Troy left behind quite a lot when
he went. Some ways good, some bad. First and most notably, he left his
motherless daughter behind, who rose decided to take in on the child’s behalf. This
was from Troy who committed to Alberta, who died during the conception. “Rose:
Alberta died having the baby. Troy: died… you say she’s dead? Albert’s dead?
(Wilson, 76). It’s a healthy child that was Troy’s’ last creation. It carries
on something from him in a good way. But it was also proof of him not being
fair to his family. In the first few scenes we see how he is teaching responsibility
and how he is being a father. It develops when Troy starts to contradict himself
with his teachings. He makes Cory, his youngest son, quit playing football for
high school and forces him to get his job at the A&P, to show the
importance of being a man, responsibility of holding down a job and money. But
then Troy goes behind Rose’s back and cheats on her with another woman. “I’m
talking, woman, let me talk. I’m trying to find a way to tell you… I’m gonna be
a daddy. I’m gonna be somebody’s daddy (Wilson, 66). In what way does Troy
demonstrate his teachings of being a man and responsibility when he is off
having kids with someone else?
In
the end I feel that he left a shaken household and a healing family from his inability
to understand others dreams. His legacy I think is in a few different areas.
Cory, his son, a Marine who doesn’t know what could have been with football because
of Troy. But also, has grown to be a good man and is engaged and obviously
doing something to better himself. Which was because of Troy. Lyons, his older
son, who says he is musician but did time for cashing other people checks. Rose
and Raynell, a great wife that stood thick and thin who was hurt in the end and
left with a baby girl that isn’t even hers. Raynell, a little girl bared from
Troy and now mother and fatherless. I think she stands as a character as sort
of the final chance for Troy, he messed up with just about everything else
before he died. I believe that Wilson leaves us to thing that she will strive
on and be the only one who can be better in life and actually pursue something,
without the obstacle of Troy in the way.
The way you started out your blog was almost exactly how I did. I agree that when he passed away, he left behind some positive attributes but also negative. In my blog, I focused on the positive ones because I felt they were more dominant. I think that it is a good point you brought up that he left behind a motherless daughter. “First and most notably, he left his motherless daughter behind, who rose decided to take in on the child’s behalf. This was from Troy who committed to Alberta, who died during the conception. “Rose: Alberta died having the baby. Troy: died… you say she’s dead? Albert’s dead? (Wilson, 76)” I never thought about what he physically left behind. I took a different approach and analyzed his characteristics he left behind such as no matter what the circumstance is, pursue what you want, manage your money, work hard to get what you don’t have, and self-happiness is important. I like how you then say his actions contradict his teachings because I never viewed it that way. It was a good point when you said that Troy goes behind Rose’s back and cheats on her while he is trying to teach is sons responsibility. That is a good point because it is contradicting the idea.
ReplyDeleteI like how you listed all the physical things he left behind. That is a difference between your blog post and mine. I described all of the characteristics. I said that Troy tries to teach his children to work because during this time period, no matter how hard they try, work is something they can’t take from African Americans. They may get treated like they’re less important but at the end of the day, they will have a reliable source of income. Troy wants to have Cory go back and get his job at the A&P. Also he tries to persuade Lyons to get a job. Another thing that I said he left behind was how to manage money. Cory was talking about getting a TV with money he didn’t possess and Troy brings up the point that the roof has not been redone in a while. “Two hundred and sixty-four dollars...cash money. While you thinking about a TV, I got to be thinking about the roof...and whatever else go wrong around here. Now if you had two hundred dollars, what would you do…fix the roof or buy a TV?” “I’d buy a TV. Then when the roof started to leak…when it needed fixing…I’d fix it.” “Where you gonna get the money from? You done spent it for a TV. You gonna sit up and watch the water run all over your brand new TV” (Wilson, 32). Another thing I brought up was that Troy fulfilled his responsibilities even though he never knew what a good father looked like. “Sometimes I wish I hadn’t known my daddy. He ain’t cared nothing about no kids. A kid to him wasn’t nothing. All he wanted was for you to learn how to walk so he could start you to working. When it come time for eating…he ate first. If there was anything left over, that’s what you got. Many would sit down and eat two chickens and give you the win” (Wilson, 50). He then proceeds to tell Lyons how good he has it. This just goes to show that Troy looks out for his children and wants the best for them.
I disagree that he left a shaken household and a healing family behind. He taught his children all he knew as a father and didn’t want them to ever be like him. For the most part, I agree with all you had to say because it was a different perspective than I took. I feel this was well written and I actually learned a lot from your own blog. Another difference is how we ended our blogs. You said, “ I believe that Wilson leaves us to thing that she will strive on and be the only one who can be better in life and actually pursue something, without the obstacle of Troy in the way.” And I said he left a strong legacy on the family and that is to be the man you wish to see in the mirror. Don’t live a life you don’t want to, don’t try to do too much, but enjoy the life you live because in the end, that is all you will ever get. That is just something to think about and take in from my perspective.
In your blog you said "he left his motherless daughter behind" so you included a legacy that is actually there not only feelings. I disagree with " Troy starts to contradict himself with his teachings. He makes Cory, his youngest son, quit playing football for high school and forces him to get his job at the A&P, to show the importance of being a man, responsibility of holding down a job and money. But then Troy goes behind Rose’s back and cheats on her with another woman." Because even though he cheated he didn't loose responsibility of the house he lived in, and I think what Troy was trying to teach Cory is about money nothing else.
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