He has cancer, gets burned, and is also in love but cannot be with the person he loves. Therefore people want him to succeed because they feel bad for him. Not every movie can use this tactic because sometimes the moral flaw outweighs the thing that might make people pull for that character. This is when they use different tactics like making them feel sorry for the character. It all depends on the movie and what point they are trying to get across. Movie producers can make whoever they want feel a certain way about a movie and get certain points
He has cancer, gets burned, and is also in love but cannot be with the person he loves. Therefore people want him to succeed because they feel bad for him. Not every movie can use this tactic because sometimes the moral flaw outweighs the thing that might make people pull for that character. This is when they use different tactics like making them feel sorry for the character. It all depends on the movie and what point they are trying to get across. Movie producers can make whoever they want feel a certain way about a movie and get certain points