Human nature forces individuals to form personal paradigms and aspire to follow them; however, when personal paradigms conflict with social paradigms, feelings of apathy and resentment will arise. In the film The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick, Captain Nathan Algren experiences feelings of apathy and resentment caused by a conflict between personal and social paradigms. Algren's conflicting paradigms generate a transition from apathetic behavior to a man satisfied with his personal paradigm and its relationship to the prevailing social paradigms. Algren begins his journey with alcoholism; his method of choice was used to numb the merciless emotions of apathy and divergence caused by his misaligned paradigm. Algren continues the inner evolution by freeing his mind from the past to discern the values ​​of his self reflected by the samurai. Finally, Algren applies his newfound values ​​to his life by demonstrating his personal paradigm and inspiring others to do the same. Overall, Algren experiences a series of stages that transform him into a self-actualized human being. First, Algren's feelings of divergence and indifference germinate from a personal paradigm that is sadly in conflict with the social paradigm of his peers. The social paradigm in America assumes that all natives are savages and require annihilation. Instead, Algren believes they are innocent people who don't deserve to die because of their ethnicity. Algren's personal paradigm regarding Natives does not agree with the predominant social paradigm; leading Algren to believe he has no choice but to comply. For example, during dinner with Mr. Omura, Algren is asked to help train and lead the emperor's army in Japan. Although Algren disagrees with the central part of the article, human nature implies that a person forms his own personal paradigms while on the contrary requires being part of the social paradigm. However, this does not always work, causing a clash of paradigms and giving the undecided person feelings of apathy and divergence. These feelings describe exactly how Algren feels before rediscovering his paradigm. Overall, Algren's indifference to the world is caused by his misaligned paradigm and its repercussions. He then begins the transition by clearing his mind to begin seeing his personal paradigm reflected by the samurai. Ultimately, Algren uses the newfound principles in his life and in doing so inspires others to do the same. The journey of self-realization is often characterized by obstacles and setbacks; however, fate is not as pleasant without the hard-fought journey that leads to it.