shows what kind of lifestyle Jamal has‚ and what he is expected to live up to. It shows that by living in such an area of poor black people not much is going to be going on for him and not much can be done in the area except play basketball with his friends in the court and not much besides that. There are other settings in the movie like Forester’s apartment as Jamal spends most of his time there and it’s where he writes most of his writing. It’s important here because Jamal can work better in this
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Forrester tells Jamal: “Just keep in mind that bitterly disappointed teachers can be either effective or very dangerous.” Do you agree? Explain. A teacher is someone that burns like a candle to kindle and enlighten a student’s path and horizon. Teachers work tremendously hard to facilitate student learning. I do definitely agree that disappointed teachers can be either very effective or very dangerous. They are dangerous in the sense that they might jeopardise a student’s standing at a school
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“Finding Forrester” is a touching drama surrounding our protagonist‚ Jamal Wallace‚ an African American youngster who grew up in a lesser desirable social circumstance. With the combined factor of his gift in the basketball courts‚ and his excellent standardized test scores‚ Jamal Wallace finds himself invited to a prestigious prep school in New York. During the same time frame‚ Jamal Wallace befriends an enigmatic old man‚ unknown to Jamal at the time‚ the old man is in fact William Forrester‚ a Pulitzer
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Finding Forrester by James W. Ellison‚ there is a battle of breaking out of a shell‚ letting people in one’s life‚ and learning to let go of one’s past. In order to be happy‚ one must let go from their past‚ move on‚ and reach out. Learning to go out in the open with one’s shield only half way up‚ and living life how it’s meant to be to be lived‚ and letting go of what’s holding a person back. In the novel‚ Jamal is still angry at his father for leaving him and his family until Forrester made
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Finding Forrester The film‚ "finding Forrester"‚ was a good quality film‚ with a great theme and moral lesson. The film has two main characters‚ Jamal Wallace and William Forrester. Jamal Wallace is a talented 16-years old African American basketball player in Bronx‚ New York‚ whose secret passion is writing and reading. William Forrester is a reclusive Pulitzer Prize winning novelist who never gave the world a second novel. He suffers from agoraphobia which prevents him from dealing with
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nding Forrester is a fictional film that was directed by Sean Connery and produced by Gus Van Sant. The movie was released in 2000 and was starred by Rob Brown who portrayed a black high school student named Jamal Wallace who has an exceptional talent for basketball and writing‚ in which both play pivotal roles in the movie. The film was an excellent example of finding individuality‚ exploring stereotyping such as when Crawford‚ a professor at the private school that Jamal got enrolled in; believes
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The film Finding Forrester defies the standards of a regular sports film‚ instead it depicts characters that find hope through venturing into the unknown. This film portrays the paths of two major characters‚ a striving African- American teen Jamal‚ and a Pulitzer prize winning recluse author William‚ who overcome stereotypes‚ prejudices‚ and myths which had fueled their unfounded fears. Throughout this process‚ they are also able to defy the assumptions made about them by others in order to reach
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Finding ForresterFrom Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Finding Forrester Theatrical release poster Directed by Gus Van Sant Produced by Sean Connery Laurence Mark Written by Mike Rich Starring Sean Connery Rob Brown F. Murray Abraham Anna Paquin Cinematography Harris Savides Editing by Valdís Óskarsdóttir Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release dates December 22‚ 2000 (2000-12-22) Running time 136 minutes Country United States Language
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institutions‚ and circumstances that both make it possible for a person to become literate and shape the way the person actually acquires literacy”(Brandt 331). The movie Finding Forrester greatly expresses the way in which literacy sponsors can shape someone’s life. The main character in the movie is a sixteen-year-old boy named Jamal who is from the Bronx in New York. He is a very intelligent young man and a gifted writer. The fact that he goes to a poor school with students who are mostly unsuccessful
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What are the traits of Jamal Wallace in the movie ’Finding Forrester’? That he’s disciplined‚ focused‚ independent minded‚ inquisitive‚ intelligent‚ persistent‚ personable and wily are the traits that the character Jamal Wallace shows in the movie ’Finding Forrester’. He shows his discipline and intelligence by excelling athletically and academically. He shows his focus and wilyness by making himself a contender for excellent educational offerings and for individualized instruction. He shows his
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