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    daycare. Eventually‚ someone in the family will not be happy and will leave. Now you’re a single parent‚ with no money‚ and a child to support. Now we all know that u can always imagine but can you believe that this really happened to someone. The Pursuit of Happiness is a moving‚ true-life story of a single dad who went from living on the streets to owning his own company. Set in the 1980’s in San Francisco‚ the film shows the hard times and slow but great comeback of Chris Gardner‚ who suddenly became

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    The Pursuit of Happyness “The Pursuit of Happyness” is a story about a man named Chris Gardner‚ who is the protagonist of the film‚ surviving many things thanks to many qualities he possesses. Gardner’s predicament is one that takes much determination to get through while also trying to be the best role model he can for his son. His social skills have helped him come far‚ including into an internship at Dean Witter. Without his intelligence‚ he would have flunked early in the game. These internal

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    The Pursuit of Happyness is a true-life story of a single father‚ Chris Gardner‚ who went from living on the streets to owning his own brokerage firm. This film charts the hard times and eventual comeback of Chris‚ a suddenly single salesman who had custody of his son‚ but encounters a challenge in providing for him and his son. Chris struggles his way as life continues to offer him setbacks to working as an unpaid intern at Dean Witter to being offered a permanent position as a broker on his last

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    Social stereotypes and Happiness The Pursuit of Happyness 11/21/2012 Instructor: Prof. Kristin Little Author: Tareq Naseer Alsamarh Social stereotypes and happiness The story of the movie The Pursuit of Happyness directed by Gabriele Muccino portrays a family who struggles with finding enough money to pay taxes and afford living expenses. The movie takes a place in San Francisco during the 80s. The two main characters are the father Chris Gardner and his son Christopher‚ Will Smith

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    “The Pursuit of Happyness” The Pursuit of Happyness is a movie based one a true story about a man called Chris Gardner. The main theme in this movie is the American dream and it is a common dream that everyone share. It is the dream of having success and happiness. To fulfill your American dream you need to have the abilities and the courage to achieve your dream. Chris Gardner is a fabulous example for pursing his American dream. The storyline in “The Pursuit of Happyness” is about how fare

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    Purtsuit or Happyness: True Story Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9‚ 1954 in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin) is a self-made millionaire‚ entrepreneur‚ motivational speaker‚ and philanthropist who‚ during the early 1980s‚ struggled with homelessness while raising his toddler son‚ Christopher‚ Jr. Gardner’s book of memoirs‚ The Pursuit of Happyness‚ was published in May 2006. As of 2006‚ he is CEO of his own stockbrokerage firm‚ Gardner Rich & Co‚ based in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ where he resides when

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    The Pursuit of Happyness The Movie The Pursuit of Happyness made in 2006. Directed by Gabriele Muccino‚ this movie is about a man who was broke‚ homeless‚ and had to support his five year old son alone. The movie takes place in 1981‚ in San Francisco. The movie is rated PG13 and stars Will Smith as Chris Gardner‚ and Will Smith’s son Jaden as Christopher Gardner Jr. The movie represents how hard work can change a person’s life for the better. Throughout

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    sometimes in nervous excitement. In The Pursuit of Happyness‚ Will Smith plays Chris Gardner‚ a motivated man living on the last of his means. Chris is constantly looking for a consistent quality of life‚ but seems to get beaten down at every road. A few times throughout the movie‚ Gardner expresses his thoughts on happiness‚ and whether or not it is actually attainable. Chris soon discovered that there was several advantages and disadvantages during his pursuit of his dream of a happy successful life

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    with its many benefits‚ there are also flaws‚ such as a large homeless population. The Pursuit of Happyness is a movie based on a true story about a man named Chris Gardner‚ and his struggle to live a happy life. Jonathan Kozol’s essay‚ “The Homeless and Their Children” is about Laura and her struggle to maintain a good life for herself and her family. Will Smith‚ as Chris Gardner‚ in The Pursuit of Happyness is very similar to Laura from “The Homeless and Their Children” because they both are unable

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    ‘The Pursuit Of Happyness’ What is the movie about? ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ directed by Gabrielle Muccino‚ a film based on a man name Chris Gardner’s with his struggles of being homeless for almost one year and along his side was his young son and wife. They struggled to pay off their rent and were often chased out by the rent owner. Chris and his wife were selling off the portable bone-density scanners that they have invested their entire life savings on. Willingly assuming they had hit jackpot

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