"The Pursuit of Happyness" and "Sicko"

By Ty Tillman

     “The Pursuit of Happyness” shows you can be on top and just fall down and low wage jobs can break you down as a person. Working at a low wage job is even harder. “Sicko” is another movie that portrays how a person struggles for certain benefits, but in the end they gain these benefits with the power of hope.

     Christopher Gardner Jr. made it harder on his father, Chris Gardner, because he had to work a low wage job and had to take care of Christopher. Chris Gardner and his son went through a lot of struggles such as getting kicked out of the house for not being able to pay for rent and having to move into a hotel. I really felt bad when he had to play with Christopher Jr. like he had a time machine so they can sleep in the restroom. Christopher Jr. is five years of age. It is really unbelievable to me that Chris Gardner as a single father was able to work hard and try to keep his son happy. Chris showed us that being a single father is very hard; that you should always be there for your child as a father no matter how bad you are doing, don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do it. Chris Gardner as a single father tries to teach his son a lesson even though there at the bottom at the list he can grow up and become a better person from learning off his father mistakes.  

     In the documentary “Sicko”, it shows the health care of North America n and the situation of the average American citizen. Michael Moore compared people who had better health care to the people who don’t have health care. There were people who went through a lot of struggles but had their family to lay on and that cared about them. The people that had good jobs then later lost them had to struggle because they were not making enough money or not making any at all. When people injured themselves they don’t have enough money to pay for their injury or because they don’t have health care.

    “The Pursuit Of Happiness”  and “Sicko” are to different kind of stories because one is about going  through struggles  trying  to raise a child by yourself  and working a low wage job. Then on top of that not having anyone to help you when you need help but to never give up in life no matter what you are going through. Then the other one is a documentary on how people struggle but had their family to lean on when they needed help.  The people in the documentary went through struggles such as  not able to pay for surgery problems, not having health care . the thing that caught my attention is that “The Pursuit Of Happiness” and” Sicko” both showed that no matter what you are going through at the time try to stay strong and not able to pay for what you really want and not able to pay for your rent .