Character Analysis of Higher Learning

        Remy is the character in the movie “Higher Learning” that I am analyzing. As a freshman student in Columbus University, Remy is from Boise in Idaho.

One of the most critical experiences of Remy is to join the Neo-Nazis. He becomes a different person after that. At the beginning of the story, he is a hard-working and average student. But the night before the first class, a lot of students are having a noisy party. Remy cannot sleep and calls the security after he argued with Fudge. When the party is ordered to end, Fudge and his friends are very angry at Remy. This is the cause of the conflict. A few days later, Fudge put on loud music while Remy is studying. But Remy is afraid and does nothing in this situation. He leaves to study and moves out. This makes Remy uncomfortable to face the groups of Fudge. Remy is not good at communicating with others, he is always alone at the party, and he cannot find a close friend. However, after joining the Neo-Nazis, he finds friendship from a group of violent students. He takes out a gun after Malik says something bad to him, and he plans to revenge. Remy’s change is in a negative way. Previously he calls the security to deal with the issue, or walk away, or keep quiet when there is a conflict. But with a gun and some bad friends around, he cannot control his anger. He trashes his room, but it does not help. So he takes out his gun and plan for a future revenge. He just use violence to deal with problems, it only creates bigger problems.  As a result, at the Peace Festival, Remy stays at a rooftop with a gun. When the Neo-Nazis attract the attention of the security, Remy shoots at people. Malik catches Remy in the stairway, and they fight with each other. When the security arrives, Malik is beaten. Remy cannot find anyway to escape; he apologizes to Malik and shoots himself.