E's gift.

In the move of Emanuel's gift it is really heartwarming because it describes the difficulties that 3rd world countries are facing as far as disabilities go. Sometimes due to the lack of nutrition or how the lack of pure water can effect babies while they are in the womb. This is similar to Emanuel's situation. However his disability of not having a limb is very common in his country. People just learn to live with it and adapt to the situation versus really getting improvements such as prosthetics or any doctoral consent. Emanuele just asked for a simple bike, that is what started the whole journey. What struck me in this part was the fact that all he asked for was a bike and not a massive amount of money like most people especially those in the United States would ask for. With his bike that he received, he rode all around his country to advocate for people with disabilities and creating a face for these people of hope that they can accomplish anything even without a limb or disability of any kind. Word got back to the United States and they asked Emanuele to come to the US and spread his story. Which is kind of sad that they asked him to come after the fact that he had accomplished something so great. This story reminded me a lot of Forest Gump and how he ran around the entire company even though he too had a disability. Proving that exterior is nothing compared to the heart of the interior. He became good friends with Rudy who too suffered from not having legs. Only he was born with both of his and asked his parents if he could get them amputated at the young age of five and now is in many triathlons. At the end of the movie Emanuele receives a prosthetic leg and returns back to his homeland where he re-meets his father after he had abandoned them due to the fact Emanuele was born without a leg. This whole part seemed very selfish to me because he just seemed to want interest with Emanuele because he became famous for his story and made something of himself, not because he had a desire to see his son.