Finding Forrester Assignment

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Friendship in Finding Forrester Friendship cam come easy to some people. Some people are outgoing and can make friends easily. Other people are shy and cannot make friends so easily because either they do not want to, or they are too shy. In Finding Forrester, friendship is a key element and some examples show what true friendship is. Three examples of friendship are between Jamal and Claire, Terrell, and William. All of these people mean something to Jamal and are his friends. The relationship between Jamal and Claire is a prime example of friendship. Jamal was switching schools, and the new school was unfamiliar to him. He entered the school having not one single friend. Luckily for Jamal, Claire was nice enough to be Jamal's friend and show him around school. This is true friendship because it is not easy to make friends with someone you have never met before, but Claire was not afraid and took Jamal under her wing. Throughout the movie Claire was always Jamal's friend. One example where Claire showed true friendship was the day after the state basketball game, at the writing contest. Jamal had just lost the basketball game for the school, and his paper wasn't going to get accepted for the contest. Claire realized Jamal was lonely and sad, so she sat next to him and comforted him. Jamal and Claire's relationship is a perfect example of true friendship, because Claire became friends with Jamal when he did not know anyone and was she was there for him when Jamal was down in the dumps. Another example of friendship in Finding Forrester is Jamal's relationship with his brother, Terrell. Even though Jamal's relationship with his brother was not portrayed often in the movie, I could tell Jamal and Terrell were very close. For example, Terrell gave Jamal tickets to a Yankees versus Red Sox game, which are very hard tickets to come by. After Terrell gave Jamal the

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