Finding Forrester Character Analysis

Stephen Moyer once said that “conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are” (Brainy quote). The film Finding Forrester, directed by Gus Van Sant, follows a young African American teenager named Jamal Wallace, played by Rob Brown, and an isolated former author named William Forrester, played by Sean Connery. In the beginning of the movie, the relationship between Jamal, and Forrester is almost non existent, as forrester had isolated himself in his downtown Bronx apartment, but when Jamal is dared by his friends to break into Forrester’s apartment, his life would change forever. Jamal and Forrester develop a deep relationship, that formed on their love for writing. As a former author, Forrester assists Jamal with his writing, while simultaneously, guiding the young man to not make the mistakes in life that he had. However, this relationship does not come without conflict, and as Stephen Moyer said, conflict shows people their true selves. The film Finding Forrester, directed by Gus Van Sant, is a good example of a drama, because the various conflicts in the film reveals to the characters of Jamal and Forrester the people they really are

As previously stated by Stephen Moyer, “conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are” (Brainy quote). Though the conflicts of this film, the audience gets to witness to the development of two characters as the go through the struggle of their daily life, and ultimately come out on top at the end. The audience could learn from the experiences of Jamal and Forrester, as they too can find their true inner self, by experiencing some sort of conflict in their