The one thing that brought down Jamal the most was the place he lived in made people think he was just like everyone else he thought that everyone saw him the same way and then the best thing happen to him that could have he meet William. But because he lived in the “hood” people looked at him like he was one of the same people they see not …show more content…
Crawford he pulled Jamal down the farthest down and the most so he could not get out as easy as he should have been able to. Crawford know that Jamal was a better writer than he would ever be and he did not want him to know it at all. William knew why Crawford was being hard on Jamal and that was Crawford saw William Forrester in Jamal and did not want him to become as good as he really is because it would not be fair to everyone because he was that good Crawford saw that Jamal was a good writer so he use his background to try to say he could not be this good when he truly is just that good at what he does just because he came from the Bronx has nothing to do with it Jamal was no is better than what he