Friendship And Friendships In The Movie : Finding Forrester

First, their friendship is strange since they both have very different backgrounds. William Forrester is an award-winning, acclaimed author from Scotland, and Jamal Wallace is a sixteen year old boy who comes from a broken family. Jamal used to go to a normal high school, but was then moved to an elite Manhattan prep school. Jamal met William by breaking into his apartment which is crazy that somehow William didn’t call the police or tried to contact someone about his apartment being broken into. William finds Jamal’s backpack that he left behind and sees Jamal’s writing and starts to read and correct it. When Jamal gets his backpack back he sees that his writing was corrected and then he confronts William for advice and

The movie Forrest Gump played by Tom Hank is a story about Forest Gump a simple man and his journey through life. Gump was simple minded and lived his life by a set of values taught to him by his mother (Sally Field). While Forest sat down waiting for a bus, he tells his story. Forest takes part in several defining historical moments such as the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal and also had painful experiences. Despite his setbacks and naive nature, he struggles and triumphs in everything he did. Forrest developed a good self-esteem and self-concept with the help of his mother’s observation, love, and sincerity. With his mother and Jenny’s encouragements, he was able to overcome his physical handicap and become an outstanding runner among other things. This movie is an example of the how a child’s mind developed through series of stages. This paper shows the following key points; intellectual disability, Erickson’s intimacy vs isolation, low self-esteem, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Friendship is something that everyone needs at any time. Friendship keeps us closely interacted with our friends, it keeps you popular, keeps you away from loneliness.

1. Jamal refused to recite the poem and say he has not read it because; he did not want his friends to make fun of him.

Friends are a more powerful influence on children than parents. Yes, parents teach their children many things and feed them every day, but friends are also a powerful influence on children. Throughout the novel, Scout and Jem were convinced to do some things by their friends. They learned many things along the way, too.

What is sociological imagination? Our textbook describes sociological imagination as the ability to see our private experiences, personal difficulties, and achievements as, in part, a reflection of the structural arrangements of society and the times in which we live. The movie entitled Forrest Gump is a great example of sociological imagination. In this paper, I will cite examples from the movie and tell how they correlate with sociological imagination. Sociological imagination allows us examine the events of our lives and see how they intersect with the wider context of history and tradition of the society

Aldous Huxley exceptionally brings forth to readers the nature of friendship; this is viewed through the relationships of the characters introduced in his novel “Brave New World”. The relationships share commonalities beyond the general surface. Each character partakes a role of establishing a lack of emotional attachment and empathy towards the other in the friendship. There is also the subtle reoccurrence of character’s inducing comfort in others who share unorthodox values of the society. The reinforcement of the nature of these relationships alludes to through the social conformity between Lenina, Henry, Bernard, John, and Linda.

Has anyone wondered how can a person, who differ in appearance than other people, become friends? If there’s a connection between them, it doesn’t prevent each other from becoming friends though they differ in appearance. In the movies “Finding Forester” William Forester is a white, middle-aged former writer and write several books. Jamal Wallace is a black basketball player and a teenage student, who is an expert in writing. At first, Jamal encounters William at William’s apartment, and they have an associate in writing. Although William and Jamal are writers, their characteristics are different in their personalities and living situations. (87-B)

In Finding Forrester a movie that takes place in the Bronx, there are two main characters, William Forrester and Jamal Wallace who find friendship in an unlikely way because of their passion for reading and writing. Though both are very different from each other they are drawn together by similar interests.

In “Finding Forrester”, there were two main characters named Jamal Wallace and William Forrester. Jamal was an inner city teenager from Bronx, New York who had the gifted talents of being a basketball player and a good writer. While always a C student, Jamal received attention from a New York college prep school for his high standardized test scores. Even though Jamal wanted to partake this request, he was afraid of his 4 friends opinions. Unlike Jamal, his friends did not care about academics and thought of Jamal as being a nerd.

Identity is what defines a person, their personality, interests, and their ideals. For some people, it's easy to show off their personality, but for others, and can be hard. Some people see it as a way for people to criticize them based on who they are. In the movie, Finding Forrester, William Forrester is a well known author for his popular book, yet he hides away in his apartment because he doesn’t want to be judged based on his work. This leads to struggles that William deals with all because he wants to keep his identity hidden. A young boy named Jamal Wallace has a similar issue. He is academically gifted, yet he doesn’t show it off because he doesn’t want to stick out from his friends. The two eventually meet, become friends, and solve their issues together. Jamal helps William escape his apartment, while William gives Jamal tips on what makes a good writer. Finding Forrester gives a good lesson in being true to oneself and expressing personality. If someone is too self-conscious about their personality, it can be hard to keep their identity hidden, especially in uncomforting situations.

Continuing on, the lighting in the movie, Finding Forrester, emphasises how William Forrester has been living and feeling since the death of his brother. The scenes created in Forrester’s apartment remain, for the most part, in the dark. The darkness expresses that deeper, unsaid emotion Forrester is holding on to. Consequently, it gives Forrester a new attitude when he is by himself versus when Jamal is there. One night, Jamal takes Forrester to a basketball game, trying to pull Forrester away of his apartment allowing him to enjoy the activities he once did when he was younger. The night consisted of streetlights and stars when Forrester continually asks if it is light outside before they leave, and when he does walk out, he wears a hat and

When Jamal first meets William Forrester his friends dare him to go into his apartment and steal something. However, while he was in Forrester’s apartment he unfortunately drops his backpack. “In his haste to escape, Jamal leaves behind his backpack” (Holden, 2000, p.2). During hardships Jamal learns that he truly is a good writer, and that is what his passion becomes. This ends up being a conflict for him. Jamal goes through hardships like being accused of plagiarism; yet, he also learns that his aspiration is to be a real writer. Going through hardships Jamal has to learn what his dream really means to him because he knows what he wants to do when he is older. “Years ago Crawford and Forrester had an unfortunate crossing of professional paths” (Holden, 2000, p.2). During hardships Forrester realizes that his desire of being a writer is all he wants and it means a lot to him. Forrester leaves his apartment and learns to deal with that to achieve his goal, and he realizes that his eagerness really starts when he starts writing. This is why he writes a novel. In the course of hardships Forrester has to learn what his dream really means to him not only what it takes to achieve that goal but also by learning to trust people. When people are faced with hardships they realized what their dream really means to them and they can learn to achieve their

In the opening scenes of the movie, we see Jamal playing basketball with his friends at the court, illustrating that Jamal is a social person who spends his free time with friends. William Forrester on the other hand prefers to live alone, nicknamed “The Window” by the neighborhood kids. There are myths that surround William Forrester, ranging from him killing someone according to one of Jamal’s friends. It is his nature to stay alone that prompts Jamal’s friends to dare Jamal to go and see how the old man stays up there alone. Within the course of the movie, we see that Forrester has someone who brings his mails, brings him new socks and pays his bills. This suggests that Forrester does not go out much neither does he interact with many people. Most of his time is spent indoors unlike Jamal who spends his time with his friends. Even in his new school, Jamal is quick to make friends, soon becoming friends with

In the film Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis one of the most inspirational movie characters ever was born, Forrest Gump. Forrest symbolizes the way we wish to deal with the problems we face throughout the course of our lives, and how we would go about solving them if the Universe was on our side. Forrest had 3 essential qualities to separate himself from others. Honesty, integrity, and compassion; if you have these 3 qualities as Forrest did, life will seem to work out for the best. Making it easier to find true happiness.