Relationships among individuals within a society help each other meaning that the people that an individual associate with learn from within one another. The representation of symbolic interactionalism is depicted by Chris trying to chase the American Dream throughout the whole film. Today he is millionaire who serves as a businessman of his own investment firm “Gardner Rich and Co” and a motivational speaker. There’s a social class shift change when he earns a position to work for the company which leads him to be at the top of the ladder by overcoming being on the streets and to achieving what he wanted by working hard for it. As a result, he gets desperate, so he goes to a clinic to get blood drawn in exchange for money in order for him and his son to survive another day. He has absolutely no money nor a place to stay at. There’s a scene in the film where he finds his belonging outside his motel room. During his internship, he suffered from poverty. Twistle outside the company just to get a word with him so that he could show his true interest with becoming a part of the company. An example of his effort would be when he would wait for Mr. Chris wanted to improve his social class therefore, he was determined to do whatever it took. Social class is based on an individual’s efforts. He went from being homeless to having a job where he is economically stable. Social mobility is demonstrated by the experiences that Chris went through from being down the social ladder to eventually reaching it to its highest point. In the film, Chris shows a shift from one social class to another. The Dean Witter Company served as the functionalist theory because only best intern would receive a job considering that the program only chose one out of twenty candidates. The internship was a pathway to help Chris get a chance to gain knowledge in a new form of trade with the hope of receiving a job as compensation otherwise the opportunity would be worthless. He eventually offers him an interview for the Dean Witter training program. Twistle is impressed by Chris’s ability to solve a Rubik’s cube in a short amount of time. He didn’t believe that Chris had what it took for such a position as being good with numbers and good with people. Twistle repeatedly ignores Chris every time they would encounter each other. In the Dean Witter Company, we can see that the most educated individuals hold a more high and important position for example Jay Twistle who served as a manager for the company. This concept is demonstrated in Chris’s work environment. Society forms social stratification between individuals depending on their access to resources and power. The division of class has been a part of the American culture for several centuries. Gardner’s life can be viewed through a sociological point of view with concepts such as Functional Analysis Theory, Social Mobility, and Symbolic Interactionism Theory.
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Despite the series of challenges that Chris battles with in his everyday life, he preserves to be persistent and determined in order for him to achieve his goal to become a stockbroker. He finds himself being evicted from his home and having a little amount of money in his pockets for his own daily expenses due to him taking an unpaid internship. He struggles to overcome these obstacles in order to create a better life for not only him but for his son as well after his wife leaves him. The film “The Pursuit of Happyness”, directed by Gabrielle Muccino, tells the true-life experiences of Chris Gardner who faces many hard obstacles.