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The movie Rudy is about the life of Daniel E. “Rudy” Ruettiger, the protagonist or hero (page 59) and his journey (page 60) to pursue his dream of attending the University of Notre Dame and playing football for the Fighting Irish. Act I begins in the late 1960’s in a small town south of Chicago, Illinois, where Rudy grew up (ordinary world page 61). The antagonists or villains (page 59) of the story are his father, brothers, girlfriend and teachers. Throughout his life, they (the antagonists) have always told him what he could and couldn’t do. Repeatedly, they said that he wasn’t smart enough to go to college at Notre Dame and that he wasn’t big enough, fast enough or athletic enough to play for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. Rudy’s only ally was his childhood best friend Pete, who always believed and supported him in pursuing his dreams. Because Pete believed so much in Rudy, he bought him a Notre Dame football jersey from a thrift store for his birthday. Pete’s father used to say, “having dreams is what makes life tolerable”. After the unfortunate work-related death of his dear friend, Pete, Rudy faces the decision whether to continue a life working in the steel mill with his father and brothers or pursue his lifelong dream to attend college at Notre Dame and play for the Fighting Irish football team. As Act I closes, Rudy buys a bus ticket to South Bend, Indiana.

Together, they watched the humans disappear.” (80.94-96) This quote is the aftermath of the incident from Deaths point of view. This quote proves that Rudy was innocent because he risked his life to save hers. In that time, during the Holocaust you didn’t interfere negatively with anybody in power, because commonly it would end up badly, which was proven when Liesel's father Hans got drafted after sticking up for a Jew. Rudy didn’t understand the possible consequences that could happen from doing such things. This quote also proves that his devotion to Liesel blinds him from understanding what is really going on. Helping him maintain his innocence even longer.

Name and significance – Rudy Steiner, Rudy was one of Liesel’s best friends and he might have saved her life when she wanted to follow Max after she and Max had been whipped by the Germans.

In chapter 1 in starts off telling us about him and his struggles that he is faced with from birth that he can't control. He had freckles, red hair, and he coughed up pink froth because his right lung was full of liquid, which caused strep pneumo a rare strain of pneumonia. With those challenges he gets called many names such as Fireball, Richie Cunningham, Ronald McDonald, and Rudolph the Red- Headed Human, tampon head and many more. Then in chapter 2 Rudy finally starts to learn how to block all the negative energy and name calling out.

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Rudy and Shawn's lives had major differences, but many aspects of their lives were the same. Not only did they both want to succeed at their goals and dreams, but they each wanted to become their own unique person and inspired many everyday people to do spectacular

Rudy constantly wanted to be with Liesel. When he could not, he felt cheated and indignant.

Rudy’s perception of himself has changed overtime. He went from being a typical hard headed boy who earned bad grades and made bad decisions to someone who wants to be something in life, well a doctor to be more specific. Getting to where he was he met some deviant people along the way. In the Red Headed Hawaiian book it tells us the story of Rudy puana who never knew he was a fighter, he had a rough childhood from being teased because of his hair to being sick as a young kid. In other words, he hadn’t really known he was fighting, fighting against the bullying and fighting for his life. Finally, one day as he was slowly settling down he had said he was going to become a doctor instead of wasting time thinking about what he was gonna do in

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While ambulance chasing, Rudy meets a girl (Kelly Riker) who is in the hospital, due to her abusive husband (Cliff). The second time he beats her, Rudy and Kelly break into Cliff’s house to retrieve her things and have her leave for good. “I’ve never done anything like this before, and I’m quite nervous. In fact, we’re both scared” (Grisham 567). Before Rudy and Kelly breaks into the apartment, Rudy expresses his uneasiness towards their plan, but carries it out anyways. Cliff Riker comes home earlier than expected, and finds them. “… he coils the aluminum softball bat and whirls it at around mightily at my head” (Grisham 569). Cliff nearly kills Rudy with a bat, but Rudy dodged it and managed to push Cliff into a dresser. Later in the story, after Cliff dies, Rudy and Kelly leave Memphis forever. “We smile and giggle as the land flattens and the traffic lightens. Memphis is twenty miles behind us” (Grisham 598). In this quote, it shows that it was worth it for Rudy to pursue Kelly. Rudy takes a risk by trying to protect his love interest from a dangerous man, but in the end, it ended well with him and Kelly leaving their troubles behind in

This might be why the inspirations were such an impact on Rudy. Rudy would listen and memorize the words of Norte Dames coach pre-game prep talk. Rudy would also every game that Norte Dame played and he would never miss a play. Rudy was so fascinated and inspired by the school that he would make it a life longed dream to play and attend the University of Norte Dame. In a movie review article an author shows us how Pete, Rudy's best friend, inspires Rudy by saying some important words, "having dreams is what makes life tolerable" (Richard Harrington, 1). This gives Rudy a reason to reach for his dream and to never give up. With the possibility that anything can happen at any time, Rudy was determined to accomplish hi s goal of playing ball.

His determination and loyalty make him very likeable, but also troublesome. His determination can be seen when he desperately wants to show Franz??? that he is capable of being successful, ‘In the middle of August, a Hitler Youth carnival was being held, and Rudy was intent on winning four events: the 1500, 400, 200, and of course, the 100.’ (Zucker ...), he was so intent that he actually won three out of the four events. However, this determination leads to the Nazis coming to recruit Rudy for a special school, causing his parents to decide to enrol Alex Steiner, Rudy's father.

In Chapter 11, Tristan returns from Ireland and tells Mark about the beautiful and wonderful, Isolde. "Isolde, said Tristan, is a girl so lovely that all that the world has ever said of beauty is nothing beside hers". This is possibly the first time that Tristan is falling in love with Isolde but he does not recognize his feelings yet. This leads to Tristan going on a mission back to Ireland because the other courtiers advised Mark that it was time to marry someone. Sadly, they advised that he sought to marry Isolde. I believe that Tristan is a loyal vassal because he returned to Ireland to obtain Isolde for Mark. Another example of Tristan's loyalty is when he still set out on the voyage to bring Isolde to Mark. However, it seems that Tristan

      Rudy, and Bloom has a vision of what Rudy might have been like as a young

This is what helps Tristan to be brave and courageous later on in the movie. Not only that, but because of Captain Shakespeare’s teaching Tristan was able to defend himself. In the long run it is proven that Tristan changes for the better because of his interactions with Captain Shakespeare.