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Well, he symbolizes an idealized version of America's WWII foreign policy changes. At the beginning of the movie, Rick says "I stick my neck out for nobody" and he adheres to that maxim for most of the movie. But at the end he realizes that there are things worth fighting for, and things bigger and more important than himself and his own needs.

Unfortunately, the people of the U.S. and the people they elected to govern them did not collectively come to some kind of glorious epiphany about the meaning of heroism and freedom. America's involvement in World War II was minimal until the Japanese attacked us personally on our home turf (Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii).

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