![]() ![]() When Linda threatens to leave, Chris demands that their son stay with him. Chris repeatedly asks Christopher to trust him, and Dad proves that he’s worthy of that trust. ![]() Physical affection (hugs and kisses) and heartfelt moments mark their relationship. Chris isn’t perfect, but one emotional scene after another clearly demonstrate his drive to protect and provide for his son. “You’re a good papa.” Those tenderhearted words from Christopher to his father as they spend the night in a homeless shelter poignantly capture the essence of The Pursuit of Happyness. And his dogged pursuit of a better life forges a powerful father-son bond that no misfortune can destroy. Soon, father and son are homeless, staying in city shelters on good nights and in public restrooms on the worst.Īs his desperation mounts, Chris clings tenaciously to the hope that his hard work will eventually pay off. But dwindling savings quickly result in an eviction from their apartment. Despite the financial risk, Chris decides to go for it, frantically juggling his schedule to get Christopher to and from day care each day. ![]() She’s barely out the door when Chris learns he’s been offered the coveted internship. Then Linda leaves Chris (and their son) for a job in New York. Linda’s bitterness and negativity may wear on Chris, but they can’t dampen the weary salesman’s delight in his son. Predictably, she doesn’t think much of his latest brainstorm: securing an internship at the stock brokerage firm Dean Witter. Linda pulls double shifts to stay within striking distance of solvency, all the while chastising Chris for his failure to provide. ![]() But his chosen vocation, peddling expensive bone-density scanners that most physicians don’t want, has left him and those he loves hovering on the brink of disaster.ĭay after unsuccessful day, Chris comes home to his dispirited girlfriend, Linda, and their 5-year-old son, Christopher. When I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.” So vows Chris Gardner, an earnest salesman and father desperately struggling to make ends meet on the hard streets of San Francisco in the early 1980s. “I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. ![]()
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