Questions on the Film, The Pursuit of Happyness
The pursuit of Happyness
1. What was Chris Gardner’s American dream, and why did he choose this to be his dream?
Chris Gardner’s American dream in this movie is that he wants to be able to support his family financially. He chooses this to be his dream, when he sees how much the poverty affects his life with his family. His wife gets frustrated because she feels that she is working really hard when he can’t even sell one machine so they can pay their rent. It also pains him to see his son’s face, when they discuss about the rent and that’s when he really realises that he has to do something about this situation.
2. What was Chris’ plan/strategy to achieve his dream?
He was selling medicals machines, but when the market began to go down and he couldn’t sell the machines he was frustrated and didn’t know what do to. One day he met a guy with a nice car and asked him “how can you do it?” the man said, “I’m a stockbroker” and in that moment he sees everyone around him being happy and he decides to go for the job as a stockbroker. He applied to get the job, but his qualifications weren’t as good as others because he didn’t finish school when he was a young kid. He ended up getting a job interview anyway and to his surprise he got the chance to get the job if he could pass the bar.
3. What barriers/struggles did Chris face in this pursuit?
He has to face that he couldn’t sell the medical machines to pay the rent and that his wife ends up leaving him and his son. He also has to struggle to do both studying for stockbroker and selling the machines at the same time. He could still not pay the rent and ends up being homeless with his son. Everyday he had to struggle with being finish with the classes, so he and his son could get to the homeless centre before it got full.
4. How did he respond to each barrier/struggle?
He responds to these struggles by still being positive and strong for his son, so they could get a place to stay every night. Hopefully he
1. What was Chris Gardner’s American dream, and why did he choose this to be his dream?
Chris Gardner’s American dream in this movie is that he wants to be able to support his family financially. He chooses this to be his dream, when he sees how much the poverty affects his life with his family. His wife gets frustrated because she feels that she is working really hard when he can’t even sell one machine so they can pay their rent. It also pains him to see his son’s face, when they discuss about the rent and that’s when he really realises that he has to do something about this situation.
2. What was Chris’ plan/strategy to achieve his dream?
He was selling medicals machines, but when the market began to go down and he couldn’t sell the machines he was frustrated and didn’t know what do to. One day he met a guy with a nice car and asked him “how can you do it?” the man said, “I’m a stockbroker” and in that moment he sees everyone around him being happy and he decides to go for the job as a stockbroker. He applied to get the job, but his qualifications weren’t as good as others because he didn’t finish school when he was a young kid. He ended up getting a job interview anyway and to his surprise he got the chance to get the job if he could pass the bar.
3. What barriers/struggles did Chris face in this pursuit?
He has to face that he couldn’t sell the medical machines to pay the rent and that his wife ends up leaving him and his son. He also has to struggle to do both studying for stockbroker and selling the machines at the same time. He could still not pay the rent and ends up being homeless with his son. Everyday he had to struggle with being finish with the classes, so he and his son could get to the homeless centre before it got full.
4. How did he respond to each barrier/struggle?
He responds to these struggles by still being positive and strong for his son, so they could get a place to stay every night. Hopefully he