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.

loved. Through the support of his family Ray was able to accomplish his dream

consumer purposes. In the novel J.D Salinger played a prominate role in Ray's

farm. "Richard Kinsella is my identical twin brother" Kinsella (33). These

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