Cuplikan Film "Finding Forrester"
Elizabeth Ruzycki
ENGL 004
Dr. Billie Jones
10/24/01
William Forrester first meets Jamal Wallace peering though his binoculars from his apartment window in the Bronx. While bird watching, Foresters catches a glimpse of young man with a lot of talent, not knowing that they would become close companions in the near future.
The first time Jamal stepped foot in Forrester’s apartment he was dared to by his friends and their fabricated stories. When roaming around the apartment Forrester chases Jamal out. Jamal later realizes he left his book bag inside the apartment along with his personal writings.
Forrester corrects all of Jamals works and returns them with a toss out the window. Curious, Jamal goes back to the apartment seeing many answers to many questions. Forester drives Jamal away telling him not to come back until he writes five thousand words on why he should stay out of his apartment. Jamal later returns with the task completed. On Jamal’s third visit Forrester opens up his door and lets him in. The more time Jamal spends with William, the more Jamal is challenged by him to think harder about who he is, what he wants in life, and how he will accomplish it.
Wallace’s character is a quick-minded individual holding himself back from what he is truly capable of. At school he maintains a C average to not stand out. After taking state required exams his hidden talent is shown, giving him the opportunity to excel in higher learning at a private school.
At his new school Jamal comes across a new set of challenges in the classroom with his English teacher and on the basketball court with one of his teammates. Being challenged to become a better basketball player mentally and physically, while at the same time having his integrity and capability challenged in the classroom, pushes Jamal to excel. Jamal discovers Forrester’s true identity in English class when he is assigned to read Avalon’s Landing. After questioning Forrester about the book he tells Jamal to make a promise not to tell anyone he has net him. Jamal agrees. As William spends more time talking to Jamal and listening to what he has to say he is challenged to open up, over come the past and out grow his short comings. It’s a win-win situation but neither character knows it till the end.
Forrester often gives Jamal advise on how to write better without even thinking about it. “The words we write for ourselves, are always so much better then the ones we write for others.” “You write you first draft with you heart, and you rewrite with you head, the first key to writing is to write not to think.” Forrester gives Jamal an old article he wrote, “A Season of Faith’s Perfection,” to rewrite it and use it to practice the new techniques that Forrester suggested. Jamal writes an essay on it with the first part of his essay all directly from the article. Forrester becomes closer to Jamal when he starts giving him advice and guidance on love. “The key to a woman’s heart is an unexpected gift, at an unexpected time.”
For Forrester’s birthday he takes him to a basketball game. William has an anxiety attack from all the people around him, causing them to miss the game. On the walk home Jamal takes William to the baseball stadium where his brother works. Jamal’s brother lets them onto the field (ground level). There, William opens up to Jamal telling him the story of his past. William and his brother used to go every game in that same stadium every year till his brother left the war. After the war William says, “he talked a little less, and he drank a little more”. Forrester says one night both he and his brother were drinking. His brother wanted to drive to the apartment and William did not want to go with him. So, he told his brother no and watched him drive off drunk knowing he had promised his mother he would keep an extra eye on him. William then recalls while waiting n the hospital, as his brother had gotten in an accident, the nurse is typing and tells Forrester how much his book Avalon’s Landing meant to her. He got upset at that, because he could not understand why she would be talking about his book while his brother had just died. He felt very guilty about the whole thing, pushing it away and bottling it up thought out all the years. Jamal gives Forrester some words of wisdom in his weak and unstable state, “the rest of those who have gone before us, can not study the unrest of those to follow,” William tells Jamal at the end of the night that that was one of the best nights he had in a long time.
In school, Jamal’s English teacher, Crawford, gives him a hard time about his papers. So, Crawford makes Jamal write a paper in from or him to prove he is not cheating. Aggravated with one another, they have a stand off in class. Jamal out does his teacher and is kicked out. Jamal then hands in the paper “A Season of Faith’s Perfection,” not knowing it was an article Forrester had written a long time ago. Crawford finds out and tries to get Jamal kicked out. Jamal is then offered an easy workload in the classroom if he wins the final basketball game. Jamal doesn’t take the offer.
Hurt and frustrated by the whole ordeal Jamal writes down his feelings in a letter to Forrester. While an essay contest is going on at Jamal’s school Forrester comes to read Jamal’s letter to the school. In the letter it talks about losing and finding family. Forrester tells the administration Jamal wrote the words he read and Jamal wins the essay competition.
William Forrester heads of to his home land of Scotland keeping in close contact with Jamal over the next two years. Forrester then dies of cancer leaving everything to Jamal, the keys to his apartment, a letter, and a second novel.
ENGL 004
Dr. Billie Jones
10/24/01
William Forrester first meets Jamal Wallace peering though his binoculars from his apartment window in the Bronx. While bird watching, Foresters catches a glimpse of young man with a lot of talent, not knowing that they would become close companions in the near future.
The first time Jamal stepped foot in Forrester’s apartment he was dared to by his friends and their fabricated stories. When roaming around the apartment Forrester chases Jamal out. Jamal later realizes he left his book bag inside the apartment along with his personal writings.
Forrester corrects all of Jamals works and returns them with a toss out the window. Curious, Jamal goes back to the apartment seeing many answers to many questions. Forester drives Jamal away telling him not to come back until he writes five thousand words on why he should stay out of his apartment. Jamal later returns with the task completed. On Jamal’s third visit Forrester opens up his door and lets him in. The more time Jamal spends with William, the more Jamal is challenged by him to think harder about who he is, what he wants in life, and how he will accomplish it.
Wallace’s character is a quick-minded individual holding himself back from what he is truly capable of. At school he maintains a C average to not stand out. After taking state required exams his hidden talent is shown, giving him the opportunity to excel in higher learning at a private school.
At his new school Jamal comes across a new set of challenges in the classroom with his English teacher and on the basketball court with one of his teammates. Being challenged to become a better basketball player mentally and physically, while at the same time having his integrity and capability challenged in the classroom, pushes Jamal to excel. Jamal discovers Forrester’s true identity in English class when he is assigned to read Avalon’s Landing. After questioning Forrester about the book he tells Jamal to make a promise not to tell anyone he has net him. Jamal agrees. As William spends more time talking to Jamal and listening to what he has to say he is challenged to open up, over come the past and out grow his short comings. It’s a win-win situation but neither character knows it till the end.
Forrester often gives Jamal advise on how to write better without even thinking about it. “The words we write for ourselves, are always so much better then the ones we write for others.” “You write you first draft with you heart, and you rewrite with you head, the first key to writing is to write not to think.” Forrester gives Jamal an old article he wrote, “A Season of Faith’s Perfection,” to rewrite it and use it to practice the new techniques that Forrester suggested. Jamal writes an essay on it with the first part of his essay all directly from the article. Forrester becomes closer to Jamal when he starts giving him advice and guidance on love. “The key to a woman’s heart is an unexpected gift, at an unexpected time.”
For Forrester’s birthday he takes him to a basketball game. William has an anxiety attack from all the people around him, causing them to miss the game. On the walk home Jamal takes William to the baseball stadium where his brother works. Jamal’s brother lets them onto the field (ground level). There, William opens up to Jamal telling him the story of his past. William and his brother used to go every game in that same stadium every year till his brother left the war. After the war William says, “he talked a little less, and he drank a little more”. Forrester says one night both he and his brother were drinking. His brother wanted to drive to the apartment and William did not want to go with him. So, he told his brother no and watched him drive off drunk knowing he had promised his mother he would keep an extra eye on him. William then recalls while waiting n the hospital, as his brother had gotten in an accident, the nurse is typing and tells Forrester how much his book Avalon’s Landing meant to her. He got upset at that, because he could not understand why she would be talking about his book while his brother had just died. He felt very guilty about the whole thing, pushing it away and bottling it up thought out all the years. Jamal gives Forrester some words of wisdom in his weak and unstable state, “the rest of those who have gone before us, can not study the unrest of those to follow,” William tells Jamal at the end of the night that that was one of the best nights he had in a long time.
In school, Jamal’s English teacher, Crawford, gives him a hard time about his papers. So, Crawford makes Jamal write a paper in from or him to prove he is not cheating. Aggravated with one another, they have a stand off in class. Jamal out does his teacher and is kicked out. Jamal then hands in the paper “A Season of Faith’s Perfection,” not knowing it was an article Forrester had written a long time ago. Crawford finds out and tries to get Jamal kicked out. Jamal is then offered an easy workload in the classroom if he wins the final basketball game. Jamal doesn’t take the offer.
Hurt and frustrated by the whole ordeal Jamal writes down his feelings in a letter to Forrester. While an essay contest is going on at Jamal’s school Forrester comes to read Jamal’s letter to the school. In the letter it talks about losing and finding family. Forrester tells the administration Jamal wrote the words he read and Jamal wins the essay competition.
William Forrester heads of to his home land of Scotland keeping in close contact with Jamal over the next two years. Forrester then dies of cancer leaving everything to Jamal, the keys to his apartment, a letter, and a second novel.
This needs to be taken down.
-E. Ruzycki
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