The escape would be dangerous and the water was frigid and filled with treacherous currents. Eastwood enlisted others in his vision of escape, individuals who acquired the same passion he displayed with the goal of getting out of Alcatraz. Staying in prison (more of the ordinary) no longer was an option for these three prisoners. Eastwood appealed to the dreams, visions, and ambitions of two other men who had no other option for the future than to change their attitude and leave. Eastwood connected with the other convicts by appealing to what was a common ideal of freedom and to the notoriety of being unique, i.e., no one had ever escaped from Alcatraz. Eastwood then animated the vision for the convicts by moving decisively and boldly. Eastwood created word pictures of what freedom from Alcatraz would look like, and this energized them all