What is Legacy?

What is legacy? Legacy means how someone is remembered, and what contributions they made while they were alive.  In the play Fences, Troy Maxson is the main character and his Legacy will always be remembered. Troy was known as a hardworking man that always stood up for what he believed in. From the beginning of the play Troy expressed how he felt with no hesitation. For example, "I ain't worried about them firing me. They gonna fire me cause I asked a question? That's all I did. I went to Mr.Rand and asked him, "Why?" Why you got the white men driving and the colored lifting?" Told him, "What’s the matter, don't I count? You think only white fellows got sense enough to drive a truck." (2) Troy felt like it was unfair that colored men were forced into doing the hard labor work while the white men got to do the easy tasks such as driving so he decided to do something about it and complain. Throughout the play you can tell how much Troy tries pushing his morals and values onto his children and others around him, he does it so much sometimes that someone may take is as being ignorant. Troy’s legacy is passed down onto his kids and his wife as time goes on, especially when he found out he was having a child. Even though he wasn’t in the best situation he still stood up and took action, like a man would. “Rose… I’m standing here with my daughter in my arms. She ain’t but a wee bittie little old thing. She don’t know nothing about grownup’s business. She innocent… and she ain’t got no mama.” (78). No matter how complicated the situation was Troy still faced the consequences. Troy’s choices and actions are what shaped his legacy and left it on others around him. When Troy passes away you can tell the impact he made on everyone around him, even though he didn’t get along with everyone, he still left a footprint in their heart.