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Shoeless Joe Analysis
Kinsella was really taking into consideration this idea of building the baseball field in order bringing back Shoeless Joe. He explains to his wife, that this is the one thing will add some spontaneity in his life. He believes this will prevent him from becoming like his deceased father. Kinsella refuses to be like his father, who never done anything exciting in his whole life. His wife, Annie Kinsella (Amy Madigan), does not believe is really going to go through with actually building the field. However, she backs him up and contributes to the building of the

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