The Pursuit of Happiness & Erin Brockovich
Will Smith is a social outcast in this movie. He was selling medical equipment but this machine wasn’t very useful. So he decided to participate in the training program. During the training period was unpaid. People through the training period, get used to regular employees is only one person. But he never gave up and tried hard.
1. In the movie, “The “Pursuit of Happiness”, Will Smith tells his son to “never let anyone tell you that you can’t do something.”
Q.1: What do you think he meant by that? And why did he say that?
A.1: Will Smith’s son said “want to be a basketball player” but Will Smith said “you can’t”. His son was the face wounded. Will Smith tells his son to “never let anyone tell you that you can’t do something”. He wanted to tell his son, “you shouldn’t give up never even been said that it is impossible to someone”. If his son doesn’t give up, dreams come true.
2. In the movie, “The “Pursuit of Happiness”, Will Smith shows up for an interview for an internship position at a famous stock broking company wearing regular clothes and covered in paint.
Q.2: Why did he show up like that? And why did he get the internship position? What would you have done in that situation?
A.2: Will Smith was kicked out of the house because he didn’t pay the rent of the house. Morning of the next day, people who paint comes, so he was ordered to eviction. But he can’t it. He suggests that the painting himself. Landlord gave the grace of one week. When he is painted, chime sounds, and the police came. He was arrested because he didn’t pay the parking fines. Check the fine can’t accept only 9:30 in the morning of the next day and Interview start is 10:15. So he couldn’t change into suits. He talking about that thing for examiners and he spoke honestly the truth. His appeal point is honest and he finds a solution. I would give up if I was in his position.
3. In the movie, “Erin Brockovich”, Julia Roberts who plays Erin in the movie, got a job at a small law firm.
Q.3: How did she end up working there? Do you agree or disagree with her approach to getting the job?
A.3: Although judge said that trial can be win comfortably but it lost. So she said “you should give some job in this law firm” and she can get a job.
I agree with her approach to getting the job. She has three children and she is single mother. If there is no work, it is not possible to raise a child. So I think it necessary to get a job in a manner somewhat aggressive approach.
4. In the movie, “Erin Brockovich”, Julia Roberts talks about life not always turning out the way we expect it to.
Q.4: What do you think she meant by that? Give examples from the movie?
A.4: Erin once won some beauty contest but now, she is single. She was thought to be happy old days. That thing is not good for her children so she talks about life not always turning out the way we expect it to.
5. Both movies are true stories about people who were able to overcome extreme financial hardships.
Q.5: Why do you think the protagonists of these two movies were able to win over their circumstances? Give specific examples from the movies.
A.5: They didn’t give up to become happy, so they were able to win over their circumstances.
Frist I will write about “Pursuit of Happiness”. He did not give up even homeless and he worked hard for his child. So Will Smith and his son will be happy end.
“Erin Brockovich” is made an effort for people who got sick by pollution. She worked hard at the time of sick.
I think that they want to convey to the viewer's "that do not give up anything."]
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