The Pursuit Of Happyness Rhetorical Analysis

The movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, is based on a true story about a guy named Chris Gardner. He is is heavily invested in a machine called a “Bone Density Scanner.” These devices are not selling very well even though they are better than the equipment they are using. While he is trying to figure out how to sell his device, put his son Christopher through school, and pay his bills, his wife leaves him. He is then kicked out of his house, his bank account that had a little amount of money in it, and his credit cards are turned off. Now, Chris and his son are forced to live on the streets and in and out of shelters until he can find a steady job. He finds a job as a stockbroker but before he can make pay, he has to go through six months of training. In the movie, it shows many examples of communication concepts that we have went over in class. I feel like the most prominent communication concepts used were: self-presentation, improving oneself, and perception. Chris Gardner does his best, with what he has, to self present himself very well. Self-presentation, to me, is presenting yourself the best you
Before Chris’s interview for the stock broking internship position, the panels perception of Chris was a stereotype. The way he was dressed and presented his self to the panel caused them to stereotype him by his looks. After his interview, the panels perception of him had completely changed just by listening to him and letting him explain his situation. Chris’s chance at the internship was very high after his interview, even with him looking the way he did. In the movie, there are many perception views of Chris by the way he dresses and carries his self. If the panel just when off their perception and stereotyping him, his chances of the internship wasn’t very high. After they listened to him explain, their perception changed and their stereotype didn’t matter, he was offered the