英文经典电影赏析
期末小论文
学期：2013-2014-1
专业：英语
年级：12 级
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人文与外国语学院英语系
Abstract
In our life，many factors can contribute to “happiness”. Among them, the dream and responsibility are the two very important things in The Pursuit of Happyness. One has a dream; he will have inexhaustible strength to fight for it. For Gardner, dream gives him hope---the hope of having a smiling face one day in the future. The hope gives him infinite driving forces to overcome the challenges in his life. Responsibility is the other factor. Family means everything for Gardner; even though his wife leaves him, his son or his responsibility for his son is one of the resources of his happiness.
Key words: happiness;dream;responsibility.
Contents
Abstract (i)
I. Introduction (1)
II. Dream and responsibility (2)
2.1 Dream ----one of the resources for happiness (2)
2.2 Responsibility----the other resource for happiness (5)
III. Conclusion (29)
The Pursuit of Happyness
I. Introduction
In 1981 San Francisco, Chris Gardner invested all his money in portable bone-density scanners which could make him, he thought, a big fortune. However, he could hardly sell one within a week, so his family was trapped in a poverty-stricken situation. Then Gardner’s wife couldn’t bear the bitter life anymore and went to New York. With the concerning of incapability of being a single mother, she agreed that their son, Christopher would remain with his father. While trying to sell one of the scanners in downtown, Gardner met Jay Thistle, a manager for Dean Witter and impressed by Gardner’s ability organizing the Rubik’s Cube during a short taxi ride. Chris found that he didn’t have enough money to pay the taxi driver when he was going to get off the taxi, so he escaped, resulting in the taxi driver chasing him into a subway station. In moment of fluster, Chris lost one of his bone scanners.
Then, because of the impression carved in Jay’s mind, Chris earned a chance to be an intern stockbroker. For all that Chris arrived at the office for interview in a unkempt and shabby dress, for he was arrested because of the previously unpaid parking tickets and before that he was painting the landlord’s house as some replacement of the rent, he was offered the internship. While his life was becoming better and better, he was informed that his bank account was garnished by the IRS for unpaid income taxes. Chris became broke and less than thirsty dollars was left in his bank account. As a result, Chris and his son were homeless and had to stay in a restroom at a subway station.
Hardship drove him to find the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, which provided a homeless shelter for single mothers and their children. Thus, church’s owner
