Some Things Cannot Be Fenced In by August Wilson - Book Report/Review Example

b. Troy knows that what his house needs is not a fence but a stronger roof to continue to shelter his family. As he tells Cory,See that roof you got over your head at night Let me tell you something about that roof. It's been over ten years since that roof was last tarred. See how the snow comes this winter and sit up there on that roof like it is . . . and it's gonna seep inside. It's just gonna be a little bit . . . ain't gonna hardly notice it. Then the next thing you know, it's gonna be leaking all over the house.

Then the wood rot from all that water and you gonna need a whole new roof. (222)Knowing this, knowing that it is the roof that needs to be made stronger, Troy works on the fence his wife wants, perhaps because of his guilt at breaking his marital vows (he has scaled the marital fence). c. Troy works even harder to finish the fence when his friend Bono tells him why Rose wants the fence to be built:BONO: Some people build fences to keep people out and other people build fences to keep people in.

Rose wants to hold on to you all. She loves you. (237)As events turn out, Rose would have perhaps been happier trusting with a full heart in a spiritual fence to protect her and hers, rather than in a physical one which only seems to hasten the breakdown of the family.