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 from believing what assumptions people make, letting go of our own potentials and opportunities. Not to forget that everyone has to face their doubts to reach the greatest potential within them. In the movie, “Finding Forrester,” Jamal and William
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It all began when Jammal had the chance to transfer schools for better opportunities from grades to how he played on the basketball court. His old school never really thought about how different Jamal was from the others because Jamal never wanted to show how wise, or knowledgeable he was. As a community today, people are judged from where they come from and what they look like. To me, this shouldn’t matter; everyone should have the same amount of opportunities as one another. People may never know what someone is capable of if you don’t get to know who they are. Just as Berardinell (2000) says, “Although his streetwise background makes him a social outsider amidst a sear of rich, pampered kids, Jamal's performance on the court and in the classroom earns him the respect of many of his teachers and peers” (p. 1). Since he started this new school, he has been misjudged for his capabilities and creativeness on writing. Not only was Jamal the type of guy that liked to show his intelligence with others, but he always wanted to fit in with the crowd; therefore, he shut down the better opportunities he was given …show more content…
After Jamal meets William, they formed an unbelievable bond with each other. This bond has helped one another learn and help find each other's potentials when they couldn't find it themselves. They never gave up on who they were from knowing how much potential had inside of them even though they couldn’t find the way to express it. A huge turning point for Jammal came along after meeting William Forrester. Not only did they find each other coincidentally, but also formed an everlasting relationship. As time went on, Forrester helped Jamal with his writing while Jamal helped William to crack his shell and get out of his apartment and break his bad habits. As Movielocity (2001) says, “Sometimes it’s the people you find, sometimes it’s the people who find you” (p. 1). From having this special bond, they began to help each other through life and all of the hardships that have came along. After all, meeting the Man in the Window was not a coincidence. The day came when Jamal had the chance to move onto the championships with two last shots. Thinking about the decisions for his future, Jamal intentionally misses the shots. If he made these shots, the consequences from plagiarising will make its way to humiliation. On the other hand, if he missed the shots nothing will come up of the plagiarism; nevertheless, his opportunities would be lost from
It all began when Jammal had the chance to transfer schools for better opportunities from grades to how he played on the basketball court. His old school never really thought about how different Jamal was from the others because Jamal never wanted to show how wise, or knowledgeable he was. As a community today, people are judged from where they come from and what they look like. To me, this shouldn’t matter; everyone should have the same amount of opportunities as one another. People may never know what someone is capable of if you don’t get to know who they are. Just as Berardinell (2000) says, “Although his streetwise background makes him a social outsider amidst a sear of rich, pampered kids, Jamal's performance on the court and in the classroom earns him the respect of many of his teachers and peers” (p. 1). Since he started this new school, he has been misjudged for his capabilities and creativeness on writing. Not only was Jamal the type of guy that liked to show his intelligence with others, but he always wanted to fit in with the crowd; therefore, he shut down the better opportunities he was given …show more content…
After Jamal meets William, they formed an unbelievable bond with each other. This bond has helped one another learn and help find each other's potentials when they couldn't find it themselves. They never gave up on who they were from knowing how much potential had inside of them even though they couldn’t find the way to express it. A huge turning point for Jammal came along after meeting William Forrester. Not only did they find each other coincidentally, but also formed an everlasting relationship. As time went on, Forrester helped Jamal with his writing while Jamal helped William to crack his shell and get out of his apartment and break his bad habits. As Movielocity (2001) says, “Sometimes it’s the people you find, sometimes it’s the people who find you” (p. 1). From having this special bond, they began to help each other through life and all of the hardships that have came along. After all, meeting the Man in the Window was not a coincidence. The day came when Jamal had the chance to move onto the championships with two last shots. Thinking about the decisions for his future, Jamal intentionally misses the shots. If he made these shots, the consequences from plagiarising will make its way to humiliation. On the other hand, if he missed the shots nothing will come up of the plagiarism; nevertheless, his opportunities would be lost from