Troy Maxson An Underprivileged Agriculturist

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Troy Maxson is the symbol of the African American time, growing up in the World War Two, Post war lifestyle, which means they are one of the first in a long time to experience the American ideal of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Rather survival, prohibition, and gloom. Troy has evolved into a more successful person than his father, who was always an underprivileged agriculturist, who never had his own land or property in hand. rather, paid all his earnings and his very own zest to a below the belt land owner. Troy happened to acquire his own house in hand. though he is damned about the style of settlement. “Troy used that money to buy his house and seems to feel guilty about it.” (wilson act 1, scene 2) And in his intimate

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