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In the movie "The Station Agent", Finbar McBride comes to the realization that life is only as fun as you make it. At the beginning of the film, Fin is very introverted and does not like to get close with other people. This is understandable from his point of view because since he is a dwarf, he gets many odd looks from people when he is walking on the street. A scene that supports that Fin was quite introverted would be when Joe, the coffee stand guy, asks him to have a beer. Even though Fin said he drinks occasionally, he did not want to have a beer with Joe because he did not know him and he would rather be left alone. Another example would be the fact that Fin does not go to bars because he doesn't want to be looked at as a freak show by others. Later on in the movie, Fin finally goes to the bar to meet Joe and even though Joe could not make it, Fin starts talking to the local librarian. There is also a scene where Fin goes to the bar by himself and he feels that everyone is looking at him in a funny way. He responds to this by getting up on the bar table and telling everyone to look at him. This was a significant change for Fin from the beginning of the film because he never would have stood up and asked for attention in the bar from everyone, let alone go to the bar in the first place. Fin made an important contribution to the film by influencing his new town around him in the people in it. Not only did Fin change himself throughout the film, but he also made the other characters in the movie change as well. If Fin had not moved into his new town, than nothing would have changed for Fin or the other characters in the film as well.