Shamaya Bost Mrs.Hauser Freshman Seminar 29 April 2013 Pay it forward: Character Analysis In the movie Pay It Forward‚ many characters can tell many life lessons. Today I am going to focus on the character Mr.Simonet and the many things they did to help and the things they had to endure in their lifetime. When Mr.Simonet was younger his mother and father were off and on. One day this made his father extremely angry and his father to his anger out on Eugene‚ Mr.Simonet first name. His father
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Pay It Forward is a book about Trevor McKinney’s idea to change the world for his eighth grade social studies class. Paying it forward is a domino effect of doing good deeds. In Trevor’s project‚ he decides to pay it forward to three people. In return‚ each of those three people have to do a good deed for three more people. The book goes through Trevor’s experience with trying to make this project a reality. First‚ Trevor picks three people to pay it forward to‚ Jerry‚ Mrs. Greenberg and his social
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yourself with hope.” – Barack Obama. This quote by Barack Obama‚ relates to the movie Pay It Forward by Mimi Leder made in 2000‚ in the way that Trevor did not wait for good to happen to him‚ he just went out and started helping out. The little boy Trevor wants to start a movement called pay it forward‚ were one person helps another person and that one person has to help out three other people and so forth. Paying it forward could actually work in real life‚ but we need someone to actually start the movement
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Pay It Forward is an inspiring movie about a boy who creates a movement from Nevada to California. This movement called “Pay it forward” started just from a 7th grade social studies class. It all starts with yourself‚ you do something nice or help 3 people in a major way and then they carry it on to 3 other people each. The numbers will grow so immense that the movement is able to stretch into different states in all different kinds of areas. This movement is an example of transcendentalism. Trevor
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Pay It Forward - A Biblical Comparison "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." This is what we know as the golden rule. In today ’s society‚ it seems to have been altered just a tad - "Do unto other ’s before they do unto you." Albeit a negative connotation‚ it can be turned one hundred eighty degrees into a positive thought and gesture. The movie Pay It Forward does just that. This movie tells the story of a social studies teacher who gives an assignment to his junior high school class
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movie‚ Pay it Forward by Mimi Leder does not directly relate to being a Christian‚ more so it’s about the virtues of being a Christian. For example in the movie‚ Trevor‚ the main protagonist‚ showed fortitude‚ selflessness‚ and courage. This all starts on the first day of school for Trevor‚ when his social studies teacher Mr. Simonet gives an assignment to his students. The assignment was to change the world; Trevor took that assignment to the test. Trevor came up with an idea called‚ “Pay it forward
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Pay it Forward PSY/490 June 17‚ 2013 Pay it Forward I chose to perform an anonymous act of kindness in the drive thru at Starbucks Friday morning on the way to work in completion of this assignment when I paid for the customer’s order behind me. I thought about it for a little while wondering if they too would pay it forward. So last night I was looking at my Facebook page‚ and my Aunt Theresa posted “So I went to Starbucks this morning (long line!!) When I got to the window cashier
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Pay It Forward -A Movie Reflection Professor Eugene Simonet placed a big challenge on his Social Studies students: Think of an idea to change our world-and put it into action. Majority of the students responded negatively to the challenge‚ finding it weird and hard‚ except Trevor McKinney. He had a very permeable mind and he was ready to listen to anyone. With a longing for someone to guide him‚ a father-like figure‚ he responded to his professor’s challenge with positivity and eagerness
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Comparison Essay Differences between book and the movie “Pay it Forward” appear very rare. In most of the cases they are the same. Although‚ movie gave me a better understanding of the book after reading it. The first similarity which is shown between movie and the book is the main idea. Mr. Reuben in the novel and Kevin Spacey in the film‚ Cultural Studies teacher‚ challenged students by giving them an extra assignment. The purpose of it is to make something which would change the world to a better
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REFLECTION: Pay It Forward Maybe someday I’ll have kids of my own. I hope so. If I do‚ they’ll probably ask what part I played in the movement that changed the world. And because I’m not the person I once was‚ I’ll tell them the truth. My part was nothing. I did nothing. I was just the guy in the corner doing my usual thing.. I found out that actions have consequences‚ and not everything is under my control. Until I found out that I couldn’t change the world at all‚ but a seemingly extra-ordinary
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