We are marshall
“We Are Marshall”
Olivia Avery
7/16/14
English 101
Boose
The movie “We Are Marshall” is a movie about football. The movie isn’t just a normal football movie. It’s a movie that shows how a town and a college rebuilds after the tragedy that they went through. The town of Huntington, West Virginia and Marshall University went through the tragedy of a plane crash that killed seventy-five people, including football players, coaches, fans, boosters, mothers, fathers, doctors, lawyers and even governors. From this experience people had a choice to rebuild or continue to mourn their loved ones. Nate Ruffin, Donald Dedmon and Coach Jack Lengyel chose to rebuild through ways of leadership, optimism and morals.
Leadership was automatically shown in the beginning of the movie. After the plane crash Nate Ruffin was there to help identify the bodies of his teammates. Ruffin is the co-captain of Marshall’s football team and due to the plane crash the president of the school, Dedmon wanted to suspend the football program. He wanted to suspend the program because the people in the community felt as if it would be disrespectful to play and they have to come to a field to see what they lost. Also, he wanted to end the program because there were only four football players left. Ruffin takes the responsibility in his hands for the program not to end by going to the closed meeting that included the board of trustees and president of the school. There at the meeting Ruffin protests that they shouldn’t end the football program because all of Marshall is behind him and to prove this he had the whole school outside and had them chant “We Are Marshall” over and over. Ruffin also doesn’t want the program to end because he felt as if his teammates didn’t die in vain. His teammates died for what they loved doing and the only way to honor them is by winning games. Due to Ruffin’s protest, the board of trustees and president decided to keep the football
Olivia Avery
7/16/14
English 101
Boose
The movie “We Are Marshall” is a movie about football. The movie isn’t just a normal football movie. It’s a movie that shows how a town and a college rebuilds after the tragedy that they went through. The town of Huntington, West Virginia and Marshall University went through the tragedy of a plane crash that killed seventy-five people, including football players, coaches, fans, boosters, mothers, fathers, doctors, lawyers and even governors. From this experience people had a choice to rebuild or continue to mourn their loved ones. Nate Ruffin, Donald Dedmon and Coach Jack Lengyel chose to rebuild through ways of leadership, optimism and morals.
Leadership was automatically shown in the beginning of the movie. After the plane crash Nate Ruffin was there to help identify the bodies of his teammates. Ruffin is the co-captain of Marshall’s football team and due to the plane crash the president of the school, Dedmon wanted to suspend the football program. He wanted to suspend the program because the people in the community felt as if it would be disrespectful to play and they have to come to a field to see what they lost. Also, he wanted to end the program because there were only four football players left. Ruffin takes the responsibility in his hands for the program not to end by going to the closed meeting that included the board of trustees and president of the school. There at the meeting Ruffin protests that they shouldn’t end the football program because all of Marshall is behind him and to prove this he had the whole school outside and had them chant “We Are Marshall” over and over. Ruffin also doesn’t want the program to end because he felt as if his teammates didn’t die in vain. His teammates died for what they loved doing and the only way to honor them is by winning games. Due to Ruffin’s protest, the board of trustees and president decided to keep the football