Running Brave

     The movie Running Brave is a very emotionally charged movie. From discrimination, racism, cultural shock, all of which were very taxing on Billy. But this movie was about a journey, a quest. This young man from an Indian Reservation wanted to be some thing in life. He wanted to be successfully and the way to go was trough college. Of course he was from a poor family with no economical resources to pay for it but he had his legs which would get him all the way to the Olympics. But looking at it this way is a over simplification, its like looking at it like a state function. This is way I am going to talk to you about the reasons why Billy had some ups and downs and why he backed up sometimes or took off like a rocket on others.

      When Billy was waiting for the buss that was going to pick him up at the reservation he was very exited and motivated. He wanted to get to college and start his college life and excel trough it. But as soon as he arrived he realized that the place was not waiting for him with opened arms. People did not accepted him he was kind of an outcast. His coach treated him like a little boy. He was academically challenged, socially challenged because no body wanted to be with him and he was rejected from social circles and fraternities. In his sport he was not allowed to do as he wanted he had to do as the coach said it should be and when he did as he wanted he was punished. All of this diminished his motivation and he started to fell back and let go of his dreams. It got to the point were he was just running to be hand to hand with his sponsor so he wasn't doing it for himself. This was  negative motivation, it is like having a dog running you from behind, you run not because you want to but because you have to. This started to affect Billy and he was loosing all his races, he was just not filling good. Billy then had some problems with his family he went back to the reservation. In there he noticed everybody had faith in him because he was a role model for them he was a symbol of hope for his people.

     It was a mixture of him noticing his people wanted to see him succeed and he wanting to go to the Olympics that motivated him to train harder, and win his place in the Olympic race.
Now he had a positive motivation, now he was running not because he had to but because he wanted to. This maked him have a better performance because of the positive mindset. In the race he gave everything he had to win it and so he did. The end of the race was the end of a journey that began when he left the reservation to go to college. He had a lot of trouble and bad moments but also he had good things that kept him moving forward. This is all i got to say to you today,see you next time.