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DanielleElmas [232]
3 years ago
13

List some of the alternatives that Chris and his son could have done to

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Kryger [21]3 years ago
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Answer:

Chris could have let his son go with his wife when she left him.

Chris could have given his son up for adoption in a foster home.

Explanation:

Chris Gardener is compelled to leave his son when his wife Linda leaves him, but he commands that his son (Christopher) has to stay with him though he doesn’t have a job to feed him every day. Letting his son go with his wife who has gotten a job in New York would have eases the financial burden on him.

Having once lived himself in a foster home, giving up his son for adoption would have given both of them an easier and quicker route to living better, but Chris stuck with his son.

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