The pop culture topic I am discussing about is the movie, "The Pursuit of Happyness" was released in 2006. It is pretty old but this movie is still related to society today. Society believes that poor people are all uneducated and that they are incapable of being successful in life. However, "The Pursuit of Happyness" contradicts this stereotype.
"The Pursuit of Happyness" is about the struggle a man, Chris Gardner goes through financially in order to take care of his son and himself. He has to face through many obstacles such as coping with his taking care of his son as a single parent, competing in a rigorous internship, and even stuggling to find a place to sleep at in the end of the day. Despite all his hardships Chris is determined to reach his goal of becoming a stock broker.
There are many examples of how this movie shows stereotypes of being poor. One example is when Chris goes to an internship interview, the interviewers hesitate to give him the job because of how poorly he was dressed. They were automatically uncertain of giving Chris the job without even realizing how intelligent he was. Another example is that Chris had to lie about his social status often because no one would take him seriously if they knew he was homeless. This movie challenges society's view because despite living in poverty, Chris recieved the one job of stock broker out of twenty people and eventually upgraded to become a multi millionaire.
5 comments:
This is a very dominant ideology. Throughout society, many people judge others by appearances, instead of what is inside, or all of the other attributes. Being poor is definately a struggle to a human being. You also addressed the ideology of rags to riches. Great job!
I agree with this post 100%. I work in the office at school, and even then, i see some of the Office Ladies treat people that come in, that are dressed poorly or look dirty, differently. They treat them as if they wont understand the message they were trying to get through to them. Its sad really. Money doesn't determine intelligence.
i agree that people do get treated differently based on how they look. I think that we all get a first impression of someone based on how they are dressed but in the end, we should all judge others on who they are on the inside.
'success only comes before work in the dictionary' this quote is based on real life...and Gardner's life. this movie is the perfect example of people that try to work hard and cannot succeed just because of their social status. i think that everyone should have the chance to show what they have and this movie shows a person that does.
I agree with your argument because a lot people do judge a book by it's cover or whatever they hear about them. There are some movies that have a rich group of friends and don't want to be friends with a poor kid because of their clothes.
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