Similarities Between Million Dollar Baby And The Contender

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In Million Dollar Baby and The Contender, there are many similarities and also many differences. Both the movie and the novel follow the journey of an ordinary person who trains and works hard to become a boxer. There are similarities between Maggie and Alfred, also differences between the backgrounds of the boxers, and between Frankie and Donatelli.

Maggie and Alfred are similar in their desire to keep going when they are both faced with difficulties. In Million Dollar Baby, Maggie comes across as determined. A scene in the movie shows Frankie telling Maggie he will not train her, then later after everyone leaves, Maggie is still there trying her best to train (Million Dollar Baby). The fact that Maggie got turned down and still came back

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