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RAY: Wait a second. Why him?

 

Shoeless Joe and the other players wait for Mann to join them, ignoring Ray's question.

RAY: I built this field! You wouldn't be here if it weren't for me.

MANN: Ray, for God's sake, I'm unattached. You've got a family.

RAY: Wait a second. Why him?

Shoeless Joe and the other players wait for Mann to join them, ignoring Ray's question.

RAY: I built this field! You wouldn't be here if it weren't for me.

MANN: Ray, for God's sake, I'm unattached. You've got a family.

Now, to truly answer this question, it's important to understand who Terrance Mann is. Or at least, who he is supposed to represent: J.D. Salinger, the American author most famous for writing the wonderful novel: The Catcher in the Rye.

Effectively Field of Dreams is based on a book called Shoeless Joe, by author W.P. Kinsella. In the novel there is no Terrance Mann. All the other characters are there, but not Terrance Mann. Basically, Kinsella, like many others, read and was fascinated by The Catcher in the Rye and became a huge Salinger fan. In fact, he was such a huge fan that he wanted to include Salinger in one of his novels.

To handle this, the film creators made a brand new character, Terrance Mann, with the exact same background as Salinger.

Now, to truly answer this question, it's important to understand who Terence Mann is. Or at least, who he is supposed to represent: J.D. Salinger, the American author most famous for writing the wonderful novel: The Catcher in the Rye.

Effectively Field of Dreams is based on a book called Shoeless Joe, by author W.P. Kinsella. In the novel there is no Terence Mann. All the other characters are there, but not Terence Mann. Basically, Kinsella, like many others, read and was fascinated by The Catcher in the Rye and became a huge Salinger fan. In fact, he was such a huge fan that he wanted to include Salinger in one of his novels.

To handle this, the film creators made a brand new character, Terence Mann, with the exact same background as Salinger.

• *He walks into the corn knowing he is going to his death, but fully embracing this as he is ready to move on to a different existence *

• He walks into the corn knowing he is going to his death, but fully embracing this as he is ready to move on to a different existence