William Forrester And Jamal Wallace Character Analysis

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William Forrester and Jamal Wallace had an unlikely friendship. At first, William wanted to know why did Jamal come in to his house without telling him. Jamal had left his book bag in Williams house and William went through Jamal's stuff and wrote little notes or corrections on his writings. And since that day they both worked together. William gave Jamal some lessons of writing. Jamal wrote writings and gave them to William so he could correct them. The more they learned about each other the more they noticed things about themselves.
When Jamal breaks his promise of keeping any writings he wrote in Williams house, William gets angry. Jamal calms down and writes a letter to William about friendship Jamal's brother goes into his room to turn

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