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Proverb In Finding Forrester
“Actions speak louder than words” is an old, widely known proverb. In the film Finding Forrester, Jamal Wallace performs a perfect example of this proverb when he intentionally misses two free throw shots at the State Championships. This act is directed towards the administrators and specifically towards his English professor, Robert Crawford, because he is accusing Jamal of plagiarism because he believes Jamal’s writing is too good and cannot possibly be an original. When Crawford found proof that Jamal’s writing is not completely original, he reports it to the Mailor Callow school board causing them to make a decision on Jamal’s future at the school. However, they decided to delay the decision until the end of the State Championships basketball
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