Don’t push me away”, because Troy is focused on Alberta instead of her.

Rose gets upset and says, “I am your wife. But Rose gets feisty when Troy talks about when Alberta has the baby after Rose told him the news. This mainly gives an idea that Rose really cares about Troy and how she loves him. You don’t need to be drinking like that” (10). She is cautious when Troy is drinking too much, “You gonna drink yourself to death. Rose acts very faithful Troy in the beginning. Rose’s final fence with Troy changes since the beginning of the play. Rose argues back that “You standing there all healthy and grown talking about you ain’t going to your daddy’s funeral” (96)? As a result of Cory saying that he cannot attend the funeral, Rose gets upset about this and lectures about how she had met Troy until she has lost touch with him once Raynell came into the house. But when Cory says, “Mama…I got something to tell you…I’m not going to Papa’s funeral”, it makes Rose doubtful about why Cory cannot attend his own father’s funeral. At that moment when Cory arrives at his home, Rose, who is glad to see him back, says, “I’m glad you made it”.

They tend to have an affectionate mother-son moments, which happens when Cory returns from the marines for Troy’s funeral. Rose’s second fence is when she and Cory encounter each other towards the middle and end. This shows why Rose wants to build the fence, but also let Bono know that Rose’s fence is built because she wants to keep Bono as one of people in the fence. Bono mentions that Rose wants Troy to build the fence because “Some people build fences to keep people out…and other people build fences to keep people in” (61). But Lucille say she cooking up a pot of pigfeet”. Rose says “Bono, you gonna stay for supper”? Bono politely declines when he says, “No, I thank you Rose. For example, when they encounter each other in the beginning, Rose offers Bono to stay over for dinner. Whenever Rose and Bono encounter each other, they treat each other with respect and courtesy.

Rose builds her fence in her friendship with Bono to keep him inside it.

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