Pay It Forward Response

"Pay it Forward" is a movie that tells of an assignment a seventh grade social studies class, the assignment being to change the world around them. In the beginning the teacher, Eugene Simonet, asks his class how the world effects them, to which most of them feel they have no effect on the world because they are only eleven while not thinking of the world as what they interact with (teachers, parents, friends, and everyone they encounter) and think more of things like jobs and government. Trevor, on the other hand, believes he can change the world through a trust system called paying it forward.

Paying it forward is a system that Trevor devised for his assignment on changing the world. It is a trust based system that involves one person that performs a task to help three random strangers, like helping them overcome debts or simply making their day, to which the three people help three more themselves. After helping someone you don't ask for a favor in return, you simply tell them to pay it forward to three other people. I believe he made this system because as he said, "This world sucks." and he wanted to spread the idea of generosity and helping others for the purpose of creating a utopia.

Trevor has had to deal with the burden of his mother who is a struggling alcohol in recovery and who is trying to find control in her life, all the while dealing with an abusive boyfriend who impregnated his mom. He's also dealt with the emotional burden of the assignment he has received, mainly because he's felt that he actually hasn't helped others or they haven't payed it forward to others. What he doesn't know is that his mothers and others have helped others through paying it forward and inspiring