Chariots of Fire

Chariots of FIRE

Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell both ran, but for different reasons, both ran on the same team, but yet competed against each other, and each had a completely different goal in his mind while he ran.
Harold Abrahams was a very fast runner who wanted more than anything to win, win, win! However, his reason for wishing to win was because he was a Jew. The fact that he was a Jew made him feel that he was ill-treated, and if he ever wanted to be somebody, he would have to make a name for himself. He felt it would be the only way to achieve respect of others. He once said after losing a race, “I run to win; If I can’t win, I won’t run”. This shows his beliefs and philosophy for running as simply as it could. If he couldn’t be the greatest, he wanted...