Finding Forrester

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Submitted by:Allen Dale F. Diaz

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Race is a huge issue in the film and many stereotypes are made. Jamal Wallace is introduced in the film as a typical teenage black male who goes to a low class school in the Bronx and really excels on the court as a basketball player. He always plays basketball with his friends in a parking lot. Jamal is dared to go into the apartment of a recluse who watches them play through binoculars. Jamal is caught and, running away in FrightNot too many people thought of him as being anything more than that, due to the fact that Jamal makes His mediocre grades in school in the Bronx, he does just enough to get by and to maintain a "C" average. Jamal himself did not push any harder in the classroom than he needed to. Jamal's passion is writing, He meets a famous old writer named William Forrester through a dare, who has been watching him when he plays basketball and the parking lots. Little do They Know They first meet when what a great difference Each Eventually They would make for each other. William is the first to help Jamal by helping him in. His writing. Jamal is a great writer but just does not know it yet. William helps Jamal find himself in. His writing, and Jamal prospers into quite a good writer. The help did not really stop there either. Jamal William would tell all about His day andDoes anyone really like to be stereotyped? Does anyone want to be looked and and automatically judged just because I of the way They look, by Their skin color, hair Their type, or even the type of clothing They wear? Finding Forrester is a film that in my opinion perpetuates stereotypes. The entire film is based on significantly different racial opinions, opinions of different writing styles and stereotyping of different people in general.Race is a huge issue in the film and...