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August Wilson has written many plays during his life, but they play Fences might have been his best work yet. His creative mind led to the great detail and symbolism in this play, the fence being the biggest symbol of them all. The meaning behind the fence can have certain meanings on it depending on the how the reader interprets it. There is also subtle symbolism in Gabriel, Troy’s brother throughout the play and towards the end. Having symbolism in his play is what makes August Wilson’s works…

Fence is used mainly to surround and protect. Many occasions in the play a sense of fence is created to put away someone or something. Discrimination is sent out as a fence to keep away Africans from whites. Troy says all drivers of trucks are white he says “You think only white fellows got sense enough to drive a truck. That isn’t no paper job! Hell, anybody can drive a truck”. Racial discrimination is set out as per job given. He urges that all people can drive. He tells Cory that whites can’t…

to build their family together with the help of Troy’s friend, Bono and his son, Cory. Troy Maxson is the leading character of the story, but he is somewhat antagonist because of his some bad characteristics, which affects the life of his family. Troy is not a bad man. He has some good characteristics too. Troy is a hardworking man. He is working so hard to provide for his family as a garbage collector along with his friend named as Bono. Troy is a funny man too. People love him, when he started…

Another character who Troy manages to hurt is his best friend Jim, also known as Bono. He says, “I done learned a whole heap of things about life watching you. I done learned to tell where the shit lies. How to tell it from the alfalfa.” Wilson makes it very clear that Bono looks up to Troy. Towards the end you see that the two barely even hang out anymore, and this is due to Troy’s affair. From the beginning of the book, Bono is trying to steer his friend clear from the other woman,…

According to an interview by Rolling Stone magazine, Bono the lead singer originally wrote the song for INXS frontman Michael Hutchence a dear friend of his who had committed suicide. Devastated by the tragic news he felt guilty because he did not notice the state his friend was in that led to his death. Bono composed the song speaking in a way he probably wishes he could have said to Michael if he had the chance to talk to him before…

Troy and Bono at the beginning of the play are the closest friends. However, when Bono realized that his friend was cheating on his wife he was disappointed and their friendship negatively impacted. They no longer hang out together and drink as they used to. The book Fences is symbolic of the gap which develops between the two. Also, after Troy was promoted to be a truck driver, Bono remained a garbage collector which reduced the chances of seeing each other while at work. Fences is also used…

such as refusing to do pro-bono work and deciding not to join a firm where “social games” were going on, displays Martin’s lonely and self- centered behaviors. This is most likely an effort for Martin to keep his wallet large and his inferiority larger. Martin did not have help getting to where he is now which may be why martins…

“ Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up “ - Robert Frost. “Fences” by August Wilson is a powerful, moving play that has its title as the axis for the audience to interpret in their own way. Fences is centered around the building of a fence that has a different but entangled meaning for each character in the play.Fences went further than just the vague interpretation of fence and took a step farther by asking why was the “fence’’ put up ? The Protagonist, 53 year old…

realities he faced within sports. Cory, on the other hand, is a part of the future that believes the world is becoming more accepting of race and asserts that he will be able to become a professional in football. His mom Rose and dad’s best friend Bono supports this belief, listing off famous African Americans within the athletic arena (Wilson, 4). However, Troy doesn’t believe in such a world,…

counselors office and discovered two important things. 1) I did NOT want to be a high school counselor (do you know how many detention slips they have to write??). 2) I was committed to finding work I love, even if that meant giving up a call with Bono. And it was in that moment, that I found the clarity I had been searching for. I started to immediately understand what I wanted to do next, and what I DID NOT want to do next. What I was willing to give up and what I…