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A Dream Character Analysis

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Rudy, a dreamer and an achiever, although lacking the grades and money he chose to pursue a dream in which his friend Pete constantly pushed and encouraged him, later on killed due to an explosion. He goes through a series of struggles and obstacles, whilst being homeless having to live in the offices of Fortune, the groundkeeper. And many other forms of mental struggles at which he suffers from dyslexia, which obstruct and complicates his learning and makes it more difficult. But with his striving efforts to get into Notre Dame University, he makes it after 3 rejections in 2 years, presenting his determination. But although this has occurred, his fiancée chooses to leave him due to the dream he wanted to pursue and going on to be with his older brother. He goes through both forms of physical and mental obstacles. In one scene Fortune gives him a speech, Rudy goes on to talk about how he quit and wanting to prove to his Dad that he was a somebody, but Fortune goes on to say that Rudy had barely any speck of athletic ability, playing with some of the best players, getting into the University and that he was about to walk out with a degree. Fortune goes on to talk about how he was a player and felt that they didn’t put him on the field due to his skin color, riding the bench, and later on quitting. In which Rudy had to prove only to himself and that brought up his persistence more. Later in the film a multitude of players offered off their jersey’s in a scene and making Rudy

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