being there Am I Ignorant By Chance
...yers that “he is not allowed outside the house” combined with his rhetoric influenced responses by what he occasionally learns from watching television. Chance’s television informed utterances are often mistaken for profundity, much like the conversation between Chance and Ben Rand describing his homeless situation Mr. Rand believes Chance is talking about his business not an actual home. Chance is often through out the movie believed to be a very intelligent man and not one whom I viewed first as ignorant and unintelligent. Chance’s adolescent view of life which seems to be evident in his “yes or no” responses to questions given to him from The President of the United States to appearing on the Gary Burns Show while trying to explain gardening and what everyone else interpreted as economic genius from Chance. I realized by watching Chance the ignorance is what we perceive it to be, just because someone looks and speaks well doe not make the intelligent; it only changes your audiences view or expectations of who or what you are. Characters such as Chance make...