Troy is a....

In the book fences by August Wilson, Troy is a Father, brother, Husband, Former athlete, and the breadwinner of the family, he is a very important person to a lot of people. Troy does all the necessary things to be the best father, brother, etc. as he possibly can. “That’s all I got rose. That’s all I can give. I can’t give nothing else” (Wilson 40). Although when it comes to his first marriage he wasn’t there for his kids like he should have been.  At one point in the play his son from his first marriage, Lyons, says “if you wanted to change me, you should have been there when I was growing up. I come by to see you …ask for ten dollars and you want to talk about how I was raised. You don’t know nothing about how I was raised” (Wilson 19). As the father to his son from his current marriage, Cory, he’s trying to teach his son the value of a dollar by only paying for only the necessities, not entertainment. Troy being the breadwinner of the family means when Cory asks for money for something that is only for entertainment, he makes him work for his own money. Rose tries to do all she can to make everyone happy and keep the drama to a minimum.  “Times have changes from when you was young, Troy. People change. The world changing all around you and you can’t even see it” (Wilson 40). When Troy was young he wanted to play baseball but when he got on the team he realized he was just going to be a benchwarmer. Troy doesn’t want Cory to hope and dream for unrealistic things so he tells Cory to get his job back so he earns his own money. Rose tried to convince Troy that racism isn’t the same as it used to be when he was a young boy. When Troy was young he wanted to play baseball just like Cory does now but he never got to play because he was a different race. He is trying to protect his son from the same thing happening to him. Troy treats Rose like she’s just his play toy, “we go upstairs in that room at night… and I fall down on you and try to blast a hole into forever” (Wilson 40). I feel Tory is just trying to get by because everyone around him takes everything out of him. So when it comes to his family he can’t give all the care and love that he wants to.