According to the movie Edison was a pretty remarkable man. Around the beginning Edison of the movie Edison figured out that he needed a laboratory to be able to make new inventions and get farther in his older ones. He had a friendly group of scientists, mathematicians, and physicists that he was friends with. With a backbone of some money and their help, they raised a laboratory at Menlo Park. The laboratory was set up on two floors with lots of tables to work on and shelves to store their experiments, but it had no chairs so the people would be working the whole time. The only chairs that were in the laboratory were for the accountant and the organ player. After the lab had existed for a couple of years Edison and his team started running out of money. He was almost forced to work for a guy, that would give him way more than enough money but he would direct him what to do. Edison did not wish to do this so he tried to find another way, and he eventually did. The lab was the highlight of the town and the towns people would talk about what inventions the team were up to then. This grabbed Edison’s attention and he would play with the press attracted by the town, making up farfetch stories.
Edison was a hard working man that always made it possible for the people working for him to have a job. He would rather close down the laboratory before he didn’t pay for their work. He was a very well respected man in the laboratory, but he was not so much respected at home. He would stay at the lab much more than he did at home. He neglected his wife and kids for the improvement of the world. At such a high cost, who knows if it was worth it.
In the end Edison was able to prove him self, his team and his inventions by setting up electricity in a New York shoppe. Although there were challanges along the way he never gave up and pushed through. After setting up the electricity in the shop, he was able to further set up electricity and lights elsewhere and became more famous.
