Reflection Paper, Pay It Forward Movie Essay Example

theme of Pay it Forward. Although you might not realize it at first, the movie is working on two timelines at the same time, one following the boy as he creates The Idea, and the other following a reporter who is trying to track down the creator of The Idea.

Pay it Forward is a movie about society, and what each of us can do to improve it. Each character represents many different life lessons. One of the most characters that I really liked was Trevor McKinney. He was able to create a unique concept called ‘Pay it Forward’. It consists of doing a large favor for 3 different people, and like a pyramid, spreading the word to each of them to do favors for 3 other strangers. Many people can think about doing something like this, but Trevor actually does it.

It shows how truly giving he was. Under the toughest of circumstances, Trevor focused on helping others, and that is why for me he really played an important role in the movie. As the movie continues on I didn’t really expect that Trevor would not be able to see much of his accomplishment with his project because at the end of the movie, Trevor dies by being stabbed by another student, who is bullying Adam (The kid that Trevor once helped).

This movie is the perfect example of how a movie should be, it makes you laugh, cry a lot, and it is something that stays in your heart and keeps you thinking for weeks afterwards. This movie seems realistic when it comes to the problems faced by people in everyday life. These real life problems that

affect everyday people are alcoholism, divorce, drug addictions, child addictions, child abuse, and so much more. If you were to go into any classroom and talk to ten to twenty students, you would probably find students that are facing these problems at home.

This is an extremely horrible thing that children’s these days have to deal with and I think that people sometimes just look the other way and try to ignore it. Movies like this will hopefully open people’s eyes and they will learn that they can do something to help. This movie shows that it takes one person to start a movement to change someone’s life for the better. The part of the movie that was really unrealistic for me is changing the world. Yes, one person can make a difference, but they cannot change the world.

The movie shows that Trevor’s plan to “Pay it forward” works, but it is just a movie. In real life, I could not picture people doing the favors that were done in this movie, for example the first favor you see is someone giving away their jaguar car to the reporter, after the reporter’s car is damaged. It would be wonderful if “Pay it forward” could really happen in real life, but it is highly impossible. The world would be a beautiful place if only people would be willing to help each other and not expect a favor back.

I never heard of this movie before, up until a couple of week ago during our Christmas break when my sister suggested we watch the movie together saying how moving and hearth warming it was. It may not have the

happiest ending, but it shows that one person can make a difference no matter what their age. Some one that is in their teens like me could impact the world just as much, if not more, than someone in their fifties. All in all this was a great movie with inspiring messages that makes you want to help other people.