After being away in the marines for several years, Cory reunites with his family for his father’s funeral. Here Lyons catches Cory up on his own life: Lyons is currently in prison for passing bad checks.
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What is Lyons doing at the end of fences?
Lyons also comes home to go to the funeral. His girlfriend, Bonnie, broke-up with him and he has been forced to do time at the workhouse because he was caught illegally cashing other people’s checks. Cory is engaged to be married to a woman he seems to care about a lot.
What does Lyons do in fences?
Lyons is an ambitious and talented jazz musician. He grew up without Troy for much of his childhood because Troy was in prison. Lyons, like most musicians, has a hard time making a living. For income, Lyons mostly depends on his girlfriend, Bonnie whom we never see on stage.
What is the conflict between Troy and Lyons in fences?
Troy had Lyons when he was still homeless and squatting in a shack by the river. Lyons’s mother moved on to another man while Troy was in prison, so Troy has never been much of a father to Lyons. Pretty much all Troy contributes to Lyons’s life is the occasional ten dollars that Lyons comes to bum on Troy’s payday.
Why did troys House stop Lyons?
Why did Lyons stop by Troy’s house? Rose didn’t want Troy to hand her money anymore, now she’d tell him to leave it on the table and she’s get it later. How did the money situation change in the house? What do we find out about Cory and school?
Does Lyons go to jail?
Too narrowly focused on becoming a musician, Lyons has to resort to crime (cashing other peoples’ checks) in order to make ends meet. Following in his father’s footsteps, Lyons ends up in jail.
What happened to Lyons in Act 2 Scene 5?
Lyons is apparently serving three years in prison for cashing fake checks; he has nine months left to go. He’s still trying to play music whenever he can. Rose tells Cory that his father died while he was hitting the baseball in the front yard. Cory then tells his mother that he’s not going to attend the funeral.
Why is Troy upset about Lyons?
Troy’s distrust of Lyons continues, as he assumes that Lyons is going to ask for more money—that he doesn’t intend to keep his promise, which he made in the first scene, to pay his father back.
Why won’t troy go see Lyons play music?
Lyons shows up and asks if Troy wants to hear him play jazz that night. Troy calls jazz, “Chinese music” because it is foreign and unfamiliar to his ears and he does not understand it. Lyons and Bono tease Troy because he does not know how to drive and he cannot read.
How old is Lyons at the start of the play?
Lyons. Lyons Maxson is Troy’s thirty-four-year-old son from a previous marriage before Rose.
How does Troy feel about Lyons?
Troy resents Lyons’s requests for money, since they result from Lyons’s refusal to get a “real” job. But perhaps because Troy missed Lyons’s childhood, Troy begrudgingly feels he must support Lyons now.
What was Cory’s strike one?
Cory comes home enraged after finding out that Troy told the football coach that Cory may not play on the team. Troy warns Cory that his insubordinance is “strike one,” against him. Troy bails his brother Gabriel out of jail. Bono and Troy work on the fence.
How does Troy act towards Lyons?
Troy acts like he isn’t happy to see his son. He says that he thought Lyons would be in jail, since a place where Lyons plays music got raided by the police. Lyons says he was just playing music, not gambling. Rose tells Lyons he should have brought his lady friend Bonnie over.
What did Troy tell Cory was his job as a man?
Troy asserts his manhood and role as father by forcing the respect issue with Cory who disrespectfully refuses to say “excuse me” to his father. Troy insists that Cory leave the house and provide for himself since he does not respect him as the man of the house and the breadwinner who provides for Cory.
What does Troy do for a living?
What does Troy do for a living? Troy’s career is a garbage collector on the back of a garbage truck.
What chore do Troy and Cory complete together?
Cory and Troy work on the fence. Cory asks Troy if they can buy a television. Troy would rather buy a new roof because it would insure their future security. Cory thinks it would be fun to watch the World Series on TV.
Who is Lyons and why does he show up what does he do what else do we know about him?
Lyons, a son Troy had before he met Rose, shows up at the house as he has tended to do on many Fridays in the past because Lyons knows it is Troy’s payday. Lyons is a jazz musician. He asks Troy if he can borrow ten dollars.
Where was Troy when Lyons was a child?
jail
Lyons spent his entire childhood growing up with only one parent, his mother, while Troy was in jail.
What is Lyons attitude towards his father?
Lyons is bitter towards his father because Troy was not around when he was growing up, and he accepts Troy’s money but declines his advice. Troy’s relationship with his other son, Cory, is also characterized by misunderstanding.
Why does Gabriel push Lyons away?
August Wilson describes “a weight of impossible description” befalling Gabriel—“a trauma that a sane and normal mind would be unable to withstand”—a painful realization of some kind, likely that Troy failed to enter heaven. Gabriel then begins to dance hysterically, and when Lyons attempts to embrace him, he pushes him
What has become of Lyons over the past eight years what does this reveal about his character?
What has become of Lyons over the past eight years? What does this reveal about his character? Lyons is still playing music and reveals that he hasn’t changed and still loves doing what he is doing.
