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Analysis Of Uncle Rico In Napoleon Dynamite

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Most people decide to live in the present or plan for the future in most of their lives, but many people focus on the past not only as their ages of glory but also as the only important point in their lives. A particularly poignant example of this phenomenon is the titular character uncle, Rico, from the movie Napoleon Dynamite. Rico’s saga consists of a middle-aged man who lets his teenage aspirations of being a star football player control his thinking long into adulthood. Uncle Rico provides a fantastic example of the common phenomenon of desiring and dreaming for possibilities from the past instead of actively attempting to improve his own life in the present. Uncle Rico is one of many people in the modern age who live sad existences focusing
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