"Fences" by August Wilson

The story called “Fences” by August Wilson was short story based on morals. Troy’s morals changed at the beginning of his life till the end of his life. At the beginning his dad had no morals. Troy lived his life trying to figure out what morals he needed to live by. In prison he finally decides what his morals are in life. His morals consisted of him being a man and taking care of his family. At the end of the story he Troy goes against his own moral values and lives a lonely life.
Troy was raised in a home where his dad had no moral values. He treated his mom so bad his mom left him when he was fourteen years old. His mom left and Troy found him a woman. He was caught in the act of having sex with this woman and his dad started beating him. He beat him off the woman and then started having sex with her. Troy ran away and started living on the streets. Troy had to steal in order to have enough money to get food because there were no jobs. He later on runs into Miss Rose and gets her pregnant. Around the same time he ends killing a man when he was robbing him and gets sentenced to prison.
Morals he learned while he was in prison. While he was in prison he ends up meeting a man name Bono and they become best friends. Once Troy gets out of prison he vows to live an honest life. He vows to work, to be faithful to his wife, and to take care of the family. At this time in his life he says he becomes a man. Rose and Troy got married and for 18 years he is faithful to Rose. Troy ends up going against his own moral values to please his own fleshly desires.
Troy goes against his own moral values. He ends up meeting a woman name Alberta. He ends up having sex with her and gets her pregnant. Troy goes against his moral values because he is selfish. He feels he had lived his whole life taking care of Rose that he should have a life filled with fun. Alberta ends up dying when she gives birth to their little daughter. Rose ends up raising the child like it was her own. She tells Troy from this point on there is no more us. I will raise this child but we are no longer together you do your thing I’ll do mine. Later on Troy dies of a heart attack and as a lonely man. The moral of this lesson is you will “weep what you sow”.