Rhetorical Triangle Description The scene in The Pursuit of Happiness opens up with the main character, Chris Gardner, and his son at a basketball court. The son is having a fun time shooting the ball and tells his dad, “I’m going pro”. Chris tells his son that he most likely won’t have much success because he, himself, hadn’t had much success in life. His son then becomes obviously upset and picks up his ball and puts it away. Chris sees his son is discouraged by his words and realizes he just told his son his dreams were unreachable. This really sinks in with Chris because he knows how that feels, so reacts by telling his son to protect his dreams. In telling his son this, he uses different techniques such as structure, syntax, diction and imagery. By the way Chris starts off his speech to his son; he makes his point right off the bat. He starts with one simple word, the word “Hey”, and then seems to get his thoughts together from there. He delivers with a longer sentence that seems to be the main point of his speech. Right after, he follows with short sentences and questions, making the longer sentences stand out more. However, each of the short questions and sentences stand out individually and leave their own impression in one’s mind. Syntax is especially seen when he uses the questions like, “You got a dream?”, and follows by answering the short answer with a quick answer like, “You gotta protect it.” These quick short sentences engage his son and interest him in the advice. By using different lengths and types of sentences and by keeping the overall length short it makes the words very impactful and memorable. In the speech, Chris uses very simple words. By keeping his words simple, one doesn’t get caught on a big word. Each word gets focused on, each word’s purpose is taken in, and together they add up to be a much deeper meaning. If he had used bigger words it would take away from the short impactful sentences. This is particularly important because his audience, his son, is a young boy who may get hung up on
The Pursuit of Happiness There are a lot of question about happiness. The first one is what is happiness? And if we find the answer the next question is Where can I find it? or Where is? Happiness is characterized as the feeling of positive satisfaction, love, and contentment. If you ask one hundred people what it is that makes them happy, you will get one hundred different answers, and each answer is correct. Happiness comes from things, goals, family, love, God, work and the most important from…
Melisa Tunley Professor Hinds English 1113 February 16, 2013 On The Pursuit of Happiness On the path to light you must go through the dark. This is because when you are already on the lit path or have found the truth, you cannot go back to the dark or to a lower awareness. This dark to light path is becoming aware of the true reality and making a choice that is valuable. To regress to the state of consciousness you were in before you became aware is impossible because the truth is substantial…
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Professor Baird ESL58 –Draft #3 23 October 2014 Pursuit of Happiness The Pursuit of Happiness is a 2006 American biographical drama film that was directed by Gabriele Muccino which is based on the life of Chris Gardner. The movie stars Will Smith as Gardner, and on off homeless salesman turned stockbroker. Chris is trying to transform is way of life by moving forward in the 21st Century has he is faced with a dilemma in his pursuit of “happiness.” Furthermore, he does what he considers best for…
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GUIDELINES FOR CONCEPT PAPER #3 – “The Pursuit of Happiness” Worth 50 points Overview Grades will be holistic (based on overall quality and completeness of the following steps). This is the Third and FINAL of three papers for the term and is totally optional—if you are already happy with your grades! This should not be very difficult, but, as with the other papers-- it will take time! Your paper must include both sections (Section 1 – Test Questions; Section 2 – Answers). This assignment…
Countability is one of the fundementals of the military. It not only brings personal responsibility but it also shows the organization of a unit. There are many reasons why being on time is so important. In this paper I will share these reason and give some ideas on time management. The US Army depends solely on its soldiers, enlisted, warrant officers and commissioned officers alike. The military would not be anything without the soldiers. When soldiers are not there to perform there duties or…
Saur [pic]10SP - MG630 152 Org. Behavior & Leader. 21st (Monday) June 21, 2010 The story of Chris Gardner, a man with vision, a role model to his son and a classical example of how a homeless man with a child can exert himself from being poor to become one of the most outstanding man who successes, and go above and beyond what people think of him. In describing Chris Gardner personality traits, I would say it consist of the fact that he very aggressive ambitious and loyal to his son.…
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right to liberty, and the right to pursue happiness. In depth, the right to pursue happiness does not mean that happiness is promised, but it does mean that if you want, you can take up the opportunity to become happy. “I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not the attainment, nor the final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arrival.”(Doc B) In the quote its says that he believes in the journey, not the arrival of happiness. I chose this quote from the text because I…
