Finding Nemo

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…

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…

Have you ever tried to fit in? Both “Good Enough” and “Game Over” are about teenagers trying to fit in at school. “Good Enough” and “Game Over” have a multitude of similarities and differences, such as their themes and the types of characters used. One similarity between “Good Enough” and “Game Over” is their themes. In “Game Over”, Ryan joins a tennis class, when everyone starts speaking Russian he does not tell anyone he can not understand them, afraid he will not fit in. On page 25 it…

“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 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…

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…

Oppressed by Captain Nemo, Ned Land sought liberty. Although Nemo gave the illusion of freedom through mobility on the ship, he had the control. Unhappy living in the Nautilus, Ned Land was constantly fighting to be free. Throughout the entire novel, we see the only one making an honest effort to escape is Ned Land. Freedom is necessary to live a fulfilling life. During the initial capture, Ned Land was the most resistant. Both Aronnax and Conseil had showed little to no resistance.…

Separation 1. Call to Adventure- Marlin is a clown fish with a son named Nemo. Marlin constantly warns Nemo not to venture into the open sea because it is very dangerous. On Nemo’s first day of school, he was dared to go out to the open sea and “touch the butt” of the ship that was in the distance and then swim back. Before he was able to swim back, Nemo was scooped up by a scuba driver that would then bring him to a dentist office and Nemo would be put into a fish tank. 2. Refusal of the…

From what I have read and what I have seen in my life time is amazing, but the one thing that stands out is that the restaurant industry has grown stale. It has the same thing and does the same thing not one person has step outside of the box. I’m here to do just that. I’m here to blow the lid off the restaurant industry and keep it moving and a direction that it has been afraid to go. Like Robert Frost once said I’m going to take the road less traveled. The questions I ask are you willing to…