Tina Tang的部落格

Watch movie: Finding Forrester

IMDb:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181536/

youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjO0QVuZcE8

Essay:

What has Jamel learned from Forrester and Forrester from Jamel?

    Jamel is a black adolescent, who is confusing of his future, and how he could make a decision. Forrester is a white old man, who is a writer that had won Pulitzer Prizes, but he afraid of being commented. Jamel and Forrester are come from different world, however, different brings attraction. They both found themselves by helping each other. Support each other, trust each other, and grow from each other in their path of life.

    When a soul with an appetite of knowledge born in a body with black skin. Jamel is destined for being discriminated. So, Jamel concealed his talent of writing and study, even he possesses a heart filled with knowledge. Fortunately, he met Forrester. Forrester taught him to write by his heart at first, by doing this, Jamel found his own words gradually. Every time, he encounters troubles, Forrester led him to find the answers from heart. In Jamel’s original growing environment, “basketball” was the only thing that being identified by his friends. But nobody care what he wrote at first. Jamel wrote every thought in his notebooks, but he didn’t have someone to share with. Loneliness results from not being understood, consequently, he desire someone to listen to him, that’s Forrester. Through discussing with Forrester, he learned how to be a good listener.

Every remarkable writer has sensitive and tender spirit behind them, that’s the reason they could create such moving stories. However, every sensitive and tender spirit is easy to injure. Forrester is an example, so he is afraid that his works being judged by readers. Then, the death of his brother set him back, and let him live in seclusion to keep away from reality. Forrester built a high wall surround his heart, let nobody get lose to the forbidden area, until Jamel’s appearance. Although Forrester was in a situation of self-abandonment, every time when he observes outside with his telescope, we can see he still have a little hope inside his mind. The window Forrester watch outside is the door of his soul, he was waiting for someone find the key. Forrester found the dream he lost in Jamel’s words.

Open attitude and mind are the products from communicate and interact. The crucial point of being fetter of each other is intense commitment. We should have more courage to join variety of society group, through understanding them, we can aware different part of ourselves.