Film Analysis: Brreaking Away

In the movie Brreaking Away, Steve Tesich's main character Dave Stoller fough with himself on many occasions, which led him to grow up some. Dave, who idealized the Italian Bike racers, let his life be consumed by the Italians. His idealization came into conflict whe he was give the oppurtunity to race with the Italians. During the race Dave went to pass the Italian riders, but they changed his gear, which made it harder for Dave to pedal, but her persevered and attempted to pass them a second time. Again, they cheated by putting a tire pump between his front wheel and front fork causing him to crash. The beloved Italians betrayed Dave and it forced him to come of age. When he changed he also had to confess that he was not Italian to Katherine,