It was normal for a man to have the most power over a household. However, Walter struggles to the role his family plays in his daily life. Because of Walter’s business failure, he was able to develop and find the harmonic balance between money and family. Walter was able to face Karl Lidner when given the choice to sell his family’s dream home in return for one thousand five hundred dollars. He confronts his greed and desire to become a wealthy businessman and realizes that he lost his only supporters throughout his journey.
"The Pursuit of Happyness" is a biographical movie based on the true life of the entrepreneur Chris Gardner’s struggle to create a better life for him and his son despite he faced a lot of hardship such as financial pressure and being homeless. However, due to his perseverance and determination, and also the feeling of love and trust from his son, he overcame the obstacles he endured and became a self-made millionaire who owned a brokerage firm. The theme of the movie is defining happiness. It is about the journey and understanding Chris Gardner went through in pursuing the true meanings of happiness. The movie defines the true meanings of happiness for Chris Gardner at the moment his eyes were filled with tears of joy, when all his hard work
In the movie titled “The Pursuit of Happyness”, there was a problematic family living in San Francisco in 1981. The main character, Chris Gardner worked as a salesman invested his entire life savings in portable bone density scanner to support his family including his wife Linda and a five years old son Christopher. However, Chris’ business is not doing well and his wife was forced to work. Day after day, Linda was suffering and she always quarrelled with Chris and blamed him didn’t play the role as a responsible father and a good husband. Luckily, this was not the end for Chris.
In the movie titled “The Pursuit of Happyness”, there was a problematic family living in San Francisco in 1981. The main character, Chris Gardner worked as a salesman invested his entire life savings in portable bone density scanner to support his family including his wife Linda and a five years old son Christopher. However, Chris’ business is not doing well and his wife was forced to work. Day after day, Linda was suffering and she always quarrelled with Chris and blamed him didn’t play the role as a responsible father and a good husband. Luckily, this was not the end for Chris.
The first reason I chose this movie is it caused me to reflect on the values most important in life. My family has been a key factor in making my life more meaningful. I was born with Bladder Exstrophy, a rare birth defect. I have endured fourteen surgeries to make my life as “normal” as possible. Throughout this trial I have relied on my family.
Death of a Salesman" is a play written in 1949. The main theme of this play is the American Dream. But there is an irony in this play that completely contradicts the American Dream. Willy is a salesman who worked hard for 40 years for the same company and he is still at the bottom of the business world. His boss, Howard just inherited the company from his father and became the boss of the company without making much effort.
Walter Isaacson is an author that wrote a sensational biography about one of the most inspiring humans to ever live in the technological era, Steve Jobs. This biography shows us Steve's emotional struggles of living as an adolescent and how he grew up to be someone prodigious. The information in the biography comes from more than 500 questions asked by interviews held by Walter with Jobs. Steve Jobs is originally a Syrian kid that was born to Abdulfattah and Joanne, his real parents that gave him up for adoption because of her father's refusal of the marriage and baby. Clara and Paul Jobs, an accountant and mechanic living in San Francisco adopted the baby and named him Steve.
The Pursuit of Happyness is directed by Gabriele Muccino, starring actor Will Smith and son, Jaden Smith; a tale that is inspired by successful stockbroker, Christopher Gardner. In this movie, Chris Gardner is a salesman and a single father who struggled through life with his five year old son. Chris often finds himself broke and nowhere to go since they have been forced to leave their apartment due to late rent payment. He was struggling to make ends meet and winds up spending nights at shelter homes with his young son. He lost his entire life savings on an investment that eventually grew into a financial instability, which gave him a strong determination to turn his life around.
He is concerned about the daycare showing Love Boat and Bonanza to the children. He brings forth a tremendous amount of resolve, resiliency, and creativity which is showcased in their securing sleeping quarters in the abandoned Bay Area Rapid Transit bathroom at night until early mornings. Chris invests his entire life savings in portable bone density scanners, which he demonstrates to doctors by suggesting they are superior to modern day X-rays. Chris’s continued hounding of Dean Whitter executive Jay Twistle was noteworthy and a case study in perseverance. Chris’s ability to multi-task in the face of a host of negative stressors was displayed throughout the entire narrative.
Instead they came across Flavio da Silva. They made conversation with Flavio and then he smiled a smile that Parks could not forget and thats what made Parks want to get flavio and his family from the ooverty life. At the age of 12 Flavio had a lot responsibilities do such as cleaning, cooking, and taking care of his 7 siblings. While having all of these responsibilities Flavio suffered from untreatened sickness and he cannnot get any help from the clinic because the owner didnt like their parents because they put a shop in front of the clinic. They had very little foo and money every penny that they made went into their food each night.