Writing task week 7 

Amund Elnan, 1STA.   

Values in the movie ''Pursuit of happyness'' 

The film I have chosen as my main focus, is ‘’pursuit of happyness’’. In this text, I will reflect on the values in the movie. The movie is about a family, who goes through a hard economic time, where they have to work overtime nearly every day. 

The importance of values, appears in many aspects of our society, for instance take care of the people you love. When people gives compliments to each other, it shows that you appreciate them, and makes them a value. A value can also be something that means something for you, or makes your life easier like a god job. 

In the film ‘’pursuit of happyness’’ the values are different from people to people. For Chris Gardner the values is his son Christopher, his wife and his new work. The concept value appears in the movie when Gardner wants his son to stay with him, even though he does not have money. This show that Chris Gardner's son is a value for him, because he did not want Linda to take care of him, because it makes Chris believing. Chris is also emphasizes that it is very important that you never give up, even if someone tells you, that you can’t do it.  

I think that values are important, because it makes you a better person and it makes you happier. Chris Gardner took care of his son Christopher, and tried to get a good job, so they could make more money and have a better life together. Chris Gardner’s wife Linda leaves him when it is darkest, and his job doesn’t goes so well. Chris keeps believing and doesn’t give up to easy. He even stayed over the night on the toilet, because he and his son didn’t have anywhere to sleep. Chris works hard and gets his ‘’dream job’’ to the end. This shows that Chris has a good value in himself, which is that he is a hardworking man, and then reaches to success. Therefore, he can also make other people happier that is a value for him, like his son Christopher, because he then can afford things he could not before.  

To conclude, values are very important. A value can be many different things, but it have to mean something for you. Values is also shaping the world we live in, because people have different values, some of these values is to take care of people who don’t have anywhere to stay. In the movie, Chris Gardner and his son could sleep in a room with a bed, because someone had this like a value, to take care of other people. Values is a big thing in our society, people helps people in need. They makes organizations that helps other people free, like food stations in America.