Abandonment In The Movie 'The Pursuit Of Happyness'

The Pursuit of Happyness Today, the most common thing that people, and especially youth, experience is abandonment. Abandonment is the name for a sociological occurrence that happens when a youth must create their own social networking and answer the hard questions in life by themselves because they feel that others will not help. Abandonment is everywhere in our society. Abandonment is a real issue thatmust be confronted and recognized. The movie, “The Pursuit of Happyness” has many clear examples of abandonment. The storyline of this movie is quite simple but also quite complex. The main character, played by Will smith, has a wife and a son. He also narrates his life in certain parts of the movie. Right away he announces that he first met his dad at age 29 and has vowed to not be that kind of father and to always be there and support his child. He struggles to sell bone density scanners and his family is struggling because of this. His wife leaves him and he chooses to take his son which seems to be the most important thing for him. In order to actually make money, he begins a prestigious internship where only one …show more content…
I listed what the father had to deal with but the son had a lot as well. He is also really worried that his dad might leave him. At one point in the movie that dad tells him to stay while he goes and gets something. The sun runs after him because his dad didn’t elaborate. He feels that his dad is going to leave him just like his mom. The son runs after his father while yelling for him to come back. The dad in this movie is trying to keep his son from feeling abandoned though. He tries to keep his son occupied and not worried. The son just wants thigs to go back to the way they were. Later on in the movie he announces “I just want to go home.” He keeps asking his dad not to leave the room. I truly think he fears that his dad won’t come back sometime. He is clearly experiencing clear signs of