On the second part of the movie “Running
Brave” the viewer can see how Billy’s life had a turnaround related to his
identity. A group of event happened through this part of the movie that affected
him hardly. The lost of Frank, his mate and very important person in Billy Mills
life, discrimination and problems with his identity. At a point of the film
Billy actually quits his dreams of running on the Olympics, but he found his
way up again and made it to fulfill his dreams.
Billy was invited to a fraternity on his
college but he wasn’t accepted because of his Indian race. Also he had an
encounter with a college security guard who hesitated if he was or not a student
or an intruder. Furthermore he was able to invite family from his tribe but the
development wasn’t the waited by Billy. His brother Frank was supposed to stay
with Mills in Kansas, but when his family came to visit him found out that Billy
had changed its indigenous identity to a more Americanized. This made his
family return to the Indian reservation as his cousin said to him “Let’s go, he
is a white now”. All of these events had a serious effect on Billy’s internal
journey to his dreams. Billy’s performance on races where quickly vanishing as
he was losing that freedom essence he felt when, to run just
because he had to, causing him to move back to the Indian reservation.
Billy Mills Indian identity was really put to
work after he reached college. After Frank death he felt emptiness insides of
him because he already lost to big persons in his life, his dad and now his
brother. The viewer can see how not only Indians, but other races, faced cultural
difficulties and discrimination in order to complete their dreams. Billy felt
defeated by society, barriers and problems at one point, but that didn’t stop him
to complete his dream of participating on the Olympics.
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