t. To top matters off, there's some question about whether Bunny is really in any danger. In this movie, The Dude, embodies contradicting characteristics. At one point, he is lazy, mellow, carefree, while at critical moments he is conscientious and assertive. Throughout the movie glimpses of these traits are shown. The first scene for instance, introduces us to the Dude, the bum. He is in a grocery store when he opens a carton of milk, smells it, and then proceeds to drink it. Then when he is checking out he writes a check for a total of .87 cents. This epitomizes the deadbeat. We immediately see that the Dude cares for nothing more than a fresh carton of milk. However, later in the movie, Dude shows glimpses of intelligence when he plans to deliver the ransom money. However, Walter takes over and botches the whole delivery. Then later in the movie, Dude overcomes his laziness and stupidity and solves the case of the missing money. He perseveres and deducts that The Big Lebowski, duped everybody.Then there is Walter, who starts off the movie as an ultra conservative who would never even think about cheating at bowling. On the other hand, later in the movie, he tells the Dude that they should steal the money for the Big Lebowski. This portrayal of contradictory personality traits represents a wide array of the American population thus making viewers feel included. In conclusion, Robert B. Ray says that by creating characters that represent a wide variety of personality traits classic Hollywood connects with the American psychological pattern that suggests Americans base their ego identity on a tentative combination of dynamic polarities (300). Overall, The Dude and Walter in the movie, The Big Lebowski both employ this method in order to make the viewers feel like they are part of the character....
