CB 31 August 2010 Lessons Learned from Finding Forrester In the book Finding Forrester‚ written by James W. Ellison‚ there are many thoughts ideas of great importance to many individuals. Each person finds out that you can learn anything from anyone‚ no matter whether they are negative of positive influences to them. There are some individuals that value pride and swagger while some sought the virtues of conceitedness. Jamal Wallace‚ William Forrester‚ and Professor Robert Crawford learn the
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What’s point of finding Forrester? The movie is about Pulitzer Prize Winner author William Forrester and a black teenage boy‚ Jamal Wallace from Bronx. Shows human kind‚ friendship does not have an age barrier. Talent needs to be recognized without stereotyping‚ prejudice and discrimination‚ people should not be judged from their color and where their come from. It teaches teenagers to channel their frustration in positive manner. Every citizen has the right for equal opportunity
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Prof. M.DeBartolo Comp and Lit 1 February 2014 Finding Forester The movie Finding Forester takes place in the Bronx this setting is importing in the movie and shows what kind of lifestyle Jamal has‚ and what he is expected to live up to. It shows that by living in such an area of poor black people not much is going to be going on for him and not much can be done in the area except play basketball with his friends in the court and not much besides that. There are other settings in the movie
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Finding Forrester The movie Finding Forrester is based in the Bronx. Jamal Wallace meets William Forrester and at first is unaware that he is a famous author. William helps Jamal with his passion for writing which he covers up with basketball to get accepted. He gets the opportunity to go to a different school for basketball until he figures out that he would rather be there for academics. William and Jamal have an agreement that William will help with writing and Jamal will
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The film Finding Forrester defies the standards of a regular sports film‚ instead it depicts characters that find hope through venturing into the unknown. This film portrays the paths of two major characters‚ a striving African- American teen Jamal‚ and a Pulitzer prize winning recluse author William‚ who overcome stereotypes‚ prejudices‚ and myths which had fueled their unfounded fears. Throughout this process‚ they are also able to defy the assumptions made about them by others in order to reach
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In the movie “Finding Forrester”‚ it is about a lower class black male‚ who does not believe in himself. He is the type that does not show what he is capable of. He has a mind of a very educated human but struggles to show because he does not think he will fit in with anyone around him. In this movie‚ there are few people that placed a burden on Jamal Wallace. Jamal knew his strength but was afraid of showing them. Robert Crawford his school professor‚ Jamal Wallace himself and fly one of Jamal’s
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Finding Forrester The film‚ "finding Forrester"‚ was a good quality film‚ with a great theme and moral lesson. The film has two main characters‚ Jamal Wallace and William Forrester. Jamal Wallace is a talented 16-years old African American basketball player in Bronx‚ New York‚ whose secret passion is writing and reading. William Forrester is a reclusive Pulitzer Prize winning novelist who never gave the world a second novel. He suffers from agoraphobia which prevents him from dealing with
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There are some people in this world who are too afraid to face reality‚ so instead‚ they hide away from it. They close themselves up from the world‚ and don’t even try to be happy. Instead‚ they drown themselves in misery. In the novel Finding Forrester by James W. Ellison‚ there is a battle of breaking out of a shell‚ letting people in one’s life‚ and learning to let go of one’s past. In order to be happy‚ one must let go from their past‚ move on‚ and reach out. Learning to go out in the
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“Finding Forrester” is a touching drama surrounding our protagonist‚ Jamal Wallace‚ an African American youngster who grew up in a lesser desirable social circumstance. With the combined factor of his gift in the basketball courts‚ and his excellent standardized test scores‚ Jamal Wallace finds himself invited to a prestigious prep school in New York. During the same time frame‚ Jamal Wallace befriends an enigmatic old man‚ unknown to Jamal at the time‚ the old man is in fact William Forrester‚ a
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Finding ForresterFrom Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Finding Forrester Theatrical release poster Directed by Gus Van Sant Produced by Sean Connery Laurence Mark Written by Mike Rich Starring Sean Connery Rob Brown F. Murray Abraham Anna Paquin Cinematography Harris Savides Editing by Valdís Óskarsdóttir Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release dates December 22‚ 2000 (2000-12-22) Running time 136 minutes Country United States Language
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