What Makes a Man a Man

In Troy’s society they expect for a man to provide for his family, they expect a man to be a strong and carry the weight of his family, they expect for a man to carry a lot of responsibility. In the scene 3 Troy explain how it’s his responsibility and his job to care for his family, in his society a man has to take care of his family and it’s really important that a man has a job and is able to support his family and as a breadwinner of his family there also comes the importance of making sure his sons have a good future. And as their father we wants them to not end up like him, he wants his oldest son to get a job and be able to provide for himself, he wants his other son to get a real job not one that’s going to potentially sit him out every game. As a man it’s his responsibility that he leads his sons in the right direction and that means through tough love because as we all read he doesn’t have to like his sons, but it’s his responsibility to care for him so instead babying him he explains to him to as a man he must do this for his family.

This generation is a lot different than Troy’s generation whereas men got married and started a family and where able to provide for their family. I think that times have changed, and our standards for men changed because our standards for women changed. Instead of just a man providing for their families it becomes both individuals making the same effort. As for Troy I think he wouldn’t live up to it because he has such a strong view that men must do this and women must do that and that’s just the way he grew up, women do housework and care for the children and he goes out to work and provides for his family financially.