The pursuit of happiness has a sad overall message The…
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The pursuit of happiness has a sad overall message
The whole point of the movie is that Chris Gardner overcomes a ton of difficulties including homelessness, a breakup, and chasing down his scanning devices, and at the same time holds down an unpaid internship, and eventually lands the job, being able to provide for his son. Inspiring, right? Chris's hard work ethic brings him to success!
Here's the problem: there were 20 people fighting for one singular job position. What happened to the other 19 people? They likely had their own problems and reasons for needing the job, yet they walk away with nothing but months of time lost. It gives the message that if you aren't very talented, extremely hard working, and quite lucky, you can't get yourself where you want to in life. Chris Gardner was extremely lucky in landing that job, and in 95% of real scenarios him and his son would've walked away continuing to be homeless.
It's a sad reflection on reality - you can do everything right and still lose badly.
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The whole point of the movie is that Chris Gardner overcomes a ton of difficulties including homelessness, a breakup, and chasing down his scanning devices, and at the same time holds down an unpaid internship, and eventually lands the job, being able to provide for his son. Inspiring, right? Chris's hard work ethic brings him to success!
Here's the problem: there were 20 people fighting for one singular job position. What happened to the other 19 people? They likely had their own problems and reasons for needing the job, yet they walk away with nothing but months of time lost. It gives the message that if you aren't very talented, extremely hard working, and quite lucky, you can't get yourself where you want to in life. Chris Gardner was extremely lucky in landing that job, and in 95% of real scenarios him and his son would've walked away continuing to be homeless.
It's a sad reflection on reality - you can do everything right and still lose badly.
#conversation
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