The Pursuit of Happyness

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“The Pursuit of Happyness”
“The Pursuit of Happyness” is a film starring Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith who act by the cast names Chris Gardner and Christopher respectively. Chris separates from his wife and has to take custody of his son. Thus throughout the movie, Chris struggles to make ends meet for him and his son. He gets a six-month internship, and even though he is not paid a single penny, he perseveres through the job. This sees him, and Christopher become homeless residing in shelters for the homeless and subway bathrooms. However, these hardships do not deter him from attending his internship, wearing the only pair of suit and tie he owned. Eventually, he overcomes all these hardships and a breakthrough comes his way when he introduces an esteemed client to invest in the firm. The Brokerage Company permanently employs him, and Christ gets to live a better life with Christopher. Apparently, this only motivated Chris to pursue more resulting in him opening up his own firm, which proves to be an immense success.
From the film, I find a number of things fascinating. First, from the way the thematic concerns relate to normal life for poor people to the success story inspired by determination. The film depicts that success does not come easily and one must toil and overcome obstacles to win. Chris experienced many setbacks ranging from unpaid internships, no shelter to provide his son, hard life in the streets, divorce, and loss of his car among others. However, this did not deter Chris from becoming an outstanding success in the end as he eventually succeeds to have the life he wanted for himself and his son. I realize that to become successful, we must never give up regardless of the challenges we encounter. Chris forged on, as he never thought of giving up once he started the internship. He was willing to deal with rejection from doctor who turned away his bone density machine, as well as the risk of becoming an unpaid intern. Spending a night in jail due to tax evasion did not make him lose hope. In fact, it motivated him more as he reported to Brokerage Company the following day.
Literally, necessity is the mother of invention. This is practical in the film, as Chris knew that nothing comes easy. He wanted a better life and had to use his convincing power to lure people invest into the firm. This means he had to convince the wealthy people to invest in the firm so that when the wealthy people retire, the firm could manage their retirement benefits. Although he was not paid, he did not give up. After landing on a wealthy client, he is offered permanent e...