Homework Will Never End

If you have any test reviews, homeworks, guides, anything school related that you think can be posted on this website, reach out to me at makingschooleasier@gmail.com   How does the image of fences in the play foreshadow the family’s future problems?             In August Wilson’s Fences, symbolism plays a big role in the play by foreshadowing various problems the characters face.               From the beginning of the play Rose wants Troy and Cory to build a fence around the home but Troy sees no point of building a fence around the home because there is nothing worth stealing in the home. He puts this off until later on in the play but while putting it aside he does builds fences to the people closest to him. From a very young age he began building fences around himself for protection and respect. When he was young he had a problem with his father and he could not live with what he did to a girl he like so he ran away from home.  Later on in life he does the same thin