Comparing Crawford And William Forester

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This is not only a tale of heart and hardship, but more like a tale of someone who is lost and is trying to find himself. Although there are some people trying to pull him down for example Crawford and William Forester. He struggles all throughout the movie. His own dad left when he was young and so he picked up a book. He started to write and get smarter. He just wanted some help to be shown the way. Even though all some people wanted to do is pull him down and Not let him have a future, let him figure things out the hard way. As Jamal's brother said “They only let you so far”

To prove him right, we can talk about the scared Crawford, who thought a black Basketball kid from the Bronx could not be doing this writing. He is so quick to jump

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