'Moonlight Graham's Field Of Dreams In Shoeless Joe'

Graham’s Field of Dreams Every character in stories has a goal, a motive, or a dream that they must fulfill. Whether it be getting the girl or defeating the villain. All characters have something to strive for, ending in success... or failure. There are a lot of characters with dreams in the story Shoeless Joe. Mark’s dream is that of a land developer. Ray’s dream is to see his father and save his field and farm. Salinger’s dream becomes a baseball fan’s dream. All of these are great dreams, but the most interesting is that of Moonlight Graham. Archibald Wright "Moonlight" Graham was born on November 10, 1879 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He grew up to be a good baseball player. He played baseball in the minor leagues for three years before joining the Giants on May 23, 1905. He would always practice with the Giants, but he had only got to play in one game. In the bottom of the eighth inning against the Brooklyn Superbas in Washington Park, Graham was sent in to play right field, replacing George Browne. Graham played the bottom of the ninth in right field but
Salinger are sent on a quest to find out about “Moonlight” Graham. “Go the distance” Both of the men go to Chrisholm to research about Graham and interview people for information on him. One night, Ray decided to walk down a street. Magically, he went back in time to 1955. He saw Doc Graham on the street and he started to ask him questions about his career. “I’d been out walking, I had a feeling that you might appear...” They talk about the origins of Doc Graham’s nickname, Moonlight Graham. According to Doc, he couldn’t go to sleep one night, so he put on his uniform and went for a walk. Then, one of his teammates woke up and asked Graham why he was walking in the moonlight. That one teammate woke up managed to wake up the rest and they started to call Graham, “Moonlight” Graham. “ Archie Graham’s going out to the ballpark to play in the goll-danged