2024年4月11日发(作者：苹果联通合约机套餐)

刘仁豪

1001班

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Happiness is on the way

Ⅰ. Introduction

I have been curious about the translation of the movie’s title – “The Pursuit

of Happyness”. “Pursuit” means “seek” and “look for” in English, but it

seems that we Chinese translate it into “knock on a door”. However, after several

times’ watching this film, I’ve become clear about the inner meaning of this

translation. There is no “y” (why) in happiness, but an “I”. The real happiness is

not related to wealth and fame, but the process when you are struggling for it.

In 1981, San Francisco, Chris Gardner invests all his family’s savings in

portable bone-density scanners which he tries to sell to doctors. The investment

proves be a mistake that breaks the whole family, even before his son is born, and

as a result, his wife Linda can’t bear the huge financial pressure, she leaves her

husband and moves to New York. Their son Christopher stays with his father. Life

becomes more and more difficult for them. One day, Chris finds that he can handle

with the magic cube easily, which shows that he has talents in numbers. This talent

earns him the chance to become an intern stockbroker. But when everything

seems to develop towards a better direction, the unpaid taxes pull them back from

the heaven. Chris and his son become homeless and even are forced at one point

to stay in a bathroom at a subway station (which I believe is the most touching part

of this film). However, motivation for happiness drives him to achieve his dream.

Maximizing his client contacts and profits is the only way to earn the one position

that he and his 19 competitors are fighting for, Chris develops many ways to make

his work done efficiently. As a result, his work has paid off and he is offered the

position. With tears in his eyes, Chris rushes to his son and hugs him as soon as

possible. The epilogue indicates that Chris finds his happiness finally.

“The Pursuit of Happyness” is a kind of inspirational film, which turns out to

be a great success all over the world. The most important thing about this film is

that it is based on a real story, which encourages a lot of people who are struggling

for happiness. Also, the film won the 2006 Oscar for best actor nominations and

American academy. In a word, it plays a great role in American film history.

Ⅱ. Everyone has equal right to pursue happiness

2.1 Grace under pressure

There are many different periods during a person ‘life, some of them are

good, and some are bad. Take our hero Chris for example; the early part of his life

is not very good. But he firmly believes he could make money with the portable

bone-density scanners. He tries his best to introduce this equipment to all the

private doctors. He has to work every day and very hard so as to raise his family.