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Introduction:

August Wilson’s Fences is a play set during the 1950s where the main character Troy Maxson struggles against pressures faced in society and the ever increasing distance between him and his family. Troy finds a good friend and confidant in his friend of thirty years, a minor character in the play named Bono with whom he spends time with at various scenes within the play. Bono is portrayed not only as a close friend, but also as a moral guide for Troy, attempting to dissuade him from b eing untruthful to others around him as well as having an affair with another woman.

Topics:
 * Bono as Troy's close friend
 * Bono as a moral guide against Troy's truthfulness
 * Bono as a moral guide against Troy's affair with Alberta by attempting to persuade him to give her up in favor of Rose.