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    Sant (2000), Finding Forrester was the film selected for this discussion. The storyline for the film centers around two main characters, Forrester and Lamar. Forrester played by Sean Connery, is an eccentric, reclusive, Pulitzer prize winning novelist, living in a high-rise building in New York city. Forrester has not left his apartment in over a decade. His life centers around looking out a living room window, overlooking a basketball court, with binoculars. Lamar, played by Rob Brown, is a…

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    Dreams are something everyone has, they can be easy to find, or they can be one of the hardest things one can endure. In the movie “Finding Forrester” we look into Jamal Wallace's life, and his dreams of not only becoming an incredible writer and basketball star, but also being accepted by his peers. Despite living in a bad neighborhood and going to a run down school, Jamal is offered to go to a high end private high school, but to keep a social status with his friends, he takes on a dare to…

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    In Finding Nemo, the ordinary world is the sea anemone. They are waking up for Nemo’s first day of school. While Nemo is excited for school and making new friends. But, Marlin is not as excited. He is worried about Nemo being out in the world. Away from his protection and safety. This is only because, Nemo is all Marlin has. He lost his wife and all of his other unborn kids, so he protects Nemo with all he has. Nemo has a bad fin but, that doesn’t stop him from having an adventurous personality.…

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    Transformation paves the way for all people, and Jamal and Forrester are able to do this in a way that will benefit their lives forever. In Finding Forrester a young man by the name of Jamal, a 16 year old from the Bronx turns out to be an extremely gifted writer and basketball player. He decides to hide his talent in writing from others until a dare comes up where he goes into a mysterious man's house to take something when in reality this became one of the most important moments of his life.…

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    The movie Finding Nemo starts out with Marlin and his wife, who are both clownfish, talking about their future in the Great Barrier Reef which they have made their new home and their eggs. Soon a barracuda attacks their home and Marlin is left unconscious. When he is finally awaken, he realizes that his wife and their eggs are gone except one. When the little clownfish is born he names him Nemo. Nemo is born with his right fin smaller than his left because there was damage to his egg when the…

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    we’re facing. Some can portray the message as motivation, and others can open our eyes to reality or even life. Regardless, media will always portray the message that has a connection to your life. In this class we got the opportunity to analyze” Finding Forrester, School Ties, and 3 Miles” and in all these of these movies, they all share a message about meritocracy. Meritocracy refers to a “social system in which individuals advance and earn rewards in direct proportion to their individual…

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    Transformation is the first step in accepting one’s true potential. In Finding Forrester, Jamal, a talented high schooler, meets William Forrester, a hermit author. At first they seem to be two sides of the same coin, but as conflict occurs they rise above their fears and grow for the better. In chaotic confrontations, people’s faults become apparent, and they transform into who they really are. During confrontation, people realize their transformation into who they really are. Professor…

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    P: Ty’Kevinyon will gain a sense of security and belonging by increasing his ability to develop trusting relationships. A: MHP discussed the importance of being truthful. MHP instructed Ty’Kevinyon to identify positive social behaviors that can help rebuild trust. MHP discussed with Ty’Kevinyon the value of honesty as a basis for building trust and mutual respect with others. MHP aided Ty’Kevinyon in exploring how he will feel if he was deceived or manipulated by others, and processed…

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    Finding Forrester Essay

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    Finding Forester is a movie written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van San. The movie Finding Forrester is about a relationship between a young student, Jamal, who is from the poor community and an old man Forrester, who has been hiding in his house. Their relationship starts when Jamal break into Forrester’s house. They have become friends. Both have a love for writing and they learn from each other. The director uses some of the Aristotle elements throughout the film such as plot, characters…

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    Marlin must travel the archetype of an ocean, to find his lost son. He encounters many dangers like jellyfish an angler fish and a whale that swallows him whole. Throughout the movie, there is an overlying theme. The theme is that, In the movie “Finding Nemo”, Andrew Stanton uses water, a quest and the sea to assert that we as humans fear the unknown because we like being in control of our destiny, but we often learn to…

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