Baseball... a true American game and past time that has been part of our
             lives from the beginning. It has stood the test of time simply because of it's purity
             and infinite list of players that have ffostered the game to what it is today. Yet a
             single blemish remains that took place in 1919 when the World Series was thrown
             by eight players including Shoeless Joe Jackson. "Shoeless Joe Jackson who last
             played major league baseball in 1920 and was suspended for life, along with seven
             of his compatriots, by Commissioner Mountain Landis, for his part in throwing the
             1919 World Series" Kinsella (6,7). Many of Shoeless Joe's greatest fans including
             Ray Kinsella were deeply saddened to hear the news that their hero would no
             longer be playing baseball. "The name Kenesaw Mountain Landis became
             synonymous with the devil" Kinsella (7). In the novel Shoeless Joe by W.P
             Kinsella and the movie Field of Dreams by Phil Alden Robinson differ in terms of
             relationships, characters,and are similar in plot, and have majical content.
             In each of the works the relationships between the charaters are contrasted.
             In the novel Annie was very supportive of her hard working husband Ray who ran
             their farm. When Ray told Annie that he had heard voices in the field she was
             interested in what he had heard. The words Ray heard were "If you build it he will
             come" Kinsella (5). He could not believe what he was hearing. At first he thought
             he was dreaming. Ray knew the voice meant something about the baseball field.
             When he informed Annie about his dream she gave him her blessings and
             encouraged ray one hundred percent. In the movie however Annie's perception of
             her husbands aspirations differed greatly. When Ray suggested the idea to Annie,
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