Fences There are many things in life that are hard to explain within themselves, which is why people often use metaphors to expand on their speech. Whether it is a poet comparing their love to a rose or a woman comparing a man to a dog, almost everyone uses metaphors in their everyday language. Many good examples of metaphors in everyday writing are found in August Wilson's play, Fences. In this play there are also …showed first 75 words of 1019 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1019 total…Fences really shows the talent of August Wilson because of all the deep meanings he put in. It is also obvious that a lot of time was taken into creating the characters, because they are all different in many ways, and their personalities are shown through what they say. August Wilson used the ideas of fences and baseball to really expand the story and make it more three dimensional, which made it much more interesting.