Finding Forrester “No more lessons. I have a question‚ though. Those two foul shots at the end of the game...did you miss them or did you miss them?” This is the biggest question of the whole movie and also a huge part of the movie. Finding Forrester was a movie about a young man named Jamal‚ who had gotten into some trouble. Jamal was a very bright student and also a very good basketball player. Jamal is a lower class person‚ he always did well in school and was always a winner on the basketball
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Subject: Artistic Criticism Finding Forrester Jamal Wallace is a Black American talented 16-year-old basketball player in Bronx‚ New York whose secret passion is writing. William Forrester is a reclusive Pulitzer Prize- winning novelist who never gave the world a second novel. After an accidental meeting‚ Forrester becomes Jamal’s unlikely mentor‚ providing guidance to help the young man’s exceptional skills. Soon‚ Forresters harsh view of the world begins to change as both men
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an essay on the following topic: "Discuss cultural differences as they exist in American and Vietnamese culture and suggest some ways to overcome them." CONTENT The difference of culture impacts so much to the way to living‚ the way of thinking and the way of doing business. America and Vietnam have a big difference in culture‚ religion and business. However‚ we live in a world where it is called flat world‚ where there is no restriction between countries. It requires us to integrate in order to
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In the movie finding Forrester there is a young man named Jamal he is the strongest and bravest character in the movie.In the movie Jamal is shown as a young black male who lives in the Bronx’s. He lives with his mom and brother named Fly. Jamal and his friends are good at basketball‚his friends take it serious but Jamal takes something else serious which is his writing. He is in love with writing and reading.Jamal has to face the challenges of being accepted by his friends and also hiding his true
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FINDING FORRESTER Essay by Jodi McKay 9C Part A - Explanatory Paragraph The scene where Jamal takes Forrester to the empty baseball field is a pivotal point in their relationship and the movie. While researching Forrester‚ Jamal knew the baseball field was very important to him. Forrester confides in Jamal that he and his brother went to every baseball game until his brother went to war. One night‚ after an evening of drinking‚ he allowed
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Finding Forrester. I’d never heard of this movie before that was why I had no idea of what it was all about. The word “Forrester” made me think of a native person living in the forest‚ so I thought the movie was all about finding that person. I became excited because I expected it to be some kind of action or speculative fiction movie‚ but I was wrong. When I played the movie‚ the first scene I saw was the rap part. I thought I was watching the wrong one‚ I even texted one of my blockmates to clarify
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“Finding Forrester‚” demonstrates the development of a bond between two individuals who‚ on the surface appear to be from opposite sides of the world. We have a black sixteen year old born and raised in the Bronx‚ being raised by a single mother with his whole life yet to be lived. Jamal‚ the sixteen year old is full of aspiration‚ energy‚ spunk‚ and knowledge he wishes to keep to himself. He keeps this secret for various reasons; his mom Mrs. Wallace reveals one‚ “he doesn’t want to stand out” (Finding
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story‚ Jamal is not considered to be part of the wealthy elite‚ however‚ he is very talented in the sport of basketball. On the other side of the story‚ William Forrester has the potential to be in the wealthy elite because of his writings‚ but he chooses to stay to himself and live in a shabby apartment in the Bronx. With the use of their brilliant minds‚ both Jamal and William Forrester are able to win-out and overcome the wealthy elite and accomplish their goals in the film Finding Forrester with
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Finding Forrester - Opening Questions Q1. We learn about the type of people who live in the neighborhood. It sets up the stereotype of young black youth living in the Bronx‚ New York. It shows the setting as a city with high-rise buildings and people who are not in wealth. It shows the struggles they have to go thorough. Q2. The two main characters are Jamal and William Forrester. Jamal is a young African-American boy who lives in the Bronx. He is a very intelligent person and just does enough
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On the behalf of the client Gene Forrester‚ we the prosecution find him Guilty of committing voluntary manslaughter upon Phineas. He is found guilty of voluntary manslaughter on the following counts : He has the means‚ motive based on a mental illness‚ the opportunity‚ the witnesses that will testify against him‚ as well as a full out written confession. First‚ he had the means. While Gene is not an athlete he‚ at 140 lbs. is still quite capable of climbing a tree branch and there for jostling
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