Fences Pride And Greed Quotes

Pride and greed can affect a person’s actions and decisions in a negative way. They are selfish traits that often lead to selfish acts. Troy in “Fences” by August Wilson is a good example of this. Troy has a great amount of pride and greed. Troy’s pride and greed in “Fences” influence his decision, leading to failure in his relationships.
Troy’s pride causes him to make decision that become the reason for Cory disliking him and leaving home. Troy is too prideful to tell Cory that he likes him. When Cory asks Troy why he doesn’t like him, Troy replies “Like you? Who the hell say I got to like you?... It’s my job. It’s my responsibility! A man got to take care of his family” (Wilson 37). Troy believes that taking care of Cory is his responsibility as a man. He is comfortable with the jobs of being a father such as

Troy constantly tries to get the last word with Bono, and treats him and what he says as unimportant. Bono tries to give friendly advice when he visits Troy to help him cut wood for the fence. Bono tells Troy that Rose loves him and that it’s a bad decision for him to be seeing another woman. Troy says “Hell, nigger, I don’t need nobody to tell me my wife loves me” (Wilson, 61). Although Bono is trying to offer Troy advice as a friend, Troy takes what Bono says as a personal attack. Troy doesn’t like to be told what to do, and feels he has the best way to do things all the time. Troy knew exactly what he was doing, and thought it was unnecessary for Bono to want to try and convince him to change. His pride causes him to reply in the manner that he did; in a manner that makes Bono seem stupid for bringing the subject up. Because of this, the next time Bono is seen visiting Troy, he does not stay. He stops by just to say hi, and leaves immediately for a game of dominoes with other friends. By acting as prideful as he did, Troy weakened his strong relationship with