Fences, Act One, Scene One: Characterization Objective: Identifying with the main character
Troy Maxson and his best friend, Bono, are garbage collectors. Clues about Troy's feelings
regarding his job are present in this scene, and greater details are provided later in the play.
Imagine that this is your job. Write a journal entry about a typical day you might experience.
Your response should be long enough to include the following in your entry:
• Describe how the job affects your senses.
• Discuss how you feel about this type of work.
• Why do you do this job?
• What other alternatives do you have? (Keep in mind Troy's race, education level, and societal
restrictions during this time.

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive