Legacy - Prompt 4

Legacy - Prompt 4
What is your legacy? In the book Fences, Troy Maxson is the main character and leaves behind a legacy. The question is: Is this the legacy he wanted? A child with two dead parents, and the only guardian she has is reminded every time she sees her "daughter" that her beloved husband was a liar and cheater who impregnated his side-girl. Troy's legacy was that he was a provider, and father who loved his family very much. On the road of carving this legacy, he made a couple of big mistakes which will undoubtedly affect his legacy in a negative way. The issues that Troy had with Cory, Gabriel, and his wife all seemed to come crashing down in the end. These issues will be remembered even after Troy's death. That's definitely a legacy, but I think Troy would've preferred it the cleaner way. Without the small things that knock him down and hurt his legacy. I think we can see a good example of him hurting his relationship, and ultimately legacy, with his widowed-wife Rose. On page 77 we can see Troy pushing away his wife even when she asks him not to. ""Who's gonna bury her?" Like I'm fixing to take on that task for myself. Rose: I am your wife. Don't push me away. Troy: A ain't pushing nobody away. Just give me some space. That's all. Just give me some room to breathe." In this excerpt from the book, we can see Rose asking Troy not to push her away after his daughter was born from another woman, and his obvious heartbreak over the fact that he lost Alberta. This must be so hard for Rose knowing the entire situation and just having to watch her husband act like this must be torture, but she stuck through it all. Even Troy's sons Lyons, and Cory have had issues with their father and how mean he was to them sometimes. Another good example of a legacy-altering situation was the fight between Cory and Troy . This is a classic father-son showdown and it of course didn't end well for Cory, but it hurt their relationship in the long run and that's something that we all agree should have been prevented. Troy's legacy came out bent, but not broken. He still was a good, caring father, but his mistakes doomed his legacy.
- Jose Enciso