LESSON OF PERSEVERANCE IN THE MOVIE "PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS"

The Essence of movie Productions in our contemporary world is to pass across a message and to teach one or two lessons that people can employ and relate with in their daily life. I have watched a lot of movies both Nigerian and foreign movies and I can categorically say that they always have one thing to pass across either positive or negative.

There are different varieties of movies which ranges from horror, adventure, Thriller, love, romance, family, friendship etc. For the purpose of this prompt, I thought deep and hard on which movie I had watched that truly had an impact in my life and it had to be the movie titled "the Pursuit of Happyness" by Will Smith and Jaden Smith. This was a movie that encompasses the importance of perseverance in the face of trials and tribulations.

Brief Summary of the movie
The movie is about a father whose life was extremely difficult, Chris Gardner was a father and a husband with their child Christopher which was played by Jaden Smith. The movie was set in San Francisco in the early 1980s, Chris was a talented but struggling salesman who had invented a bone density scanner which was supposed to be useful in the medical field, he invented this device so as to be able to sell them to doctors and hospitals but they were complaints that it was too expensive and almost the same thing as standard X-rays hence he couldn't sell them and life became more difficult.

Things got so bad to the extent that his wife got frustrated and abandoned him and their son are moved on to New York, not long after leaving Chris and his son got evicted from their apartment and were homeless for a period of time they had to sleep in public shelter because of lack of money.

But in all of these, Chris never gave up as he continuously worked so hard and remain committed to building a better future for himself and his son. He registered to be an intern in an unpaid stock brokerage firm and ensured that he came on top of his class. During this time a had to combine a lot of activities together to be able to compete with other brilliant stock brokers doing the internship alongside with him, while he struggled with being a single parents, he also struggled with poverty.

At the end of The Internship, his hard work, resilience and consistency paid off as he was offered a full-time position at the firm. It was a heartwarming moment for the audience because watching the movie we knew that he had gone through a lot and was even looking older than his age because of the pressure the society has labeled on him due to unemployment opportunities.

Perseverance, is a dominant lesson to be learnt from the movie, this is so because we see how Chris gardener persevered in the face of extreme hardship and still won in the end. The movie goes to show that success does not come easily but one has to go through a lot which includes believing in oneself and consistently working hard.

The protagonist in this movie faced unemployment, homelessness, single parenting and many more and still he never gave up on his goal of building a better future. I got to learn that being persistent in what you believe in and goals in this competitive world can bring about success in the end.

This is why when I Encounter setbacks, I sit down and have a re-think that to build a better future where all things are successful and amazing is one that requires you to keep up working on yourself to be better and not be discouraged. Challenges come and go when they are faced the head on.

In my country Nigeria for instance, where we have been neglected by our government and leaders who promised to make the world a better place, the youth are forced to engage in entrepreneurial activities so that they can make ends meet because the issue of unemployment is on the rise.

In other words, many people have taken their future into their own hands and did not allow set back to hold them down. It can be frustrating sometimes because even when trying to start your own business there are hindrances here and there the house would do with finances, customers, taxes and so on but in all we stand firm in the face of adversity.

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In this prompt, tell us one lesson you have learned from a movie and how it has affected your life."

Note: images used here were obtained as screenshots from the downloaded movie on my device

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