Shawn And Rudy Research Paper

Two Dreamers Strive to Accomplish Their Dreams “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams” (“Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes”). Shawn and Rudy were both big dreamers who were determined to make their dream come true. Shawn Grim was a man living in the Appalachian mountains while Rudy was living in Illinois. Shawn Grim and Rudy Ruettiger were two young men trying to achieve their dreams to go to college and play football but each on their own journey in different ways.
Shawn and Rudy both had dreams to go to college and play football. Shawn comes from a bad family and many of his brothers and sisters have dropped out of school. Knowing this Shawn has a dream to become the first person in his family to receive their college degree. This is a big dream that he wanted to accomplish so when a college reached out to him and offered him a free scholarship because of his talent of playing football he worked hard but he was unsuccessful in achieving his dreams because he eventually dropped out due to grades, money, and stress. Same as Shawn, Rudy also had a dream to go to college and play football but he had a specific dream to …show more content…
Shawn is from the Appalachian area and because of that most people would put him under a stereotype of being a hillbilly or a redneck. This drove Shawn to prove people wrong and break the stereotype. He also wanted to get out of his current situation and to live a better life away from the bad life back home. Alike Shawn, Rudy also had motivations to achieve his dream. Growing up Rudy was not the best athlete on the team and he also was one of the shortest and because of this people doubted him on his journey to achieve his dream. He would even get doubted by his own family and his dad and brothers never believed in him. Although he was receiving all of this doubt it drove him to try harder to prove them wrong and show that he actually was able to accomplish his