Finding Forrester: Literacy Narrative

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Chelsee Graham
English 1510
Professor Ray
10, September 2017
Finding Forrester Finding Forrester is a substantial example of a literacy narrative. A literacy narrative allows a writer to express their relationship or feelings about reading and writing. Literacy narratives are written by many people around the world and many writers use this so their readers can get to know them better and their background with reading and writing. Finding Forrester is a narrative about a 16-year-old named Jamal who is a very intelligent boy and a great athlete. The characters in the story all played a key role but the one who made the most impression was Jamal. He came from a not so wealthy family and didn’t live in a great part of New York and turned out …show more content…

The setting takes place in two various places. The first setting, which is where the story begins, takes place in Bronx which is the city he grew up in. Bronx is a not so great part of NYC and they didn’t have very many good schools, homes, or just a living situation in general. He grew up playing street basketball with some bad kids which caused him to get into some trouble sometimes. The other important setting is in Manhattan. This is the better side of New York and is where Jamal’s private school is located. He got the chance to go here due to his capability of being an amazing writer and with the help from William. These settings play a significant role because it’s like a fish out of water story. He grew up with all the terrible stuff surrounding him and turned himself into a very intelligent …show more content…

In this scene, the basketball players from Mailor-Callow were losing. Jamal had played a great game but in order for the school to drop his plagiarizing charges he had to win the game for them. A foul shot was called on the other team and the outcome of the game all depended on Jamal. He got two foul shots and was amazing at shooting fouls shots. He had once shot 50 without missing one. As he approached his first foul shot he blocked out all the noise, dribbled the ball a few times with his sweaty hands, shot the ball and missed as the crowd went “Ahhhh.” All eyes were on him. He felt the pressure for sure. He got the ball, dribbled it once more and shot his last shot and boom it hit the side of the backboard and bounced right off. The crowd sighed

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