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“I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. When I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.” So vows Chris Gardner, an earnest salesman and father desperately struggling to make ends meet on the hard streets of San Francisco in the early 1980s. But his chosen vocation, peddling expensive bone-density scanners that most physicians don’t want, has left him and those he loves hovering on the brink of disaster.
Day after unsuccessful day, Chris comes home to his dispirited girlfriend, Linda, and their 5-year-old son, Christopher. Linda pulls double shifts to stay within striking distance of solvency, all the while chastising Chris for his failure to provide. Predictably, she doesn’t think much of his latest brainstorm: securing an internship at the stock brokerage firm Dean Witter. Linda’s bitterness and negativity may wear on Chris, but they can’t dampen the weary salesman’s delight in his son. Christopher is the apple of Daddy’s eye.
Then Linda leaves Chris (and their son) for a job in New York. She’s barely out the door when Chris learns he’s been offered the coveted internship. The catch? It’s unpaid. Despite the financial risk, Chris decides to go for it, frantically juggling his schedule to get Christopher to and from day care each day. But dwindling savings quickly result in an eviction from their apartment. And then another from a motel. Soon, father and son are homeless, staying in city shelters on good nights and in public restrooms on the worst.
As his desperation mounts, Chris clings tenaciously to the hope that his hard work will eventually pay off. And his dogged pursuit of a better life forges a powerful father-son bond that no misfortune can destroy.
“You’re a good papa.” Those tenderhearted words from Christopher to his father as they spend the night in a homeless shelter poignantly capture the essence of The Pursuit of Happyness. Chris isn’t perfect, but one emotional scene after another clearly demonstrate his drive to protect and provide for his son. What won’t trip them up—and might even breathe new life into their own relationships—is Chris Gardner’s powerful, passionate pursuit of the best life possible for his little boy.
Explanation:
in·te·ri·or
/ˌinˈtirēər/
Adjective
situated within or inside; relating to the inside; inner.
"the interior lighting is not adequate"
They both had enemies that brought negative thinking
they both had negative thoughts
either of these should suffice
<span>The various depictions of the wonders of nature throughout Romantic art and poetry can BEST be described as "Subjective"
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Answer:
Two examples of Ponnyboy's thoughts can be seen in the excerpts:
- "Dally didn't die a hero. He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday…But Johnny was right. He died gallant."
- "I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."
Explanation:
"The Outsiders" is a book that portrays the lives of young people involved in street gangs, showing the violent and inhospitable environment in which they live, as well as portraying the problems of social inequality.
Ponnyboy is the protagonist and narrator of the book and for this reason, we have access to many of his thoughts, about the situations in which he is living and about the doubts he has about this kind of life. Ponnyboy can't recognize himself within the environment he lives in, he finds himself out of place in this world and without personality, we can see this through the excerpt "I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me," where he is confused about yourself.
In another moment, we can see Ponnyboy reflecting on the death of two of his friends, Dally and Jhonny. For Ponnyboy, Dally's death was insignificant, reckless and without reason, but Jhonny's death made him great, since he died to save children, he died a hero. These thoughts can be seen in the excerpt: "Dally didn't die a hero. He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday…But Johnny was right. He died gallant."
