The Role Of Geography In The Movie Field Of Dreams

The four aspects that Foster would classify under “geography” depends on if the geography; develops a character, defines a character, represents a symbol and plays a specific role in the plot. In the movie Field of Dreams, the main character Ray Kinsella lives in Iowa and plows down his corn field in order to build a baseball field because baseball has always been something he has loved. He travels around the country to find different people who have impacted his life around baseball. The baseball field represents a symbol on its own because it brings together a bunch of dead baseball players as ghosts onto the field to play baseball games every night. The baseball field is a specific role in the plot because it develops the main character’s
life and makes him reunite with his deceased father through baseball.