Finding Forever

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…

How is it that people can look around at other individuals and watch them transform right in front of their eyes? In the movie Finding Forrester people are able to watch many characters transform just due to the human beings around them. Jamal has a strong passion for writing but, is always looking for help to improve. William is a writer who has shut himself away from society. These two happen to have a truly unique meeting, Jamal breaks into William's apartment due to a dare, from this point…

Finding Forrester “Someone I once knew wrote that we walk away from our dreams afraid that we may fail or worse yet, afraid we may succeed”(William Forrester).The film, Finding Forrester defines life as a chance for opportunities, and to do what your heart says to do. The movie begins when a young boy, Jamal, does exceptionally well on a required exam. He is later on asked to attend a prep school in Manhattan. Soon after, he meets a well known writer, William Forrester, who has been unheard of…

there is complete trust in everyone and everything, where there is no reason for doubt. The world would be perfect, a utopia. Unfortunately there is distrust in the everyday lives of people everywhere. This idea is specifically shown in the movie Finding Forrester. The movie follows a teenage boy named Jamal and his quest for trust. The viewer sees Jamal’s distrust in a window apartment, develope into the confiding relationship of a new friendship with William Forrester. As this is occurring, he…

The American Dream constantly changes over time. From the time of the Founding Fathers, the American Dream was simply freedom and independence. For the people, the dream was to strive to be the best. For America, the dream was to be considered a model for other countries. Today, America arguably is not the strongest country compared China, or the United Kingdom. But America is still considered a great influence. Many ideas of the American Dream change as a result of this. The ideas of wealth,…

“Someone I once knew wrote that we walk away from our dreams, afraid that we may fail or worse yet, afraid we may succeed” (IMDb, 2000, p. 1). This is a quote from William Forrester in the movie, Finding Forrester. The quote is saying that one does not conquer their dreams without courage. Finding Forrester is set in the busy city of New York. Here lives the teenage boy, Jamal Wallace, and an unlikely mentor named William Forrester. As a dare, Jamal breaks into Forrester’s apartment, and…

The day of the crash I was zipping up my duffel bag, when my dad yelled with his loud and very clear voice “It’s time to go.” I rushed downstairs with pillow, blanket, and all my bags in my hand and heard the car roaring in the driveway. Once I had thrown all of my bags in the back of the car I took my seat and buckled up, and off we went. It was a four hour ride, we were going to our cabin. I was eight and my sister was 5 years younger. My parents, my sister, and I were all stuffed into my…

The life along the Great Barrier Reef is full of danger and Marlin, a single parent clown fish, has to protect his son, Nemo. As the time starts for school his dad nervously accompanies him and agonized over his every move. Nemo defies his father and swims to the reef's awesome “drop off” to investigate a boat. Suddenly he gets scooped up by a diver and Marlin helplessly watches the happening. Marlin frantically swims off in search of his son. As he passes a school of fish, he suddenly bumps…

In the movie The Lion King, Simba ended up being the ruler of the land his father had abandoned when he passed. The build up of the movie made the happy ending refreshing after all the grief the viewers go throughout the whole movie. In the movie Finding Nemo, a dad fish, Marlon loses his son Nemo at the beginning of the movie. Throughout the remainder of the movie Nemo is trying to find Marlon and Marlon is trying to find Nemo. At the end they finally do get back to each other and everything…

The day is nice, warm and sunny. A young man walks along a path in the park, spotting a small bundle of people. The people are chatting to themselves as the young man approaches them. He talks to the group, getting along with them perfectly. However, this man has never before talked to or even seen these people. This describes a character in the movie With Honors. This film features roommates in Harvard who end up taking in a bum during their senior year. Even though some of the…