troy's legacy

   I think Troy’s legacy was to work hard, being a man, and being responsible. I said this is his legacy because that is what I thought was most important to him than anything else, also he gives examples of his life to show these things. For example when troy talks about him leaving his house “Now I thought he was mad cause I ain’t done my work. But I see where he was chasing me off so he could have the gal for himself. When I see what the matter of it was, I lost all fear of my daddy. Right there is where I become a man . . . at age fourteen…  The only thing I knew was the time had come for me to leave my daddy’s house” (Wilson, 52). Troy left behind his legacy through his son Cory. Troy and Cory have conversations within those conversations troy tells Cory things that he should know and learn, for example when troy talks to Cory about why a TV is not as important as keeping a roof over their heads. I know this because at the end of the book rose says that Cory is just like his father. “You just like him. You got him in you good… You Troy Maxson all over again… You can’t be nobody but who you are, Cory. That shadow wasn’t nothing but you growing into yourself… Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn’t . . .  and at the same time he tried to make you into everything he was. (Wilson, 97).