Troy's Legacy

I think that Troy’s legacy is positive. Yes he did make a few mistakes, but he is only human we all make mistakes. For example as he grew up he went around robbing people and eventually got caught and had to do fifteen years in jail. But throughout the book I saw a lot of positives that Troy did. One thing that he did that was a positive was he was the first colored man to drive the garbage truck, which you could infer eventually allowed more colored drives. Troy: “Mr. Rand called me into his office today when I got back from talking to them people down there… he called me in and he told me they was making me a driver.” (Wilson 44) Bono: “Your daddy got a promotion on the rubbish. He’s gonna be the first colored driver.”(Wilson 45). Another part of the book that shows positive from Troy’s impact is the man that Cory became. Lyons, Rose, and Bono were all proud of the man that Cory turned into. “Rose and Cory embrace in a tearful reunion…” Cory: “Don’t cry, Mama. What you crying about?” Rose: “Im just so glad you made it.”(Wilson 92) Lyons was also proud of what Cory has become. (Lyons goes to embrace Cory.) Lyons: “Look at you, man. Look at you. Don’t he look good, Rose. Got them Corporal stripes.” (Wilson 92) and Lyons said something of this sort multiple times. And Bono also said “Yeah, he reminds me of Troy when I first met him.” (Wilson 92) which was when Bono looked up to Troy and idealized him. This shows that Troy’s legacy was positive and impacted a lot of people.