Sign In. The Pursuit of Happyness Jump to: FAQs 6 Spoilers 0. Why was, Chris- you suck-' written on the wall when Will Smith was painting the apartment?
Is there a real Chris Gardner? Are there any differences between the movie story and the real story? Who is the "Rich" in his later firm Gardner Rich? What are the songs in the trailers? Why is "happiness" spelled wrong in the title? The true story of the real Chris Gardner and how just a short time ago he sold his brokerage firm for millions of dollars can easily lead us to the assumption that the character Will Smith plays in the movie has, as his physical goal, the pursuit of money.
But, in the movie, riches is never his goal. It is always about the happiness that being a responsible father will always bring. This confusion about the pursuit of money is understandable because the movie's protagonist is struggling with financial indebtedness, and trying to earn money is one of his principle occupations.
We must understand, however, that the movie is NOT saying money brings us happiness; although, I think the movie is saying that a secure income sure does make life less painful and more comfortable, and to that degree it can bring a level of happiness. Even Misspellings Have Meaning. On their way to Walter Ribbon's house, where little Christopher hopes he and his Dad get to go to a football game with Mr.
Ribbon, Chris explains the difference between "possibility" and "probability. It occurred to me that there are two other "p" words associated with this movie that help to explain the relationship between possibility and probability -- and explain what the movie is really about, if you forgive the apparent redundancy:. Persevering pursuit increases the probability of a possibility. Does that need explaining? Chris' perseverance, and his leap forward approach to the pursuit of happiness and the job at the brokerage house, increased the probability, that just possibly, he'd get the 1 in 20 job.
The concept of "pursuit" implies getting ahead. Pursuit does not mean following at some distance forever and an era.
Pursuit involves making leaps and jumping chasms. For Chris to go from the mundane life of riding busses and lugging a heavy scanner around to driving a Lamborghini and making million dollar trades, requires more than a giant step, a leap, or even a vault. It requires inspired insight, an "Ah-ha! Chris has at least two of those epiphanies in the movie.
The first is when he discovers what the driver of the sports car does. This first epiphany results in a moral decision on Chris' part.
And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that? Happyness is a typo, whatever it is intentional e.
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Improve this question. JLG My spell checker highlights "happyness" as a mistake by the way.
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