Why Is Mcraway Important In The Town

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In the Ben Affleck’s movie The Town, he plays a character name Doug MacRay as the Protagonist that undergoes a life changing experience. Throughout the movie he starts to realize he has been living a life he doesn’t want. In the beginning Doug seems that he isn’t really into the aspects of his gang anymore but is can’t seem to bring him away from the life. His inner conflict because that he realizes as well is taught that he isn’t meant to be a bad guy he just is a good person who does bad things. The main reason why he starts to realize this is after a robbery gone wrong he becomes involved with a woman named Claire. This movie shoes a modern spin on a old school time of the gangs in Boston as if it is an example how things have changed in real life. Doug is a very interesting character whose background …show more content…

These risk factors included the people he was surrounded by, his background and the pressures of protecting the people he cares about. The biggest risk factor that affected him from the very first scene is the connection with Claire. This can also be viewed as a protective factor because she is the reason why Doug was so adamant to get out of the same old criminal behavior. The reason why she is a risk factor is because she can be used as a weapon against Doug, which eventually happens. Another risk factor is that every person that Doug had really cared about ended up turning against him. This included his parents, Krista and Claire. In a way James was a risk factor as well because he pressured Doug to commit the heist that were planned but also threated Claire, which obviously made Doug mad. Some protective factors would be Doug’s own thoughts when he realized he really wasn’t a bad guy, it changed his perspective on how he was living. Another protective factor was the job that he had finally received and he started actually committing to work so he could get money to start

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