What do Fences and A Raisin in the Sun say about the generation gap?

I think that Wilson's work speaks more to a generation gap
than Hansberry's work.  In Walter's transformation, there is a bridging of age based
perceptions of the world.  Mama, Ruth, Beneatha, Travis, and Walter are all from
different points in life.  Yet, the decision to move into Clybourne Park is one all of
them embrace.  In Walter's transformation, a connection between all generations is met. 
However, Wilson's work gives a view of the generational gap. The generational gap is
seen in the difference between the Troy and Cory in their perception of dreams.  In Act
III, Troy demands that Cory gives up his dream of playing football.  This was a similar
dream that Troy himself had with baseball.  Troy demands that Cory demonstrate respect
as a son towards his father.  However, the discontent that Troy experiences with the
world is not what Cory experiences.  Over time it seems that there has been more
discontent experienced in Wilson's work.  When Jim Bono speaks of the "walking blues"
that his father and Troy's father experienced, a syndrome that prevented them from being
able to be better fathers who were more active in their children's lives, it is a
statement of the generation gap that was experienced.  While Troy is more present in his
childrens' lives than his own father, there is still a gap in how both father and son
view reality.  When Cory leaves to pursue his own life and embrace what consciousness
offers while Troy dies an embittered man trapped by emotional "fences," it is a
reflection of the generational gap that Wilson sees existing between men of Troy's
generation and men of Cory's.