REACTION PAPER

Why is the word ‘Happyness’ spelled with a ‘y’ instead of an ‘I’ in the movie

title? What are the problems that the lead character faced off? How the protagonist overcome the

struggles in the movie?

Before I watch the movie, many questions runs on my mind and that questions

leads to wake up my curiosity. The movie shows how Chris Gardner (Will Smith) does

everything just to earn money for his family. I feel pity for him because I know the feeling of

having a big responsibility on your shoulders. As the head of the family, Chris does everything

for his family to have them a better future. I also salute Chris Gardner because he is one o the

definition of a great father. He sacrifices a lot of time and money for buying a franchise to sell

bone scanner but the doctor said it was too expensive. But Chris don’t give up. He keeps

working hard to all the expenses. But when his wife Linda (Thandie Newton) left him, I feel a

little bit angry at the same time. How could a wife/mother leave her family in their downfall?

Instead of helping her family, she chooses to leave her family.

That problem will be not the reason for Chris to give up. A man named Jay Twistle (Brian

Howe) help him to have a decent job. But that job make the situation worst. Chris decreasing his

money and later on, they homeless. That is the reason why they sleep in the cold street also in the

church too. From his destitutions and homeless, it encourage Chris to do his job harder and

harder to get a job in Dean Witter Reynolds. In the last part , Chris succeeds to become the best

participant and he becomes one o the employee in that company. Many years later, he makes a

stock firm and sold his stock and earn million dollars from it.

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 Why the spelling of the movie title is like that? The unusual spelling of the film's

title comes from a sign Gardner saw when he was homeless. In the film, "happiness" is

misspelled (as "happyness") outside the daycare facility Gardner's son take care by a nanny

named Mrs. Chu (Takayo Fischer) .

I therefore conclude that giving up is not an option. God gave you challenges that

he know that you could surpass. Always prepared yourself with good, to face your problems and

challenge life.

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 REVIEW PAPER

This movie helps me to be more inspired and motivated , look forward and just

see the positive side of our life. This story is a true life story of Chris Gardner, a man who

surpass many challenges in life. Chris Gardner act by the award winning actor Will Smith. The

movie is directed by Gabriele Muccino and written by Steve Conrad. Chris Gardner is a example

of a great father , who will do everything for his son. The condition of Chris family become

worse and worse moreover when he often park his car everywhere. Chris cannot pay the traffic

ticket letter, so his car is taken. Knowing about that problem, Linda leave Chris and their son and

goes to New York City. Because of not having money to pay bills, they’ve got evicted in their

house and sleep on the cold streets o San Francisco, California. Even they sleeps on the street, he

continue to work unpaid for him to be choose as the best trainee in their team and to get the

position of being a stock broker. He suffer from different kind of problems but that struggles will

not be the reason for him to give up easily instead he becomes more motivated and stronger in

life. He work hard ,show his skills and motivation to be accepted by the company.

The film debuted first at the North American box office and earn million dollars

during the week end opening. The movie won a lot of awards like Academy Award, Golden

Globe Awards, MTV Movie Award, Teen Choice Award etc.

Don’t give up. Just think about you’re the people that believe in your abilities to

surpass conflicts in life. Always face your problems and solve it. No one can drag you down .

always stand up and say what you feel.

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 CRITIQUE PAPER

The movie ‘Pursuit of Happyness’ shows how hard being normal human does

facing different conflicts in the human world. Life is a struggle for single father Chris Gardner

(Will Smith). His wife left them and evicted from their apartment, he and his young son

Christopher (Jaden Christopher Syre Smith) find themselves alone in the cold street of

Francisco, California. Even though Chris eventually lands a job as an intern at a huge firm, he is

just there for training and there is no salary at all. The pair must live in shelters and endure many

conflicts, but Chris refuses to give in to despair as he struggles to create a better life for himself

and his son. However, in movie ‘I am Legend’ also act by the award-winning actor Will Smith.

Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist and a survivor of a man-made plague that

transforms humans into bloodthirsty mutants. He wanders alone through New York City, calling

out for other possible survivors, and works on finding a cure for the plague using his own

immune blood. He will do everything to find other humans in the world of full of monsters.

The character that Will Smith portrays in the first movie is a struggling salesman

takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional seeker. While in the

other movie he act as a former U.S. Army medical doctor and scientist before the worldwide

plague, and spends the next three years trying to find a cure while defending himself against the

Darkseekers. In spite of that, Chris and Robert are both fathers who love their child so much and

they will do everything for them to be protected and safe all the times.

The movie is so wonderful that I could watch it repeatedly. I will give the movie a

perfect 10 because the movie shows what the real world really is. The only part that I did not like

is when his wife left him and their son. While I am watching, the movie made me realize that

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there are no challenges that God gave to you that you cannot surpass. Just think about like this,

the challenges that you are experiencing right now are the things that will make you stronger and

better person.

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