The play Fences is from the early to mid 1900s, it captures what the world was like during that time period. Troy Maxson works for a sanitation service and is a hardworking man. The book Fences is largely Troy's stories, and how challenging his life was. Troy is married to Rose and has a best friend named Bono. He has two sons, Lyons (who was born from a different women) and Cory. Troy is an awful parent and man because he cheated on Rose, he destroyed his son's dream and ruined his friendship with his best friend, Bono.
Troy started having an affair with a women named Alberta, Bono and his wife were both suspicious of this. Not only was Troy betraying his wife, he became so addicted to this women that it took away time from his family. Troy, “I’m trying to find a way to tell you, I’m going to be a daddy, I’m going to be somebody's daddy”(Wilson 66). Not only does Troy cheat on his wife, he has a child with her. Rose still allows Troy to live in the house and when Alberta dies, she also decides that she will take care of the child as her own. …show more content…
He is a loyal and supportive friend to Troy and even supports Troy's wild stories. Bono admires Troy, and throughout the book he is depicted as the follower and Troy is the leader. As the stories goes on Bono becomes more and more suspicious about Troy's affair, which begins to drive a wedge between their friendship. Troy getting the promotion at work causes them to be split up at work, and Troy having the affair separated them on a personal level. Bono says, “When you picked Rose, I was happy for you. That was the first time I knew you had any sense. I said my man Troy knows what he's doing. I’m going to follow this man, he might take me somewhere” (62). This shows why Bono first began to admire Troy as much as he did. So when Troy betrays Rose, he betrays Bono as well, causing Bono to lose all of his respect for Troy and ultimately ruining their
Troy started having an affair with a women named Alberta, Bono and his wife were both suspicious of this. Not only was Troy betraying his wife, he became so addicted to this women that it took away time from his family. Troy, “I’m trying to find a way to tell you, I’m going to be a daddy, I’m going to be somebody's daddy”(Wilson 66). Not only does Troy cheat on his wife, he has a child with her. Rose still allows Troy to live in the house and when Alberta dies, she also decides that she will take care of the child as her own. …show more content…
He is a loyal and supportive friend to Troy and even supports Troy's wild stories. Bono admires Troy, and throughout the book he is depicted as the follower and Troy is the leader. As the stories goes on Bono becomes more and more suspicious about Troy's affair, which begins to drive a wedge between their friendship. Troy getting the promotion at work causes them to be split up at work, and Troy having the affair separated them on a personal level. Bono says, “When you picked Rose, I was happy for you. That was the first time I knew you had any sense. I said my man Troy knows what he's doing. I’m going to follow this man, he might take me somewhere” (62). This shows why Bono first began to admire Troy as much as he did. So when Troy betrays Rose, he betrays Bono as well, causing Bono to lose all of his respect for Troy and ultimately ruining their