Introduction"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you'll get." (Forrest Gump)This quote from the movie Forrest Gump pretty much sums up our lives. Our life is full of uncertainties and we will never know what will happen in the future. This uncertainty makes our lives fun as we prepare to anticipate the unknown future. Likewise, death is unpredictable but inevitable. We may try to prepare against it by trying to stay safe and sound, but no matter what it successfully grabs us with its claws. The film 50/50 depicts a character who is very young and risk-averse, but suffers from a life-threatening disease. After the diagnosis, he denies the diagnosis and feels he has no support. Synopsis 50/50 is a comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Levine and inspired by a true story by writer Will Reiser. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen, this film is about love, friendship, survival and finding humor in unlikely places. Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a writer for public radio who is also a risk-averse man. He has an attractive up-and-coming artist girlfriend, Rachel (Bryce Dallas Howard) and a dorky friend Kyle (Seth Rogen). His life is turned upside down when he discovers that his nagging back pain is a rare form of spinal cancer. After Googling information about cancer, he discovers that he has a 50/50 chance of survival. He is sent to a young and inexperienced therapist, Katherine McKay (Anna Kendrick), and although their sessions get off to a rocky start, he slowly begins to open up to her about his illness and how it is affecting him. Furthermore, after realizing his illness, he mends his relationship with his mother Diane (Anjelica Huston) who also takes care of his father suffering from Alzheimer's. ...... middle of the paper ...... ect is matter like cancer and at the same time provides witty and natural humor. Works Cited 50/50. Director Jonathan Levine. Perf. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen. Summit Entertainment, 2011. Film.DeSpelder, Lynne Ann and Albert Lee. Strickland. The Last Dance: Meeting Death and Dying. Boston: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2009. Print.Forrest Gump. Director Roberto Zemeckis. By Eric Roth. Perf. Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Gary Sinise. Paramount Pictures, 1994. DVD. Franklin, Anna. “Young Adult Cancer Questions That '50/50' Doesn't Answer.” Interview by Marc Silver. National geographic. 30 September 2011. Web. "National Cancer Institute." Definition of chemotherapy. Network. March 10. 2012. .