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In Pursuit of
HAPPYNESS - Coggle Diagram
In Pursuit of
HAPPYNESS
Definition of Happiness
"Happy" adjective
- feeling or showing pleasure or contentment
Can anyone feel happiness? I feel like anyone can achieve happiness. Anyone can achieve happiness can be brought out whenever and where ever it can. The reason why I believe this is because whenever you hit rock bottom you can go no where except up.
Summary of the movie.
The Pursuit of Happyness story is when a person called Chris Gardner spends his entire life savings on portable bone density scanners and tries to sell them. Unfortunately, he could not sell them as planned due to the scanners being 'unnecessary'. His wife (Linda) eventually leaves him and moves to New York due to financial problems. He loses his house, bank account, and credit cards. He even got forced to sleep in a subway restroom with his son Christopher Gardner. He now needs a job and Chris is now desperate to find a job. He worked as an intern as a stock broker which took 6 months of training. During the 6 months, he stayed at a homeless shelter. Chris managed to manifest the job 19 people were fighting for. Chris and Christopher were now happy.
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"Christopher is staying with me." Chris Gardner.
This shows that even when everything is hard, he is not giving up his son. This shows perseverance.
"I'm the type of person that if you ask me a question I don't know the answer, I'm gonna tell you that I don't know. But I bet you what, I know how to find the answer and I'll find the answer." Chris Gardner.
This means that he is honest and he shows that he never gives up.
"He must have had on some really nice pants." Chris Gardner
This shows perseverance because no matter how bad he looks or how embarrassing it is, he still came to the interview. He never gives up.
"Hey. Don't ever let somebody you can't do something. Not even me. Alright?" Chris Gardner.
This shows Chris telling his son not to give up. He is literally telling someone to not give up as he is not giving up himself.