UFS 201 Task-4

Task 4

Blog– Base on the movie that you have watched in the class, Retell the story in your way and if you were the main character, what would you do if you were experiencing the same situation?

   Base on the movie that I have watched in the class is “ The Pursuit Of Happyness “ the retell of the story is. In 1981, in San Francisco, the smart salesman and family man Chris Gardner invested the family savings in Ostelo National bone-density scanners, an apparatus twice more expensive than x-ray with practically the same resolution. The white elephant financially breaks the family, bringing troubles to the relationship with his wife that leaves him and moves to New York. Without money and wife, but totally committed with his son Christopher, Chris sees the chance to fight for a stockbroker internship position at Dean Witter, vying for one career in the end of six months training period without any salary with other twenty candidates. Meanwhile, homeless, he has all sorts of difficulties with his son.

   Chris Gardner has big dreams for him and his family but it doesn't seem to come together for him. Chris has an opportunity to be a stock broker but first he has to go through a grueling internship which means no pay. Chris decides to do it but when his wife leaves and he is evicted, he has to take care of his son on his own. So they find themselves sometimes living on the street and struggling to get by. But Chris is determined to make it. One sympathetic prospect takes him and his son to a San Francisco 49ers game. Regardless of his challenges, Chris never reveals his lowly circumstances to his co-workers, even going so far as to lend one of his bosses five dollars for a cab, a sum he can't afford.

   Concluding his internship, Chris is called into a meeting with his managers. His work has paid off and he is offered the position. Fighting back tears, he rushes to his son's day care, hugging him.

   If I were the main character and experiencing the same situation. I will do the same things like Chris Gardner. I will work hard for my success, without throw time. Although, it is difficult for me to go through all this. But, I will try as far as I can do and continue to pursue it steadily. When we go through challenges and obstacles. We will appreciate what we do when they are able to achieve success later.

Write your reflection base on the movie that you have watched.

Task to be included in your Blog :

1.   Write your summary of the story entitled “ THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS”.

  The summary of the story entitled “ The Pursuit Of Happyness “ is based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner. Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a "Bone Density scanner". He feels like he has made these devices. However, they do not sell as they are marginally better than the current technology at a much higher price. As Gardner tries to figure out how to sell them, his wife leaves him, he loses his house, his bank account, and credit cards. Forced to live out in the streets with his son, Gardner is now desperate to find a steady job; he takes on a job as a stockbroker, but before he can receive pay, he needs to go through 6 months of training, and to sell his devices. He struggles to work his way from unpaid intern at Dean Witter to something more substantial, even as life continues to offer him setbacks.

  2.  What are the lessons that you learnt in this movie?

   The lessons that I learnt in this movie is love. For example. Chris Gardner very loves his family. For especially his sons  Christopher Gardner. So willing to care for he son even though Chris Gardner has split with his wife.

   The second lesson is. Do not give up easily. For example, Chris Gardner is not easily give up work in the stockbroker company. Although he was not paid for six months working in the company.

   The third lesson is. Responsible attitude.  Chris Gardner have a sense of responsibility as parents to care for and protect her son. Even though his wife had separated the financial problems. These are the three lessons. I have learned in this movie “ The Pursuit of Happyness “.

      3.   If you Chris Gardner, what would you do to achieve your American Dream?

   If I was Chris Gardner and what will I do to achieve my American dream. Is that I will work hard to achieve my dreams. Whatever the obstacles and challenges . I will try and keep moving forward. In this way, I can achieve what I want for this. Even though it is very hard and difficult for me to go through all these obstacles. I still work hard. Besides, I will always be patient and open minded to the difficulties. Only in this way I can achieve my success. All this does not then become difficult if I always strive hard to achieve my dream of success over the years.

       4.   What does “ HAPPYNESS “ mean in the movie?

   The mean of ‘ Happyness ‘ in this movie is the pursuit of happiness as simply one's god given right to commit actions that allow a person to pursue happiness, so long as that pursuit does not deliberately involve interfering directly or indirectly with the happiness of others.

   It's impossible to define "happiness", and that's the beauty of the phrase.  It's left to each of us to define what "happiness" is going to be and how we're going to go about pursuing it.  You don't have the right to find it, or even to know that you're going to go about it the right way, but it's the ultimate elastic clause in the Declaration of Independence: do your own thing if it makes you happy.

   According to the United States, the ‘ happyness ‘ is defined as: "...one of the "unalienable rights" of people enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, along with "life" and "liberty." " The right to pursue any lawful business or vocation, in any manner not inconsistent with the equal rights of others, which may increase their prosperity or develop their faculties, so as to give them their highest enjoyment."

       5.   What is/are your personal opinion(s) about this movie? 

    In my personal opinion(s) about this movie is In movie adaptations, details are often tweaked to tighten the storyline and heighten the drama. I wondered if they had stretched the story too far. And if it weren't for the tender scenes between father and son, this Will Smith movie would have been completely depressing. Even so, Gardner's story would not have been made into a film if it hadn't been inspirational in the first place.

   Gardner found happiness. So what does the pursuit of happiness mean? It's going after your dream. Seems a pretty obvious definition of happiness, doesn't it? But think about it for a moment.

   Gardner didn't have to take that internship. To make ends meet, he could have gotten any other job. Become a waiter. Or a salesman in a big corporation. He didn't have to have such lofty ambitions. He didn't have the education for it. An ordinary man wouldn't have even considered taking up the challenge. And yet, at the end of his rope. Nearly down to the last dollar. With the welfare of his son resting on him, he still went after the big one. Not many have the courage to do that. And that's what the Pursuit of Happyness means. That is the meaning of happiness. It's going after the big one. And doing whatever it takes to get it. Was Gardner selfish? If his wife were still around, she probably would have thought so

   But, you know, when you go after your dreams, you don't just make yourself happy. You make others happy, too. And because his son was both his responsibility and inspiration, Gardner's ambition became a selfless one.