A Person takes birth on this earth, lives his life and die. But how he lived his life leaves a clear impact on the lives of the ones with whom he spent his life. Troy lived his life the way he thought was right. His life was full of struggles and those struggles taught him the way to live.
According to him every one has got three strikes in their life and he got all his three strikes. But still he lost at the end. He had nothing at the end but his life experience. His struggles and his life experience is his legacy which he has passed on to his loved ones. His son Lyons thinks the same way as he did. He remember what his father used to tell him and try to live his life that way. He says, “He used to say that when he struck out. I seen him strike out three times in a row…and the next time up he hit the ball over the grandstand” (Wilson 94). Lyons has got his life a bit similar to his father, full of struggles, non-permanent job, and has lost his girl also. But the good thing is that he still has hope just like his father.
But his son Cory didn't learnt what his father used to say. He learnt to live his life from his father’s experience and his mistakes. He is not struggling in his life. He has got a good job is soon going to settle in his life. He has hit home run on his first strike. His father always wanted him to get a job and he made him do so by throwing his son out of his house. As Rose tells Cory, “Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn't” (Wilson 97). Troy succeeded in this thing. Cory is working hard just like his father.
According to him every one has got three strikes in their life and he got all his three strikes. But still he lost at the end. He had nothing at the end but his life experience. His struggles and his life experience is his legacy which he has passed on to his loved ones. His son Lyons thinks the same way as he did. He remember what his father used to tell him and try to live his life that way. He says, “He used to say that when he struck out. I seen him strike out three times in a row…and the next time up he hit the ball over the grandstand” (Wilson 94). Lyons has got his life a bit similar to his father, full of struggles, non-permanent job, and has lost his girl also. But the good thing is that he still has hope just like his father.
But his son Cory didn't learnt what his father used to say. He learnt to live his life from his father’s experience and his mistakes. He is not struggling in his life. He has got a good job is soon going to settle in his life. He has hit home run on his first strike. His father always wanted him to get a job and he made him do so by throwing his son out of his house. As Rose tells Cory, “Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn't” (Wilson 97). Troy succeeded in this thing. Cory is working hard just like his father.
I agree, Troys biggest Legacy that he had left was teaching Cory to be the man that he is today. He makes Corey, 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 getting money. Towards the end of the book we see that in the past couple years Corey had joined the Marines and had became a stronger more mature man because he wanted to prove the he was something more. "Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn't…and at the same time he was trying to make you everything he was. I don’t know if he was right or wrong…but I do know that he meant to do more good than he meant to do harm.” (Wilson 97). Troy tried to shape Cory into the opposite of what Troy grew up to be.
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