Analyzing The Movie 'The Dude'

The protagonists goes by the name “The Dude”, and in the beginning the narrator describes him as “The laziest man in LA, which makes him a contender for the laziest man in the world.” He dresses like a slob, smokes pot, and is non confrontational and peaceful. This characterization of him gives us a good idea of who he really is, and we see he is reluctant to do any sort of work towards getting Bunny back throughout the film. All in all, we see him reluctant to do any work that doesn't involve bowling. He is unemployed, and has a hippy mentality that gives us a good idea as to who he is. His main goal throughout the movie is to return to the way he was living at the beginning of the film. This is a universal goal, we can all connect with the desire for everything to return to normal, and since the dude lived such a laid back life before he got thrown into all this excitement and danger, we see he’ll do whatever it takes to just return home, with his rug.
We see this when he leaves a briefcase with a million dollars in the car, and then once it is stolen does little to get it back asides from reporting it. We see this when he just accepts everything that the millionaire tells him, going along with the lie despite suspecting that its false. We also see it when he watches the president talk about entering a war with little emotion and just kind of shrugs it off, while later he brags about his various political activist achievements. He has become jades and old, and no longer seems to care about much besides being able to go back to chilling out with no