Shamaya Bost Mrs.Hauser Freshman Seminar 29 April 2013 Pay it forward: Character Analysis In the movie Pay It Forward‚ many characters can tell many life lessons. Today I am going to focus on the character Mr.Simonet and the many things they did to help and the things they had to endure in their lifetime. When Mr.Simonet was younger his mother and father were off and on. One day this made his father extremely angry and his father to his anger out on Eugene‚ Mr.Simonet first name. His father
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The movie‚ Pay it Forward by Mimi Leder does not directly relate to being a Christian‚ more so it’s about the virtues of being a Christian. For example in the movie‚ Trevor‚ the main protagonist‚ showed fortitude‚ selflessness‚ and courage. This all starts on the first day of school for Trevor‚ when his social studies teacher Mr. Simonet gives an assignment to his students. The assignment was to change the world; Trevor took that assignment to the test. Trevor came up with an idea called‚ “Pay it
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Comparison Essay Differences between book and the movie “Pay it Forward” appear very rare. In most of the cases they are the same. Although‚ movie gave me a better understanding of the book after reading it. The first similarity which is shown between movie and the book is the main idea. Mr. Reuben in the novel and Kevin Spacey in the film‚ Cultural Studies teacher‚ challenged students by giving them an extra assignment. The purpose of it is to make something which would change the world to a better
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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
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In the movie Pay it Forward there are many key points that can be touched on. In my eyes the movie was truly inspiring and it shows many examples of how one person can really change society for the better good no matter what their age. The whole concept of pay it forward is quit astonishing‚ it starts with one person trying to find 3 people in need. When you find one person you need a good unannounced deed that changes their lives for the good and when they ask why you did you just say pay to them
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Introduction For this book report I chose to read the novel "Pay It Forward" by Catherine Ryan Hyde. I have heard a lot about this book after it first came out‚ and when the movie that was based upon this back came out I decided to read it. The book is fictional‚ however it deals with the grim every day reality of the current North American life. The story happens in a typical rural American town‚ at our time. The main characters are: Trevor‚ a young boy‚ his mother Arlene and his handicap teacher
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Pay It Forward (film) Pay It Forward is a 2000 American drama film based on the novel of the same name by Catherine Ryan Hyde. It was directed byMimi Leder and written by Leslie Dixon. It stars Haley Joel Osment as a boy who launches a good-will movement‚ Helen Hunt as his single mother‚ and Kevin Spacey as his social-studies teacher. Plot When eleven and a half year old Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) begins seventh grade in Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin
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allowing them to pay it back‚ he will ask each of them to "pay it forward‚" doing three favors for other people‚ and asking them to do the same. One of Trevor’s favors is to bring his mom Arlene and Eugene together‚ though it turns out that it is not just to make them happier. Arlene and Eugene put all of their effort into making sure they do not get hurt again until they learn that it is risking hurt that makes us alive. What parents need to know Parents need to know that this movie has some strong
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CD-12 Lei Zhang Pay it Forward I am greatly touched by what the movie shows to me and I also feel so sad for the boy’s pass away at the end. The teacher in this movie not only assign a homework for the students‚ but also give a chance to the students to think about who they are‚ how they indentify themselves and what they can do for the whole society. The teacher is an instructor and he instructs his students to begin
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chose to write about was called "Pay It Forward". The movie was based on the concept of "The Simplest Idea Can Make the Biggest Difference". This is achieved by doing good things for other people with three steps. The first is‚ it has to be something that really helps people. The second is it has to be something they can not do by themselves. Third is if "I" do it for them‚ they do it for three other people. This is supposed help others by paying a good deed forward‚ without expecting anything in return
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