Perhaps one of the greatest movies of all times is the one shown here above, Field of Dreams. Here one of the most widely known phrases every used is spoken, "Build it and he will come". This is the epitome of Marwell & Schmidt's Taxonomy regarding reward. To watch and see as he is walking in his corn field the whispering voice and promise if you build it he will come. This plays into the reward influence of if you do this then you will get this.
Kevin Costner plays a great role here wandering around looking for whomever maybe speaking to him. But where his wife Annie and child do not hear the whispering voice it begs to ask the question is he going crazy or where is he hearing it. The longing voice seems to cut into his soul and begs him to build it. Of course he asks himself later on what he is to build and who will come? I think that this is a tremendous amount of faith, not knowing what the reward actually will be until after it is built.
The process premise connects with the need to build it so that his father will come. It also establishes the emotional desire to follow through with it. Aimlessly he wanders that cornfield searching for answers until later in the evening he knows what needs to happen. I really like that even though they are ready to loose their farm he keeps on traveling across the United States picking up ball players. This amount of dedication shows a level of consistency.
If you have never seen this movie you need to sit down with your kids tonight and watch it.
Thank you for reminding me about this great movie. I always enjoyed the faith he put into the voice he heard and the reward he received after building it. Great job on breaking it down.
ReplyDeleteDude! That took me back. Has always been one of my favorites. Don't watch it much anymore cause my wife hates it for some reason. Of course, I love it because it's baseball. Secondly, like Trent, love how he trusts in the voice despite the shame it brings his family. Especially when he didn't know the true meaning of what the voice was telling him. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteI would like to say that I have seen this movie but perhaps its time to re-watch it. Interesting take on the reward part of the tactics. Sometimes we have to wait for our reward but it seems as if society is molded into have that quick gratification. Great analysis.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if in the minds of people they automatically think about the opposite. Here you talk about reward outcome. Do you think when people think of the reward outcome they think of what negativity would come if they didn't do the one task?
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