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CHARACTERS

Trevor McKinney

Eugene Simonet

Arlene McKinney

PLOT

When 11½-year-old Trevor

McKinney begins seventh grade in

Las Vegas, Nevada, his social

studies teacher Eugene Simonet

gives the class an assignment to

make a plan that will make the world better.

Trevor's plan is a charitable

pyramid scheme, based on good

deeds rather than profit.

He calls his plan "Pay it forward", which means the

recipient of a favor does a favor for a third party

rather than paying the favor

back.

Trevor does a favor for three people, asking each of them to "pay the

favor forward" by doing favors for

three other people, and so

on, along a branching tree of good deeds.

Trevor's efforts appear to fail

when Jerry relapses into

drug addiction, but Jerry will pay his debt forward later by talking

to a suicidal woman, who is about to jump off the bridge.

Meanwhile, Trevor's mother Arlene confronts

Eugene about Trevor's project

after discovering Jerry in their

house. Then Trevor selects Eugene as

his next "pay it forward" target

and tricks Eugene and Arlene into a romantic dinner

date.

This also appears to fail until Trevor and Arlene argue

about her alcoholism and she slaps him in a fit of

anger. The two adults are brought

together again when Trevor runs away from home and Arlene asks

Eugene to help her find him.

When Arlene and Eugene sleep together,

he is seen to have scarring over his torso.

Arlene accepts Eugene's physical disfigurement, but

abandons their relationship when her alcoholic ex-husband Ricky returns to her,

claiming to have given up drinking.

When Ricky resumes his

abusive behavior,

Arlene realizes her mistake

and asks him to leave again.

After her date with Eugene, Arlene paid

Trevor's favor forward by forgiving her own mother Grace for her mistakes in raising

Arlene, and Grace, who is homeless, helped a gang member escape from the police. The gang member then

saved a girl's life, and the girl's father gave Chandler his new car.

Chandler finally identifies Trevor as

the originator of "pay it forward" and conducts a recorded interview in which

Trevor describes his hopes and concerns

for the project. Eugene, hearing Trevor's words,

realizes that he and Arlene should be

together.

As Eugene and Arlene reconcile

with a passionate embrace, Trevor is

stabbed while defending his friend Adam

against a group of bullies, and he

consequently dies at the hospital.

This news is reported on

television, and Eugene and Arlene are soon visited by hundreds of people

who have participated in the

"pay it forward" movement,

gathering in a vigil to pay their respects

to Trevor.

MY COMMENTI THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE, BECAUSE IT IS VERY DRAMATICAL AND OVERWHELMING. YOU

CAN LEARN A LOT FROM IT. IT SHOWS YOU A VERY PRACTICAL AND EASY WAY TO HELP OTHERS. I

LEARNED THAT A SINGLE PERSON LIKE ME CAN MAKE THE CHANGE AND IT INSPIRED ME TO

START THE “PAY IT FORWARD” IDEA: YOU DO A FAVOR TO THREE PEOPLE, AND THEY DO IT TO

THREE MORE PEOPLE EACH, SO WITH THE PASS OF THE TIME MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE DOING

SOMETHING GOOD FOR A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE. IN THESE DAYS OF INSECURITY THAT WE’RE

LIVING, STARTING THIS “PAY IT FORWARD” CHAIN WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO START MAKING A

CHANGE.