Troy's Legacy

Troy was a family man and so his responsibility is not providing for his family but also putting them on a straight path. His legacy was his wisdom that he had left behind for his family. Lyons states “You got to take the crooked with the straights. That’s what papa used to say” This shows how he really wanted his family to understand that there are going to be bad times and then there are going to be good times and then there are going to be times where you have to make sacrifices that are difficult and so you have to take the crooked with the straight. In the text we see how Troy sacrifices his relationship with Rose and cheats on her in order to feel happy and have no worries and to feel free but all of that also damaged his relationship with rose. We also see the good and the bad throughout the text “Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn’t and at the same time he tried to make you into everything he was. He meant to do more good than he meant harm.” This shows how Troy really wanted for Cory to have a good future and so by pushing him it put a strain in his relationship with his son because even though he meant well Cory wanted to be the one that decide his own fate. So from there Cory did ultimately have a good future and joined the United States Marines.