Commitment And Perseverance In The Movie '42'

42 is a sensitive yet heartwarming film and is one of the most inspiring baseball movies in this generation. The movie tackles subjects like passion, racism, and perseverance, and puts it in a inspirational drama. Yet the most important theme in this film is that one man’s courage can change the world. “I don't care if they like me. I didn't come here to make friends. I don't even care if they respect me. I know who I am. I've got enough respect for myself. I do not want them to beat me.” This idea illustrates the point that in order to have the courage to do something, someone must also be capable of sacrificing things in the process. Furthermore, in order to change the world, someone must be able to adapt to living without the things that

are sacrificed. Consequently, it distinctly justifies how someone can have such a big impact on something abrupt.
Nonetheless, courage is a strong characteristic for someone to have.

Although, commitment and perseverance are just as important. Courage allows for people to go and do what they want, but commitment and perseverance allows for them to be able to stick it out and endure the thing that they want to achieve. In the film along with courage there is many examples of commitment and perseverance. For instance, one example would be when they are on the field playing and Ben Chapman starts yelling racial slurs at Jackie Robinson when he is up to the plate. This demonstrates perseverance by Robinson holding back any thoughts and emotions that would hinder him from getting kicked from the league. In addition, the next scene shows Robinson smashing a bat on the ground and kicking his feet while crying when he finally gets the chance to be alone. This demonstrates his strong relationship to commitment to baseball as he allows all his anger to built up inside him in order for him to be able to keep playing and keep his promise with Branch Rickey. In other words, although it does take courage to do something new and different, commitment and perseverance are also important to uphold

courage.
Secondly, Fear is another characteristic that holds many people back from what they want to achieve in their careers. Fear can be the determining factor that puts someone at a complete stop in achieving their goals, or have the courage to overcome that fear pushes someone forward by overcoming it. In the film an example of overcoming fear would be when Robinson stands up to the plate when he already got hit in the head with the baseball purposely before. This demonstrates that courage can overcome the fear of being shut down, and allows for people to keep getting back up. Another example of overcoming fear is when Branch rickey decided to put Robinson on the team. This demonstrates that no matter what people think, or say then courage can look past the fear of that and do what that person wants. In conclusion, Fear is something that is able to be overcome, and should not be the determining factor in people decide to do and try and look past the fact that there are many other things in life that might be worse.
Lastly, people all around the world have their own groups of people that they talk to, and are often only enclosed in a limited space.

Most of the time people do not give a chance to talk people because they are different, so they are closed off by a barrier that in the right circumstances can be broken by courage. In the film an example of breaking a racial barrier would be when Robinson is being yelled at by Ben chapman and his teammate Eddie stanky stands up for him and defends him. This demonstrates that people can change the way that they view someone if they are able to get close to them and allow them in their social space. Another example of courage breaking barriers would be when Branch Rickey told Robinson that he saw a white boy playing and imitating Robinson’s signature moves. This demonstrates that courage can truly break a racial barrier and allow to hugely impact a different class of people even though black people are so hated on . In other words, having the courage to stand up to something, or do something courageous allows to be able to change how people react to new

situations.
In short, there is many things that go into being courageous, and many of them are able to impact the world on such a massive scale that it can change the entire world as a whole. In the movie 42 they demonstrate how it is possible to be able to overcome all the shortcomings in life, and that they all fall into the category of courage. “It means someday you're gonna meet God and when he inquires as to why you didn't take the field against Robinson in Philadelphia and you answer that it's because he was a Negro, it may not be a sufficient reply!”. It is a bad reflection on someone's character when they are able to constantly judge people for being different, and to only base their judgement only off what is on the outside is something so disgusting in a individual. People will not feel like they are as important, or might even feel like they are at fault when they are judged differently, and might make it hard to speak up or do something with themselves. This also goes along with the fact that many people won't be able to spread their ideas or even be able to because they are in a constant state of nervousness. Although many people will be against the idea that someone might have, it is important to be able to overcome all of it because in the end if people are able to impact the life of even one individual with an original idea it is a massive accomplishment. If someone’s life is impacted solely on the fact that someone's courage is strong enough to break through to someone on such a individual level by going through all their struggles;then in the end it is worth the fight. In addition, the movie shows struggles that are face constantly being, and that racism is something that deeply affects everyone. In conclusion, the movie 42 goes through many things that is still see in modern day both good and bad, and shows us how courage is able to change the world by being able to do so many different things to overcome all the struggles people face in life, and create a better future.