The Impact of Troy's legacy

Troy’s legacy is a hardworking, family man who made mistakes and isn’t ashamed of those mistakes. An example of this is “I can’t just make it go away. It’s done now. I can’t wish the circumstance of the thing. (Wilson68)  this is after the fact Troy has told Rose that he has slept with another women. Also another example is “it’s just …. She gives me a different idea… a different understanding about myself.”(wilson68) troy almost tries to justify his reasoning for sleeping with a different women other than Rose. “When my turn to head out , I was fourteen”(Wilson52) this shows Troy’s independence from such a young age of 14 years old just to up and walk out of his father’s house .  My last example is “It’s my job. It’s my responsibility! You understand that? A man got to take of his family. You live in my house… sleep in my bedclothes…fill you belly up with my food. Cause you my son. You my flesh and blood not ‘cause I like you! It’s my duty to take care of you”. (wilison38)  

Troy was already set in his ways when it came to living his life. This had an impact on legacy because he wasn’t a great father but he also wasn’t bad, especially when it came to Cory and Lyons he didn’t necessarily say “I love you”. He showed his “love” by providing the bare minimum which I think shaped his legacy to a negative in his children’s eyes. the reason why I think that is because he didn’t allow his children to chase their dreams but  he had slept around with a different women now he has a child outside of his “original family” (Rose, Cory, Lyons)  he was trying to give that child a different choice and life. Also his choices with his wife was one of positive highlights and negative. The positive was that he took care of her and also provided her with and home he remained somewhat faithful. The negative is that he wasn’t a great commutator when it came to his feelings  and he would almost paint himself as a victim in some situations especially when he cheated on rose.