Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Nhoroondo: Achiri kuyaruka, Dean akatsvaka zano uye ushamwari hwomufundisi weMethodist womunzvimbomo, Rev. James DeWeerd, uyo anoratidzika kuva akanga ane pesvedzero yokuumba pana Dean, zvikurukuru pazvido zvake zvomunguva yemberi mukurwisana nenzombe, makwikwi emotokari, uye mitambo. Maererano naBilly J. Harbin, Dean aiva no"ukama hwepedyo nomufundisi wake, uhwo hwakatanga mugore rake rokupedzisira pachikoro chesekondari uye hwakapfuurira kwamakore akawanda". Ukama hwavo hwepabonde hunofungidzirwa hwakataurwa mubhuku raPaul Alexander ra1994 Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Life, Times, and Legend of James Dean. Muna 2011, zvakashumwa kuti Dean akamboudza Elizabeth Taylor kuti akabatwa chibharo nemumwe mufundisi anenge makore maviri mushure mekufa kwaamai vake. Mamwe mashoko pamusoro pehupenyu hwaDean anoratidzawo kuti angave akashungurudzwa pabonde naDeWeerd achiri mwana kana kuti aive nehukama hwepabonde naye achiri kuyaruka. Kuita kwaDean kwese kuchikoro kwaive kwakatanhamara uye aive mudzidzi akakurumbira. Akatamba mu baseball uye varsity basketball teams, akadzidza mutambo, uye akakwikwidza mukutaura paruzhinji kuburikidza neIndiana High School Forensic Association. Pashure pokupedza kudzidza paFairmount High School muna May 1949, akadzokera kuCalifornia nembwa yake, Max, kuti anogara nababa vake naamai vokurera. Akanyoresa kuSanta Monica College (SMC) uye akapedza kudzidza pre-mutemo. Akatamira kuUCLA kweimwe semesita uye akachinja basa rake guru kuita mutambo, izvo zvakaguma nekuparadzaniswa nababa vake. Akapikira Sigma Nu fraternity asi haana kutongovhurwa. Paaive kuUCLA, Dean akasarudzwa kubva muboka revatambi mazana matatu nemakumi mashanu kuti aratidze Malcolm muMacbeth. Panguva iyoyo, akatangawo kutamba mumusangano waJames Whitmore. Muna Ndira 1951, akasiya UCLA kuti aite basa renguva yakazara semutambi.  Mubvunzo: Imbwa yake yainzi ani?
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