Assess The Difference Between Jamal Wallace And Mr. Forrester In Finding Forrester

In Finding Forrester movie, there are 2 main characters Jamal Wallace and Mr. Forrester who find friendship because of their passion for writing. Jamal was a young and smart boy who met William Forrester the old man. They become friends because Jamal moved into Forrester’s house. When Jamal left his bag in Forrester house, Forrester wrote on Jamal notebook and Jamal asked him to help with his writing. Their friendship was built on the differences in races, personalities, and confrontational attitude. The first difference between Jamal and Forrester is their race. Jamal was a 16-year-old black student from a small city called the Bronx. He lived with his mother and brother Terrell in an apartment. He got a scholarship from a new school where he was the only black student. He was shocked that Mr. Forrester agreed to help him although Forrester was white. His writing skills were excellent, and he was a good basketball player. Mr. Crawford, the professor, did not like him because he was challenging him. Mr. Crawford could not believe a black boy from the Bronx did so good in writing. In the other hand, Mr. Forrester was an …show more content…
Jamal was a friendly person. Jamal liked friends, and he always trying to help them. Jamal liked the environment, meeting with friends and playing outside with friends. He was trying to help his friends when they asked him to move into Forrester house to see who was the old man that was looking at them, and that is how Jamal became friend with Mr. Forrester. Jamal helped Mr. Forrester to find his inner self and going outside. Meanwhile, Mr. Forrester was not a friendly person. He didn’t like to go outside. He preferred to stay inside his house looking at Jamal’s friends playing outside and birds chirping instead of going to talk to them. The only person he used to talk was the mailman when he brought something for him. Though their differences, they found a way to be