Casablanca

only one which includes in it’s dreams the happiness of someone else.

Throughout history men have always had some one they admired. More often or not it has been a man’s man. Before Brad Pitt, there was James Dean, before Dean there was Old Blue Eyes and before Sinatra there was Humphrey Bogart. Bogart solidified his manhood in Micheal Curtiz’s Casablanca. Rick Blane is the kind of character that woman would die for and men would kill to be. This is shown when Captain Louie Reno says to Victor and Ilsa that Rick is the kind of man that if I was a woman I would be in love with.”

Before Rick Blane was introduced to the world, most male characters were more courteous and seemed more idealistic. In creating Rick, Bogart changed the premise of being a tough guy. Rick is the kind of man that no matter what, you have to respect because he never gave a reason why you should not.

He is a thinking man, this is shown when Rick is first introduced, when he is playing chess with himself. Rick’s whole life has been a chess game. From his d

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To be a tough guy you must have honor, and Rick is followed by honor.

To be tough guy you must have all of these qualities that are listed above. The honor he shows when saying his goodbye to the love of his life is truly a respectable thing. The money that the couple makes is Rick’s own money. Rick even puts his king in check when he jokes about leaving the German’s a note on where he would be.

While reminiscing about the great times the two of them had together in Paris, Rick than asks Sam to play the song that he had forbid to be played in his saloon. Rick loses his whole image all because of one song. You have to walk with confidence, treat everyone with respect and be willing to make sacrifices for what really matters in life. Nothing is more honorable than sacrificing your love for one, so she could be safe. He is so confused that he resorts into drowning his sorrows into a bottle of brandy, while questioning why “of all gin joints in all the towns of the world she has to walk into” his. The couple enters the saloon and Rick offers them the best table and suggests to Ilsa that he will have Sam play her favorite song, while really saying I will have Sam play our song, because you love me. Ilsa makes him question himself, and that is why he sits at the table and drinks with his guests.

Unfortunately like every other tough guy whether in the movies or in real life they can be brought down by true love. Rick stands with pure natural, well-deserved confidence, especially when Victor and Ilsa return to Rick’s Place for the second time.

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