Billy
is the main character of the movie; he is an American native member of Sioux
tribe. We can see in the beginning of the movie that Billy is a very talent
person and thanks to that talent he found a scholarship that will help him to
enter to the University of Kansas. In the movie he practice all the time, for
him running is more than just a simple sport, for him running is freedom and spiritual. To follow his dream he has to leave his
family and move to Kansas, but that is not impediment for him. Later in the
movie he found out that everything is going to be more difficult than he
thought.
First lets see his external journey. He had
to move from his pour and confortable house surrounded by his family, persons
with the same ideas. When he arrived Kansas everything was new for him
including jokes, games and food. We can see in some moment in the movie that
his external journal start to affect his internal journal. Billy is a
strong person he know very well the felling of losing someone that he loved
(like his dad) but we can see in the movie that been far away from his family
is a very important thing to him. In the begging of the movie we can see Billy
very happy and full of hope, but then we can see him writing a letter for his
family very sad, tired, with a lot of stress for his classes and felling alone.
We can see
very clearly the interconnection of his internal and external journey. Moving
to a strange place with strange people that make fun of him is a big influence
for him. We can see that changing his environment also changes his fears, feelings
and the way of thinking.
Yes, I appreciate your quote and opinion about the film. Print out the text so I can give you some pointers.
ReplyDeleteI really love your last quote at the end of the post! it's very interesting how both journeys can interrelate with one another to make us the person we are today. Have you ever thought about if you change something about your past, how it will be know? That's what I'm referring about. His story is very interesting, and good to have example of for our lives. I hope you comment on my own!
ReplyDeleteI love the quote! It is so true, we have to do different things to achieve we want.
ReplyDeleteAs others have already said, the use of the quote in this context is spot on because Billy Mills found himself in a new world and he had to try new things so he could adapt.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the movie we can see how his new surroundings literally suck the life and soul out of him, making him lose passion and beginning to see the one thing he's loved his entire life as a job or chore.
ReplyDeleteLove the quote at the end!
The quote that you put in the end is very appropriate for Billy's situation. He was courageous enough to pursue his dream ! Do you have a dream like the one Billy has ?
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