Chris Gardner

Happyness the main character, Chris Gardner, faces life challenges throughout the movie such as financial problems. The movie starts off with Chris Gardner and his wife having an argument while their son, Christopher, is eavesdropping. His wife is not amused with Chris selling bone density scanners because he seldom sells them, and it is barely enough money to pay the bills when he does sell them. Eventually, Chris’ wife abandons them, they lose the apartment, and Chris and his son are left…

“The belief that everyone in the US has the chance to be successful and happy if they work hard”. There are many Americans that have successfully achieved their version of the American Dream. One of those people is a man by the name of Chris Gardner. Chris Gardner was someone who was a single father and lived a very impoverished life. Another person who achieved the American Dream was Helen Keller. Helen Keller is a girl who got a fever when she was young and went permanently deaf, and blind…

I think that hard working is a characteristic of Chris Gardener because after everything he went through with his wife leaving for New York and him not being able to pay his rent and having to take care, feed and give Christopher shelter he had to keep going he had to make sure he got to places on time pick up Christopher and bring him to the homeless shelter by 5:00. Another Characteristic of Chris Gardner is persistent, because no matter how many bad things came along and try to bring him down…

Christopher Gardner Christopher Gardner is a successful entrepreneur and has an inspiring story. He was the inspiration for the 2006 movie “The pursuit of happiness” in which the famous actor Will Smith played him. ( Bloomberg, 2016) Chris Gardeners’ Quotes “There is no plan B for passion.” Chris Gardner “Always, always pursue happiness.” Chris Gardner “Claim ownership of your dreams.” Chris Gardner (hoangchautks, 2016) His story He was born on the 9th of February in Milwaukee,…

Gabriele Muccino inspired by a true story about a multi-millionaire man called Chris Gardner a San Francisco man. Three characters that appear most regularly were Will Smith playing Chris Gardner, Jaden Smith as Christopher Gardner Jr and Thandie Newton as Linda Gardner. The real Chris Gardner had experienced a difficult childhood living with an abusive stepfather and also experiencing rapist by a man as a boy. The real Chris lived with relatives and in foster care after his mother was sent to…

truly feel contentment or intense joy. Even in the darkest of times, if a person remains optimistic and does not give way to negative thoughts, then happiness is attainable. The rags-to-riches tale The Pursuit of Happiness, a memoir written by Chris Gardner, explores the importance of recognizing and seizing opportunities. Even though, both the novel and film adaptation, The Pursuit of Happiness portray recognizing and seizing opportunities through time management, character development and…

values, leadership and satisfaction still matters in the world of corruption and lies. Almost anybody in his shoes would probably given up after the first rejection, but Chris Gardner is self motivated and keeps trying until he achieve his goals. This is very rare, but important human resource skill. We notice that Chris Gardner is never shown applying for welfare or food stamps, which we are sure he will qualify for .But instead, he is determined to develop his career starting from zero…

Through Chris Gardner’s struggles of homelessness, poverty, being a single parent, and fighting to win a job among twenty others with [no educational advances], The Pursuit of Happyness portrays the traditional rags-to-riches tale of the American Dream. The [first primary] [obstacle that Gardner overcame in his pursuit of the American Dream] was [his poverty]. A scene from the film shows Gardner, [a prospective, hopeful investor], [investing all his life investments/savings] on…

Imagine going from a wonderful, happy, successful life, to losing everything you have, even your family. That’s what happened in Chris Gardner’s life. In the film, The Pursuit of Happyness, the director, Gabriele Muccino, had made some choices for the events that portray the real life events of Chris Gardner's life. For Example, when Chris Gardner had completely hit rock bottom and had nowhere to live or sleep, he and his son stayed in the bathroom of a subway station. Moreover, when Chris’s…

Happyness Italian film director Gabriele Muccino made his grand debut into Hollywood filmmaking in 2006 when he decided to take an offer provided by Will Smith to direct The Pursuit of Happyness, the story of African-American entrepreneur Chris Gardner. In the film, Gardner is a salesman living with his five-year old son Christopher, and his wife Linda in an apartment in San Francisco. His financial troubles began after he decides to invest his entire life savings in overpriced portable…