Alejandro L. Garcia Jr.
Leadership
AGSB Clark
Application of Campbell's HERO Stages to the Plot of
"The Pursuit of Happyness."
1) THE HERO IS INTRODUCED IN HIS ORDINARY WORLD.
In 1981, San Francisco salesman Chris Gardner (Will Smith) invests his entire life savings in portable bone-density scanners, which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy quantum leap over standard X-rays.
2) THE CALL TO ADVENTURE
The scanners play a vital role in Chris' life. While he is able to sell most of them, the time lag between the sales and his growing financial demands enrage his already bitter and alienated wife Linda (Thandie Newton), who works as a hotel maid. The financial instability increasingly erodes their marriage, in spite of them caring for their five-year-old son, Christopher (Jaden Smith).
