GGR202H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Arnold Van Gennep, Homeless Shelter, Writer
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The pursuit of happyness: perseverance is an essential skill. One perseveres; they optimistically keep on going until they have accomplished their goal. Perseverance is a skill in which determination is shown despite of discouragement and obstacles standing in a person"s way. Gabriele muccino"s film, the pursuit of happyness, is a truth-based, dramatic movie that demonstrates many morals. A key belief upheld by the film is that an individual must be optimistic and persevere in order to achieve their goals and happiness. This belief in turn is supported by the rituals present in the film. In this essay, i use nye"s view of symbols to argue that there are symbols in the film which are intricate and can be interpreted in many ways. Using arnold van gennep"s idea of the threefold scheme, i argue that the ritual of selling bone density scanners becomes unimportant to. Chris since a new ritual forms due to his actions.