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Troy Maxson Quotes Analysis
Troy Maxson should be apart if the NLB Hall of Fame as an honorary member because of his character and how he embodied a spirit of fearless, responsibility, and a devoted friend. Troy Maxson show fearlessness when he demanded his job to have the colored driving and lifting just like the white folks. He quotes “I aint worried about them firing me, they gonna fire me cause I asked a question? That’s all I did” (2). Troy also shows responsibility when he tell his wife Rose that he has been having an affair and impregnated the woman he cheated on Rose with. Troy quotes “I’m going to be a daddy I’m going to be somebody’s daddy”(66). “My man Troy knows what’s he’s doing. I’m going to follow this nigger” (62), Troy shows the traits of a devoted friend
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