when times are tough and everything seems hopeless. Both Jenny from the short story “Circus in town” and Chris Gardener from The article “Happyness for Sale” experienced this. Jenny has hopes and dreams that cannot be financially met by her parents, and Chris went through homelessness with his young son where trying to live was a struggle in itself. Without the optimism both Jenny and Chris possess, they could easily fall into the dark hole of depression and hopelessness. Jenny in the…
turns on a bedside lamp illuminating a clock that shows 5:30 a.m. He says “time to wake up, man.” This man is Christopher Gardner, an eager salesman, trying to overcome trials and hardships of his life in the early 1980’s. Gardner, who misguidedly sinks his entire life savings into what he believes is the future of medicine, loses his wife and home. Based in San Francisco, Gardner, who also has a young son to care for, looks for shelters or housing whenever possible often arriving too late or…
this book is “The Pursuit of HappYness” written by Chris Garden. The two desires I had when beginning this book were: 1. That it would for the most part be the same story as told in the motion picture with a couple changes that were made for realistic impact - (like no Rubik's 3D square, no night spent in the tram restroom, and no appearing for the meeting shirtless and secured in paint, and so on... 2. That I would not care for Chris Gardner. I had been told by another person that the book…
Somebody once said that “when one has reached rock bottom, the only place for them to go, is up,” and that is precisely what Jenny, from “Circus in Town” by Sinclair Ross, and Chris Gardner, from “Happyness For Sale,” which is an interview conducted by Jia Lynn Yang, did. Although Jenny and Chris come from less fortunate families, they optimistically proceed forward towards what life has installed for them. Jenny, in “Circus in Town” dreams of participating in the audience of a circus, but…
In the movie the Pursuit of Happyness Chris Gardner once said, “If you got a dream you gotta protect it” (Gardner). In this movie we see Chris, Christopher Jr., and Linda start off has a happy family, despite their financial issues. Over time Chris’s lack of job stability causes his wife Linda to leave him. Now it is up to Chris to find a job, so he can provide for his son. In the book the Glass Castle, The Walls family also struggles with financial stability. Although they both struggle with…
place in the hard streets of San Francisco in the 1980s. Chris Gardner, the main character played by Will Smith, is trying to fulfill the legacy of the American Dream, but his family is in quite the struggle. Chris is attempting to make a living and provide for his family by selling bone density scanners (similar to an x-ray machine, but with slightly better picture and much more pricey) to doctor’s offices and other medical facilities. Chris has a way with people, and he has the potential to do…
this through the character of Chris Gardner. Although in a way similar although in the opposite way to Atticus Chris attempts to appear more equal to others by hiding his bad financial situation. Gardner hides this fact mainly by wearing a suit, this action is not common of people in a bad financial situation to do thus this hides his situation making him appear to be more equal with the majority of the population. Gardner also hides this by lying, such as when gardner is asked why he is…
we can actually never have it,” as Chris Gardner once said. ”The pursuit of happyness,” directed by Gabriele Muccino and released in 2008 is a movie based on the story of Chris Gardner, a man who loses everything, but eventually gains everything. In the movie, he is a hard-working, caring and loving father, who struggles financially to provide for his son. This causes life to become tough; however, Muccino illustrates to find the good in bad situations. Chris (played by Will Smith) is put…
Man’s Struggle and the search for greater good is depicted in the movie through Chris Gardner and the struggles that he faces to make it in life. He is seen to be struggling in achieving his dreams while at the same time trying to keep his family together. Chris struggles seem to follow his everywhere as he decides to invest all his money in a business that takes too long to bring back the return. He creates portable bone…
Masculinity in The Pursuit of Happyness The Pursuit of Happyness, produced by Columbia Pictures, is a movie based on a true story of an African-American man named Chris Gardner, a multi-millionaire investor and a motivational speaker. Gardner is not only a persistent, hard-working, assertive and confident man, but also a responsible father, who played both roles as a single parent. Thus, he is a clear example to prove that the negative perspectives about African-American men are wrong. As people…