Raging Bull Analysis

In the film Raging Bull, the main character Jake LaMotta goes through a long and grueling conflict with himself in the search for sanity. The victories and titles that he spends his whole life searching after wind up ruining his life and destroying the relationships he cherished the most. The problem that Jake faces the most is his lack of humility and his personified arrogance, also known as hubris. As Jake’s life and career progress, his inability to control this hubris lead him to rock bottom. The consequences Jake encounters from his hubris are also known as his nemesis. Throughout the film, Jake battles his insecurities and exhibits a complex towards himself, which his friends and loved ones begin to realize. Jake LaMotta is a self-loving boxer who allows his training and hard work to turn him into a savage wild animal. Through his constant display of hubris, LaMotta ruins everything he worked so hard to achieve and is left with nothing. Almost immediately after hearing Jake speak for the first time, the film introduces his hubris. When his wife is cooking his steak, he repeatedly tells her to stop cooking the steak. His wife angrily says to Jake, “You’re in such a hurry. You can’t wait”. Jake replies with, “No, I can 't wait. You know when I wait? When it 's important to wait”. Right from the beginning of the movie, Jake shows the type of person he is. Almost directly after this scene, another important dialogue takes place between Joey and Salvy. Joey says to