FINDING FORRESTER

 

The Value Of Friendship

Jamal is an intelligent young 16 year old kid who is trying hard to be a success in school so he can help his family. His interests revolve around studying, literature and basketball. He gets called into a well-known, high end private school. He then meets William Forrester who is a known author who refuses to show his face in public due to some past problems. William and Jamal become best friends due to Jamal’s huge interest in literature and excelling in class. William shows Jamal’s path to a better way of writing his assignments by teaching Jamal his own way of writing and the proper use of English and the way to write it on one condition. That condition was not to tell anyone that he knew William Forrester. Jamal promised to not do that. William was hesitant at first to see Jamal but later grew to accept him as a friend. Jamal then gets his inspiration from William and does well in school. William acts as a friend, mentor and teacher to Jamal. Jamal tries to help William out as well by taking him out to William’s favorite spots like the baseball field and showing him around a bit of New York. That little tour proved to be traumatic for William as he got lost in a crowded place that was moving too fast and pushed him to the ground. At last Jamal came back from getting tickets from the counter and noticed that William was missing and finally found him sitting alone crying in a dark corner. He helped William out of there and took him to the baseball stadium that William had gone to every season. Jamal showed a lot of love and care for William and tried hard to help him out just as William tried hard to help Jamal out. In the end they succeeded in what they wanted to accomplish.