'You gotta dream, you gotta protect it. People wanna do something and they can't do it, they wanna tell you, you can't do it either'.
This is a quote from the movie 'Pursuit of Happyness', it is said by Chris Gardner (played by Will Smith). What interests me about this particular quote is that the type of language that is written in the script is completely how it is said - directly informal. I think it was written this way to properly portray the character as a black male in the 80s. Regardless of the fact he was educated and smart the extract shows that his choice of language was still somewhat 'street'. The fact that he was speaking to his son could also been as to why he chose the words that he did, knowing his son can not use the same level of vocabulary he possesses. 'Happyness', the deliberate misspelling of happiness is a factor that also interests me as it poses the question, why would an educated, intelligent man deliberately misspell the word?
The quote is also a personal favourite of mine as it inspires me to continue to pursue my dream and not let people's comments and judgments of me, determine who and what I turn out to be.
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