Importance Of Trust In The Movie Finding Forester

“ This quote shows Jamal directly pointing out one of Forrester’s flaws, when it comes to confronting problems in his life. It goes on to point out how dissimilar Jamal and Forrester are when it comes to coping with adversity, and in a sense, goes to show how the two characters are almost direct foils on one another. The evidence for this can be found when Forrester talks to Jamal about his troubled past. Forrester goes on to reveal that the cause of his adversity is directly from the book he wrote. This book, acting as somewhat of a coping mechanism for Forrester at first, only ended up dealing more damage in the end, plunging Forrester deeper and deeper into the fear of his past. Although Forrester still shows many signs of being very cautious come the middle of the film, there are things that have changed since the beginning. Jamal’s confrontational attitude towards adversity is beginning to rub off on Forrester, as seen by the fact that he begins to open up about his past; beginning the first steps in coping with his heartfelt adversity. It is around mid film that we find Jamal attempting to cope with one of the many adversities of the film. Jamal confronts Professor Crawford, and it is through this that Jamal learns that he can’t tackle all of his problems head on. It is here that we are able to observe a change in Jamal's behaviour, that now Forrester begins to teach him about how to cope with conflict with Crawford, this is an

has to be earned. I generally trust someone unless they do something that brings me harm.

11. Forrest warns Jamal about bitterly disappointed teachers, like Robert Crawford, because some people like these teachers only see and believe what they think is right, and since Jamal came from where he did with a background like he has, there will be criticism and disbelief over his work, but Jamal is to stand by what he writes and feel proud over it.

What is trust? The dictionary meaning of trust is a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. The second meaning is, confidence placed in a person by making that person the nominal owner of property to be held or used for the benefit of one or more others. But what can we really define as trust? In this paper, I will discuss how trust is used every day in different situations, how we deal with trust in various relationships, and how we as individuals practice trust within ourselves.

In this book, trust is defined as “one’s willingness to be vulnerable to another based on the confidence that the other is benevolent, honest, open, reliable, and competent.” (page xiii) The author recognizes that trust is complex and dynamic. She views trust as the “lubricant” that greases the machinery of the organization. Trust is particularly important where parties are interdependent, or the “interests of one party cannot be achieve without reliance upon another.” In schools “teachers and principals are

An identity of an individual may not conveyed to everyone in society, and they may possess unexpected qualities and skills. Throughout Finding Forrester, Jamal, the main character from the Bronx, meets a man who turns out to be William Forrester; a famous author. Jamal is intrigued to writing and is a skilled writer, enough to get him transferred from the public school to a private school. Jamal frequently visits William at his apartment that he never leaves to discusses literature and write papers. In the visits, Jamal and William discover each other's true identities through their writings. Jamal´s professor accuses him of plagiarism for using writing from Forrester, but is saved by William when he says he had permission to use his work. This moment shows the relationship they built by showing their true identity to each other. In the movie, Finding Forrester, a message displayed is that identity can be revealed through stereotypical based conflicts, and by individuals stereotyping another without further knowledge of their background.

The characters are different in many ways; Forrester is a male Caucasian in his mid seventies who graduated from Columbia University and lives by himself. Forrester has confined himself to his apartment for ten years. His only foray to the outside world is when he leans out the window to clean off the grime. Forrester pays for all other necessities that are handled by outside

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.

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

The two quickly become close friends and learn that they can trust each other. “Compelled to look past skin color and suppositions, Jamal encounters not only his first fan but a mentor who will challenge and change him forever.” (movielocity, 2001, p.1). Jamal and William let their differences surface but are able to look past them and form a trustful relationship that will last forever. “Forrester is Jamal’s unlikely guide on his journey into the strange, strait-laced academic community in which he must now prove himself as a writer.”

In changing schools, it essentially changes Jamal’s world. People see Jamal’s potential and what it could do for himself in the future. According to Levy (2000) “Turning point occurs when an exclusive Manhattan prep school recruits Jamal for his basketball talent and his academic achievement, and he seeks Forrester’s help in dealing with the new environment” (p. 2). Even though Jamal is from one side of town that does not stop the recruiter from surveying past his potential as an intelligent wise student. After Jamal’s backpack had fallen from the window, he broke into. Jamal goes home and finds out that his journals were full of corrections, Forrester wrote. According to Holden (2001), “Opening it, Jamal finds his notebook filled with corrections and editorial comments. It isn’t long before he becomes the reclusive legend’s writing pupil” (p. 2). Jamal goes back to the apartment, and asks Forrester to continue writing, because he aspires to achieve in life. Forrester takes time to see and care about this young intelligent African American, who comes from a not so great environment. That does not stop Forrester from helping Jamal be an astonishing writer. Therefore it is important to care and support each other in challenging times because someone might not have the support and care like others who

In the movie” Finding Forrester” The main concept that was portrayed was the idea of trust. It becomes a building block for the friendship that developed between Forrester and Jamal. As the film progresses, we start to see how this concept of trust starts to develop between other characters as well, illustrating the theme of how as the friendship grows, so does the trust and respect for each other. When we first get introduced to William Forrester, we see him as a strange man who lives in a poor shape apartment in the Bronx, isolating himself from the world around him.

Building trust takes time and effort up front. It takes deep commitment and follow-through. It pays off.

In the movie Finding Forrester, the amount of trust in someone can be shown upon how good of a relationship one has with another. Jamal, a highschool student, secretly has a passion for writing. Forrester is an older man who agrees to mentor Jamal in writing, along with revise and edit his papers. As Jamal visits Forrester more often, their relationship grows along with the trust they have in one another. In Finding Forrester, being in a comfortable setting will allow one’s relationship and trust to develop and grow with one another.

In order for interpersonal trustworthiness to exist in organizations, a leader-follower relationship must first exist between the parties involved (Caldwell et al., 2010, p. 500). Once that leader-follower relationship is established, leaders have to earn trust. Leaders earn trust by their respective actions, morals and virtues. Trust is can also be based on past history. If something was done in the past which questions a leader’s values, morals or judgment, it would be unlikely that the leader would be trusted in the future. One of the most important parts of being an effective leader is building and maintaining trust. Trust can further be defined as a “multi-dimensional construct comprising different dimensions of the trustee’s attributes that the trustor evaluates” (Ingenhoff and Sommer, 2010, p. 341).