Thursday, September 2, 2010

Finding Forrester

In this movie, the racial prejudice is once again been highlighted.
Jamal Wallace, able to attract the attention of a prestiges New York prep school because of his scores in standardized tests.

However, that is not the only thing that gives Jamal advantages. He is a good basketball player, which is the main reason for his acceptance to the school.
Later, Jamal befriend with a famous writer who lives in seclusion. Jamal's life in school is hard because plenty of students didn't like him because of his color. The situation get worse as his teacher also show the racial prejudice.

The moral value that I can get from this story is to never underestimate your students' ability. Other than that, both teacher and student are able to make some changes in each other's life. Jamal had gain skills in writing and at the same time he changes Forrester's life.