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Jamal Wallace is a very ingenious young man. Living in the Bronx sometimes puts a bad image on him. He goes through tribulations with everyone thinking bad on him. When he transferred schools the new society, he was in judged him based on his color and him being from the Bronx. His friends bring him down from peer pressure. They convinced him to break into a house and that put a bad first impression from William Forresters point of view. As Jamal and William got to know each other, William realized Jamal has the potential of being an excellent writer.
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