Troy the man

There are always those parents that get really protective towards their kids and some agree it is okay to be protective and some feel that they should let them do what they want or hangout late at night, but the point is in this blog there is a character named Troy in the book called “Fences “and Troy has two sons named Lyons and another named Cory. I see troy as a strict and responsible father the reason why is because he looks out for his sons and he is trying to make their future better than it should be, but as kids getting in trouble we don’t understand why some of the parents out there just get mad at their kids for acting bad and staying out late, but to them it is for your own good. Here is a quote from the book “Fences” “What I tell you Bono? The only time I see this nigger is when he wants something. That’s the only time I see him”. (Wilson 16) this quote shows his son asking him for some money and he comes every month to get money and his dad is tired of giving money away to him if he keeps spending all of his money instead of saving his money and using it for the future because money slips away quick and he wants his son to live a good life. Another quote showing that troy trying to help his son’s future is “I thought we had an understanding about this football stuff? You suppose to keep up with your chores and hold that job down at the A&P.” (Wilson 35) in this quote one of his sons wants to play football and his father disagrees with his decision because he feels that working at A&P would be the best choice because he gets a head start to being successful with starting out his life with money in his pocket, adding on to that quote this is another reason why his dad feels like he won’t be able to play as much because “If they got a white fellow sitting on the bench… you can bet your last dollar he can’t play! The colored guy got to be twice as good before he get on the team.” (Wilson 34) Troy feels that he won’t be able to play because of the colored guys are getting better just to play and he feels he won’t be able to start in a game. But all of these quotes coming from the book shows that Troy is a strict and responsible father and his just doing his job as a father for their kids future.