Finding Forrester

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…

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…

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…

Change is inevitable. Change is also necessary for people to develop. “Finding Forrester” has many examples change. A black teenager named Jamal, who is a literary enthusiast, hides his intelligence and; appear to be an average kid in high school. Jamal's friends however, are a diffrent story. Not only are they the stereotypical teenagers who cause trouble but they also try to bring Jamal down to their level. They dare Jamal to rob an apartment. Jamal, going against his beliefs, breaks into the…

school in Manhattan to enhance himself to show his true potential and become the best version of himself. Then meeting William Forrester, Jamal is able to transform his writing to be exemplary. Change, from…

very talented at basketball but not so much at school. In the book the kids called the main character Slam. Slams real name is Greg Harris. In the movie Finding Forrester, Jamal Wallace was a good kid. Jamal did great in school and both on the court. There are many differences and similarities in both the novel Slam and the movie Finding forrester. In the book Slam, Greg harris went to Carver school. Then, Slam had to move schools not because he wanted to but because he had to. Slam then started…

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…

connection through his writing as he and Forrester a older gentlemen who sat all day in his apartment watching the boys play basketball and bird watching crossed paths, as his love for writing grew. As his relationship with Forrester grew Jamal transformed into the person his friends would hate but the person he needed to become. He saw the obstacles in his life and transferred them to his writing, as he grew Forrester grew, he learned how to love…

away from finding shelter. The shelter both Jamal and Forrester find is the concept of writing itself. Their relationship balances each other for why they need safety, but the reason both characters find safety is writing. “Write don’t think, writing is not about thinking” (Finding Forrester). Forrester uses the conflict style of collaboration with Jamal for both of them to receive the interpersonal need of safety; issuing his view about Jamal’s writing and Jamal writing pieces Forrester can…

Finding Forrester, a 2000 drama movie, describes the experience of a young, black boy whose outstanding writing skills give him the opportunity to attend a better school. Though the movie talks about the difficulties of the main character (Jamal Wallase) who is a black skin person, interestingly, in my opinion, the main problem is not related to racism; there are a couple of racism behaviors but as secondary topics. In my opinion, the film refer to a variety of difficulties that low-class people…