Monday, May 18, 2015

Troy's Legacy

The legacy that troy left behind was to work hard for what you want and what you deserve. He work hard for what he has and was the one to provide for his family. There was not a time he didn’t provide for his family and he would go the extra mile to help them in whatever they need. Even though he made mistake he made sure that wasn't affecting his family. I believe this because when he tells rose “I always come home, Rose. You know that” (Wilson 73). Its shows that even though she hated him for mistakes he has made, he still showed up to the house and gave everything to them.

Rose was the one who has shaped Troy’s legacy because he would listen and do everything she would ask of him. He respected her so much and knew that she has done lots for the family. She was the one to make sure he felt loved and that he was doing what he was supposed to do and basically kept him on check if she knew he was asking something harsh towards someone or even something that would end up hurting him back for example when she said “Let’s not get off into all that” (Wilson 20). When she tells him to stop talking about Lyon and how he can’t support himself even though his thirty years old, he quits talking about him and lets rose give the money to him.

I believe his legacy was develop when he was on his own. He wanted to become his own person, he didn't have a father to look up to and follow his expectation so he set standards for himself and made sure that the mistake that his father made would never affect him for example when troy says to Cory “Then get the hell out of my face, and get on down to that A&P” (Wilson 38). He wanted to make sure that his son had a better future than having high hopes on football. Towards that end we see that because of troy he doesn't join the football team but rather the marine and he followed his father footstep. Even though he was harsh towards Cory he wanted to make sure he had a good future ahead of him when his father wasn't there.


Towards the end of the story I have notice something that Troy and Cory both create which was that song. Troy ended up teaching Raynell because it was like a tradition for him.

2 comments:

  1. I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Troy did put strength into his sons. he wanted to teach them to work for what you want. its a reoccurring theme that we see. even in little things where Cory wants a T.V. troy says that if he wants one he has to earn the money on his own and then he will match him.

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  2. i agree on what you are saying about troy and how his sons are now. he wanted them to be hard worker and being responsible and realize that they need to step up to the plate and look at their future and not just a dream like how cory wanted to play football but quit his job because he wanted to focus on a dream and his dad wasn't having it

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