Troys Ultimate Legacy

What will everyone remember now that Troy Maxson is gone? Every action that Troy made through his life leads towards a Legacy that he leaves behind. He leaves behind many positives through his life that leads to him having a positive Legacy. He shaped and taught each of his children to become better individuals and you see that though Cory. He makes Cory, 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 Cory had joined the Marines and had became a stronger more mature man because he wanted to prove the he was something more.

Legacy is something that a person leaves behind after they die. Troy will be remembered for all of his hard work, honesty, a father figure, a best friend, and the respect he gave and received. Troy stood up for everything that he believed in and we see that in the beginning of the play when he is telling Rose about the food place that was opened by the black man. “A Negro go in there and can’t get no kind of service. I seen a white fellow come in there and order a bowl of stew. Pope picked all the meat out of the pot for him. Man ain't had nothing but a bowl of meat. Negro come behind him and ain't got nothing but the potatoes and carrots” (Wilson, 23). He doesn't like the fact that a black man owning the food place doesn't help other black men out, he acts just like a white man would. Troy is one of the hardest workers and he provides for his family. You see that through the entire book he is always giving, whether it be money or food even in the end when the family is split. “I do the best I can do. I come in here every Friday. I carry a sack of potatoes and a bucket of lard. You all line up at the door with your hands out. I give you the lint from my pockets. I give you my sweat and my blood. I ain't got no tears. I don’t spent them. We go upstairs in that room at night…and I fall down on you and try to blast a hole into forever. I get up Monday morning…find my lunch on the table. I go out. Make my way. Find my strength to carry me through to next Friday. That’s all I got to give. I can’t give nothing else” (Wilson, 40).
 
In the beginning you can tell that he was leaving a good Legacy but towards the end after he told Rose about Alberta he was labeled as an abusive husband, a cheater, a liar, and also he threw Cory out on the street. His Legacy became tainted because he realized that ultimately he valued his happiness over all others and he didn't care who he had to walk over to obtain happiness. He leaves behind many positive things and also many negative things for his Legacy through out the book.