rrible conflict with his father would never be resolved. Completing his journey allowed him to make amends with his deceased father and alleviate himself of the eternal burden of never forgiving his father or being forgiven himself for the painful words they had exchanged. Ray’s greatest dream was fulfilled, by sseing his father again, and he finally found what he had been missing all his life. It was almost as if he brought his father back to life. Ray was a happy man when he got to walk and talk with his father. “As the three of us walk across the vast emerald lake that is the outfield, I think of all the things I’ll want to talk to the catcher about . . . and we’ll hardly realize that we’re talking of love, and family, and life, and beauty, and friendship, and sharing” (215). When he was walking with his father, he enjoyed every minute of it and he was happy that his dream finally came true. There was also a void in Archie Graham’s life, until he came to Ray’s field. He never got the chance to bat in the majors. Archie only played one inning in the outfield, and that was his only major league experience. “He returns and hands to me, tenderly as a nurse passing a new child to its mother, the box score of Moonlight Graham’s only major-league game” (95). When Ray saw Archie’s game statistics, it showed that he only got to play outfield for an inning and never got to bat. Archie’s dream was fulfilled when he played and batted on Ray’s field of dreams. When Archie stepped into Ray’s car on the way back to Iowa, he was on his way to the field where his dream would come true. “The pitcher fires and Moonlight takes a curve ball for a strike. As he throws again, Moonlight snaps the bat forward and the ball sails in a high arc to right center. The center fielder backs up a couple of steps, lops a few strides to his left, and makes the...
