Bring the World Forward, Pay It Forward

Bring the world forward, pay it forward.

Have you ever wanted to change the world? Be something out of the ordinary, someone special? In the movie Pay It Forward, directed by Mimi Leder and written by Leslie Dixon from 2000, do they managed to get the hopes up for the many eagerly awaiting souls, living in their normal homes, with their normal wives and meaningless jobs, just waiting to get out there and do something good for the society. Based on the book of the same title, Pay It Forward, written by Catherine Ryan Hide, do they managed to demonstrate that it does not take a hero to change the world.

Trevor McKinney is a little boy struggling with his current situation with a loving, though alcoholic mom, with whom works at the local strip club for a living and a repeatedly returning, aggressive dad, that is not afraid of dealing some justice punches out for dinner. Though everything starts to change when Mr. Simonett, Trevor’s new social science teacher, gives the first assignment of the year, “think about how you can change the world, and take it into action.” This puts Trevor on a massive brainstorming and comes up with the super smart idea of instead of repaying the favours you get; you should repay the favour to someone else. Trevor’s idea is based on a simple system that keeps on multiplying itself with three. Trevor needs to make three big favours for people with the need of help, where after every single one of the three are supposed to “pay it forward”, more specifically give three other favours for three others in need.

During the essay we will get into some of the main characters of the movie, how the given assignment works and if it would work in the real world or not. We will look at the experience Catherine Ryan Hyde has had with a real life project like this, the major themes of the movie and a quick look at the ending where it might surprise the viewer what happens.

Trevor is a younger boy, with whom lives at home with his alcoholic mother and his returning aggressive dad. Trevor really represents one of those kids who do not think badly of anyone. His one of those kids with a creative mind and the willpower to pursue the things he really wants in life. Many people got a lot of talent to achieve something in this world but just need the right push to get started and that is what happens when he meets his new social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet.

The new social studies teacher, Eugene Simonet, always had the intention to do something great in this world. He always feared for the consequences, and of how people would react to his attempts and therefore through the kids, tried to give them a chance to do what he never managed to do himself. During the story, Trevor sees the possibility of bringing his new social studies teacher and mother together, but Mr. Simonet shows from the start an enormous fear of letting someone into his life. Mr. Simonet