ourselves are always so much better than the words we write for others?” (Forrester, 2001). Jamal does not show his true potential in the public school. Jamal does not show how smart he is in his daily work because he wants to fit in. He is given a scholarship to go to a private school where he can evolve into a better student. Jamal meets the old man with binoculars in the window who turns out to be William Forrester. William Forrester was a famous author who wrote a book, Jamal was reading for his class
Finding Forrester is an amazing movie about how an older man and a young adult become friends and mentors to each other. It is a wonderful movie directed by Gus Van Sant and has Sean Connery playing the role of William Forrester, Rob Brown as Jamal Wallace, and F. Murray Abraham as Professor Robert Crawford. Finding Forrester would be classified as a drama. The film starts off with young Jamal Wallace playing basketball with his friends on the basketball court below an apartment building where they
The movie Finding Forrester teaches many lessons about courage, dreams, and transformation, many of which can be relatable to people of all ages. The most iconic, however, are the lessons about trust. Finding Forrester is the story of leery old hermit, William Forrester, who hasn’t stepped foot outside his apartment in several decades, and his unlikely friendship with Jamal, an aspiring writer attending a public high school. After his brother’s death, Forrester secludes himself and decides not to
The scene where Jamal takes Forrester to the empty baseball field is a pivotal point in their relationship and the movie. After Forrester shares some extremely personal information, Jamal turns to him and says “the rest of those who have gone before us cannot steady the unrest of those that follow”, this being a direct quote from Forrester’s book. This quote, though he was unaware when he initially wrote it, has a lot of significance to his character. Jamal realizes this and reminds him of the words
Whether people are black or white, rich or poor, do not let others beliefs shut down what potential someone has. Never let the difficulties in life demolish one's future but help us learn and thrive in life. In Finding Forrester, Jamal and The Man in the Window formed an indestructible bond helping each other throughout life. Breaking the bad habits each one had, and helping one another with choosing the best pathway for what is ahead of them. Everyday, everyone frequently brings themselves down
Having courage can open windows to new experiences for everyone involved. In the movie Finding Forrester, William Forrester is a recluse who has been hiding from society for about forty years. Occasionally, Mr. Forrester looks out his window with a pair of binoculars. Because of this, he draws the attention of some boys who are playing basketball in the court below his apartment window who thought the ¨Man in the Window” was spying on them. Among those boys is young Jamal Wallace, who is a brilliant
our cultural and ethnical backgrounds. For some people these problems can be much more debilitating than most of the everyday problems people experience. The movie Finding Forrester is an example of this. Finding Forrester is the tale of an unlikely friendship that is formed over a mutual passion for writing. William Forrester is a reclusive famous author and Jamal Wallace, a young African-American boy that had recently moved to a prep school in Manhattan. Their friendship leads to William overcoming
Does anyone really like to be stereotyped? Does anyone want to be looked at and automatically judged just because of the way they look, by their skin color, their hair type, or even the type of clothing they wear? Finding Forrester is a film that in my opinion perpetuates stereotypes. The entire film is based on significantly different racial opinions, opinions of different writing styles and stereotyping of different people in general. Race is a huge issue in the film and many stereotypes are made
film, Finding Forrester, characterizes the unlikely relationship formed, between a withdrawn, hermit writer William Forrester, and Jamal Wallace, a basketball star from the Bronx, through their mutual proclivity for the art of writing. The plot of the film revolves around Jamal’s transitions to a highly prestigious private school and the events that led to Forrester becoming a mentor towards Jamal’s writing. Both reclusive in nature, for Jamal his academic endeavors, and Forrester nearly all aspects
grow up and find who you really are” (e.e. cummings). In Finding Forrester, Jamal shows a large amount of courage. He goes to the public school and gains a new friend who is Forrester. Jamal encourages Forrester to step out of his comfort zone and leave his house; therefore, he is showing a lot of courage because of Jamal. Forrester also pushes Forrester to step out of his comfort zone at the same time. In a variety of ways, Forrester forces Jamal to improve his writing. All throughout the movie, courage
Is it possible for a person to change? What influences them to change? Not only Jamal, but Forrester as well were able to change and they could not have done it without each others' help and guidance. In the film, “Finding Forrester”, the director Gus Van Sant utilizes character development to suggest the idea on how environment influences an individual's pursuits in life. In the opening of the film, we see Jamal as a quiet kid from the Bronx. His grades were average and nothing seemed out of the
and Jamal and Forrester are able to do this in a way that will benefit their lives forever. In Finding Forrester a young man by the name of Jamal, a 16 year old from the Bronx turns out to be an extremely gifted writer and basketball player. He decides to hide his talent in writing from others until a dare comes up where he goes into a mysterious man's house to take something when in reality this became one of the most important moments of his life. He in a way meets William Forrester who wrote one
“We walk away from our dreams afraid that we may fail or worse yet: afraid that they will succeed.” (IMDB, 2000, p. 1). This quote comes from the movie Finding Forrester, a film about two unlikely friends who challenge life's obstacles together; thus, promoting that following one's dreams may lead to a strong transformation of characters, settings, and conflicts through a plot. The movie starts in the busy streets of New York City, and transitions to the run down public school attended by Jamal Wallace
Why is caring so important? In the movie “Finding Forrester”, Jamal and his friends wonder why “The Window,” a figure they refer to watches them when they play basketball. Jamal’s friends dare him to sneak into The Window’s apartment. He has to prove to his friends that he did the dare by taking something from the apartment. The next day, Jamal realizes that he does not have his backpack Later on, Jamal’s bag is thrown from the window of the apartment that he broke into. His books were written all
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
to rely on Forrester for advice; Jamal began seeking help from Forrester in regards to writing and eventually in issues that he experiences. Forrester began with soley giving Jamal advice on how to improve his writng. Eventually Forrester and Jamal becam close, once this is the case, Jamal explains his issues to Forrester and listens to the instruction that Forrester offers. Forresters advice has changed the way Jamal appoaches his issues, how he percieves life, and who he is. Forrester helped Jamal
In the film Finding Forrester, set in New York in the last 1900s; the main character Jamal Wallace is an inner-city kid from the Bronx who is a talented basketball player and is a genius at writing. While always a C student, Jamal gets the attention of a prestigious New York prep school scout; when he scores highly on the standardized tests. Jamal becomes friend with Claire and it quickly becomes more; while Jamal is given a heavy load at his new school, both he and the school know that the real
opening week, Finding Forrester made 11,112 dollars. This movie is about a teenage boy from the bronx named Jamal who finds enough courage to break into the “window man’s” apartment. The man turns out to be a very well known author named, William Forrester, that ends up encouraging Jamal to go to a private school that offered him a scholarship, because of his academic excellence and basketball talent. In the end, Jamal throughout his learning and growing close with Forrester, gives him the courage
An unknown author says “You’re always one decision away from a totally different life”. In Finding Forrester, Jamal and William Forrester are always making decisions that change their life. Jamal is an African American student who is a good author and basketball player, but he is afraid to show his writing skills because he is afraid of what his friends will think. He is definitely not afraid to show off his basketball skills. Him and his friends will be playing basketball on the outside court and
Finding Forrester In Finding Forrester a movie that takes place in the Bronx, there are two main characters, William Forrester and Jamal Wallace who find friendship in an unlikely way because of their passion for reading and writing. Though both are very different from each other they are drawn together by similar interests. The characters are different in many ways; Forrester is a male Caucasian in his mid seventies who graduated from Columbia University and lives by himself. Forrester has