Pursuit of Happyness

         This week we watched the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness". I guess when I watched it before I didn't really think about why it is spelled with a "y" instead of an "i", this time when I watched it I looked for reasons why this would be how they spelled it. Watching the movie a little bit closer made me realize that there is a lot of symbols in the movie that if not looking for them wouldn't of stuck out to me as important.
         The first thing that stuck out to me was the rubiks cube that Chris solves in the taxi. Him solving the rubiks cube after the man he was riding with told him he wouldn't be able to do it but Chris insisted that he could. He did end up solving the puzzle and this shows that he doesn't give up and is very determined to achieve and overcome anything that gets in his way.
         The second symbol that I saw was how they spelled happyness with a "y" instead of with an "i" at the daycare. This is important because it gets you to think about your own happ"I"ness and instead about why you want to get that happ"Y"ness. If you think about what is important to you and why and work to get there you will be more determined to do it because you know why you want it. The thing that was important to Chris was his son having a good life and their happiness and that drove him to get a job even though he seemed like nothing was going to get better. He could of given up and that would have been easier, but instead he decided he wasn't going to give up and got that job.