose), made it harder to understand the resolution of the play.
I agree with them. The resolution of the play was missing a lot of details, the author did not explained what happened to Troy and his family for many years. The author said that Troy died and his family were going to the funeral, which made me curious why the author just mentioned the day of Troy's funeral at the end of the play.
Honestly i feel shocked and confused after i finish the book, i have i lot of questions and i didn't thought that the end will be like this. I agree with all of them. Why didn't the Author explained the way Troy died? What happend? In 3 last pages of Play you have that feeling like you don't know nothing about this characters and u just wanna know more so i definitely agree Anthony when she says "so the end it would leave us saying to each other I want to know more"
I agree with all the above comments. The author left many unanswered questions. The author gives us no closure or explanation as to what happens between the last events in the play and Troy's death and doesn't explain what kind of life he lived after the play's conflicts and gives no insight on Corey and his career in the marines.
I strongly agree that the author left was with unanswered questions. We have no idea how Troy died or how Cory found himself to be in the marines. But I feel a lot of us wondered what happened with the family all the years leading up to the ending with all the conflicts they had. I wonder why the author ended it with Troy's funeral and no explanation on how he died.
The play came to a good ending because Cory made something of himself, and their family was still together. I agree with everyone about the confusion of the moral of the play. The characters of the play don't seem to sad about Troys death. I think Tory deep down loved his son Cory even after he kicked him out because he would talk about him with Raynell.
Excellent observation! It is important to realize that while you may not like or agree with Troy, he did love his family even if he had a hard time showing it.
I agree with Sandreen that the play came to a good ending. Though the death of Troy is kind of confusing. The ending was happy in general. After Troy kick Cory out the house, Cory achieved some things like being a marine. Raynell has also grown up a bit. When Cory came home, it was the first time Raynell and Cory meets. As Sandreen mentions that she thinks Troy loved Cory deep down, I also agree with that. Troy is someone who doesn't know how to be affectionate to people around him. Troy mentions Cory to Raynell and on page 99 they sang the song Troy sang in the previous scene.
I agree with everyone that the author left many unanswered questions. I feel confused with the resolution of the play, and I also feel like we all are wondering what happened to the family and the ending of the conflicts they had. I also agree with them that the author left us wanting to know more.
I feel like the resolution of the play came out to be alright. Everyone came back together to go to Troys funeral and all of the characters are all grown up. Raynell is grown up. Lyons is fixing his mistakes that he committed. Cory is a marine and a grown man now. I believe after Cory gets married he will become a better father than his dad, Troy, because of the experiences he has gone through.
I feel as though the play's ending was satisfying. This is because in the last scene, August Wilson shows us how the characters have changed throughout the seven year time skip and they have changed for the better. For example, Lyons finally got a job at a workhouse and he isn't "cashing other people's checks"(pg94) anymore. One thing that I found interesting was how everyone that had a relationship with Troy were all gathered in one place at his funeral. Although Troy was pushing them away from him, they still cared for him despite the all the drama that happened between them and Troy.
While I did like the somewhat happy ending I also, like my classmates, feel slightly confused about the ending and details of Troy's death. I agree with sandreen that it didn't seem like members of the family were too distraught over Troy's death. And though I'm not too sure how Cory ended up in the marines it makes me happy that it ended on a good note for him and he ended up making something of himself and even though him and his father were on rough terms and even though his father kicked him out I believe there was still live there and I think his late father would be proud of his son. I feel the without maybe wanted to leave us kind of hanging with a bittersweet vagueness at the end and although a bit confusing I think it was a nice way to end the story.
The resolution of the play was excellent. The final scene is an eight year timeskip that shows the characters living their life without Troy's influence. In the start of the play, Troy plays a heavy influence on all of the characters. Yet during Troy's downfall, these characters became independent and distant from each other. For instance, Cory visit his home after eight years, and Lyone spent three years in jail. Therefore this final scene is a reunion of all of the characters that has been introduced. The purpose of the timeskip is to show how the characters developed without Troy. Some of my peers pointed out that they were confused becuase the author ommited details such as Troy's death and why Cory became a marine. I do not believe these inquiry are necessary as that's not the point of the scene. Gabriel, Lyons, Cory, Rose, Bono, and even Raynell all developed without Troy. Troy used to be well-respected, until near the end where Troy's negative aspects left difficulty in some way to all of them. I believe Troy's dead is not clearly mourned is becuase they already accepted his death, as his sense of identity perished eight years ago.
I feel very confused about the resolution of the play. I feel that a lot was left out such as, how Troy died and how Cory got all the way to the Marines. I believe August Wilson left a cliff hanger. I do believe it's significant how Wilson included Raynell in the Resolution of the play because it shows how Rose was dedicated to not leaving her motherless, as she said when she was first born. Although I was left with wanting to know more, I do like how the play ended with Cory and Lyons still standing behind their mother.
ReplyDeleteI like that you bring up Raynell, because her character may be symbolic. Afterall, Raynell is the future. What predictions can we make about Raynell and her symbolic function in the play?
DeleteI agree with anwaar because it is very confusing about how Troy died and that Cory made it al the way to the marines. The author made this book so at the end it would leave us saying to each other I want to know more about the characters but it's still good that Cory and Lyons are still standing behind their mother
ReplyDeleteI agree with both Anwaar and Anthony and their concepts about the resolution of the play. It was very mind boggling to know that there wasn't much details that described Troy's death. To me, I thought there was gonna be a lot of descriptions describing how he spent the rest of his miserable life, and how it led to his death. The time lapse from when Cory left to Troy's death, and the characterization of some of the characters (such as Rose), made it harder to understand the resolution of the play.
ReplyDeleteI agree with them. The resolution of the play was missing a lot of details, the author did not explained what happened to Troy and his family for many years. The author said that Troy died and his family were going to the funeral, which made me curious why the author just mentioned the day of Troy's funeral at the end of the play.
ReplyDeleteHonestly i feel shocked and confused after i finish the book, i have i lot of questions and i didn't thought that the end will be like this. I agree with all of them. Why didn't the Author explained the way Troy died? What happend? In 3 last pages of Play you have that feeling like you don't know nothing about this characters and u just wanna know more so i definitely agree Anthony when she says "so the end it would leave us saying to each other I want to know more"
ReplyDeleteI agree with all the above comments. The author left many unanswered questions. The author gives us no closure or explanation as to what happens between the last events in the play and Troy's death and doesn't explain what kind of life he lived after the play's conflicts and gives no insight on Corey and his career in the marines.
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree that the author left was with unanswered questions. We have no idea how Troy died or how Cory found himself to be in the marines. But I feel a lot of us wondered what happened with the family all the years leading up to the ending with all the conflicts they had. I wonder why the author ended it with Troy's funeral and no explanation on how he died.
ReplyDeleteThe play came to a good ending because Cory made something of himself, and their family was still together. I agree with everyone about the confusion of the moral of the play. The characters of the play don't seem to sad about Troys death. I think Tory deep down loved his son Cory even after he kicked him out because he would talk about him with Raynell.
ReplyDeleteExcellent observation! It is important to realize that while you may not like or agree with Troy, he did love his family even if he had a hard time showing it.
DeleteI agree with Sandreen that the play came to a good ending. Though the death of Troy is kind of confusing. The ending was happy in general. After Troy kick Cory out the house, Cory achieved some things like being a marine. Raynell has also grown up a bit. When Cory came home, it was the first time Raynell and Cory meets. As Sandreen mentions that she thinks Troy loved Cory deep down, I also agree with that. Troy is someone who doesn't know how to be affectionate to people around him. Troy mentions Cory to Raynell and on page 99 they sang the song Troy sang in the previous scene.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone that the author left many unanswered questions. I feel confused with the resolution of the play, and I also feel like we all are wondering what happened to the family and the ending of the conflicts they had. I also agree with them that the author left us wanting to know more.
ReplyDeleteI feel like the resolution of the play came out to be alright. Everyone came back together to go to Troys funeral and all of the characters are all grown up. Raynell is grown up. Lyons is fixing his mistakes that he committed. Cory is a marine and a grown man now. I believe after Cory gets married he will become a better father than his dad, Troy, because of the experiences he has gone through.
ReplyDeleteI feel as though the play's ending was satisfying. This is because in the last scene, August Wilson shows us how the characters have changed throughout the seven year time skip and they have changed for the better. For example, Lyons finally got a job at a workhouse and he isn't "cashing other people's checks"(pg94) anymore. One thing that I found interesting was how everyone that had a relationship with Troy were all gathered in one place at his funeral. Although Troy was pushing them away from him, they still cared for him despite the all the drama that happened between them and Troy.
ReplyDeleteWhile I did like the somewhat happy ending I also, like my classmates, feel slightly confused about the ending and details of Troy's death. I agree with sandreen that it didn't seem like members of the family were too distraught over Troy's death. And though I'm not too sure how Cory ended up in the marines it makes me happy that it ended on a good note for him and he ended up making something of himself and even though him and his father were on rough terms and even though his father kicked him out I believe there was still live there and I think his late father would be proud of his son. I feel the without maybe wanted to leave us kind of hanging with a bittersweet vagueness at the end and although a bit confusing I think it was a nice way to end the story.
ReplyDeleteThe resolution of the play was excellent. The final scene is an eight year timeskip that shows the characters living their life without Troy's influence. In the start of the play, Troy plays a heavy influence on all of the characters. Yet during Troy's downfall, these characters became independent and distant from each other. For instance, Cory visit his home after eight years, and Lyone spent three years in jail. Therefore this final scene is a reunion of all of the characters that has been introduced. The purpose of the timeskip is to show how the characters developed without Troy. Some of my peers pointed out that they were confused becuase the author ommited details such as Troy's death and why Cory became a marine. I do not believe these inquiry are necessary as that's not the point of the scene. Gabriel, Lyons, Cory, Rose, Bono, and even Raynell all developed without Troy. Troy used to be well-respected, until near the end where Troy's negative aspects left difficulty in some way to all of them. I believe Troy's dead is not clearly mourned is becuase they already accepted his death, as his sense of identity perished eight years ago.
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