The Butterfly Effect In The Film Pay It Forward

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The “butterfly effect” is the immense dependence on a object to the point where a slight difference would cause a dramatic effect. An ideal example of this theory demonstrated through a qoute is ¨Every cause produces more than one effect¨ (Herbert Spencer). Additionally, this quote includes the cascade effect which relates back to the butterfly effect;, they are interconnected in the sense that a small change can overtime buildup and have an unexpected dramatic effect. Furthermore, this ideology of tremendous dependence and dramatic results is inevitable in the movie Pay It Forward. A cascade of events follow subsequently with due credit to Trevor’s concept of Pay it Forward. Trevor helps Jerry, Sidney helps a girl at the emergency room, and eventually Arline forgives and seeks to rekindle her relationship with her mother, Grace.
Notably, one particular act of kindness that ignites this chain of effects is Trevor simply helping a homeless man named Jerry. As a matter of fact, Trevor provides Jerry with shelter, food, and even gives him his life savings in order to help him back onto his feet.

She forgives her mother for all her faults and gives her mom the power to stay sober long enough for her to reunite the family together. As a result, Trevor surely is overwhelmed with joy to see not only his family back together, but the attention that his concept Pay it Forward had received throughout the nation. In fact, Trevor even gets interviewed by Chris before his sudden and tragic death. His life was taken by delinquent children as he stood up for everything he believed in by protecting his buddy Adam from these bullies. Consequently, this concept has helped and transformed lives for the better as seen by the chain of events triggered that all stem from this simple and innocent idea of rather than repaying a favor, one should just Pay it