Pay It Forward- Movie Reflection
Pay It Forward
-A Movie Reflection
Professor Eugene Simonet placed a big challenge on his Social Studies students: Think of an idea to change our world-and put it into action. Majority of the students responded negatively to the challenge, finding it weird and hard, except Trevor McKinney. He had a very permeable mind and he was ready to listen to anyone. With a longing for someone to guide him, a father-like figure, he responded to his professor’s challenge with positivity and eagerness. Trevor created a unique concept called “Pay it Forward.” It is an act of doing a large favor to three different people, and like a pyramid, spreading the word to each of the recipients and to do favors to three strangers. Trevor's efforts to make good on his idea bring a revolution not only in the lives of himself, his mother and his physically and emotionally scarred teacher, but in those of an ever-widening circle of people completely unknown to him.
The challenge has become Trevor’s goal and decided to own this teacher-imposed goal because he finds it relevant to his life. His aspirations and hopes for a better world. He was brought up by a single parent, an alcoholic mother. Growing up in a dysfunctional family, he has basic needs that are unmet. He has frustrations towards his absent abusive father and alcoholic mother. He gets angry whenever his mother is sneaking alcohol from the garage or in her room. Growing up without a father has made him mature in his views and actions in life. His unmet physiological and safety needs coming from his family has motivated him to aim for a better world, a safer place for depressed and needy people. Under the toughest of circumstances, Trevor focused on helping others, and that is why he represented giving.
He immediately took action on the challenged by helping a homeless drug addict named Jerry. He took jerry to his house and gave him food and shelter. One day, when Jerry did not show up he went out to search for
-A Movie Reflection
Professor Eugene Simonet placed a big challenge on his Social Studies students: Think of an idea to change our world-and put it into action. Majority of the students responded negatively to the challenge, finding it weird and hard, except Trevor McKinney. He had a very permeable mind and he was ready to listen to anyone. With a longing for someone to guide him, a father-like figure, he responded to his professor’s challenge with positivity and eagerness. Trevor created a unique concept called “Pay it Forward.” It is an act of doing a large favor to three different people, and like a pyramid, spreading the word to each of the recipients and to do favors to three strangers. Trevor's efforts to make good on his idea bring a revolution not only in the lives of himself, his mother and his physically and emotionally scarred teacher, but in those of an ever-widening circle of people completely unknown to him.
The challenge has become Trevor’s goal and decided to own this teacher-imposed goal because he finds it relevant to his life. His aspirations and hopes for a better world. He was brought up by a single parent, an alcoholic mother. Growing up in a dysfunctional family, he has basic needs that are unmet. He has frustrations towards his absent abusive father and alcoholic mother. He gets angry whenever his mother is sneaking alcohol from the garage or in her room. Growing up without a father has made him mature in his views and actions in life. His unmet physiological and safety needs coming from his family has motivated him to aim for a better world, a safer place for depressed and needy people. Under the toughest of circumstances, Trevor focused on helping others, and that is why he represented giving.
He immediately took action on the challenged by helping a homeless drug addict named Jerry. He took jerry to his house and gave him food and shelter. One day, when Jerry did not show up he went out to search for