Bill Rago And The Double D's Analysis

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“The choices we make dictate the life we lead”, said Bill Rago. The class examines the changes between Bill Rago and the Double D’s and how they change from MA to Ren traits. In the movie the end result was that Bill Rago and the Double D’s showed humanism, adventurous, and confidence. During the beginning of the movie Bill Rago and the Double D shared similar MA traits. Both of them didn’t show humanism because he was not loyal and had no style. He showed no loyalty when he didn’t support his daughter. When he was late to his conference, he showed no style. As a result, his representation of himself led him to lose his job. However as the movie progresses, Bill begins to show humanism by being graceful to others around him. Bill was graceful

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