Trust is a precious thing that many people are not so willing to give freely. In the movie Finding Forrester, William Forrester learns to share his trust with a boy named Jamal when they connect through writing. Forrester is closed off and mean at first, but slowly opens up to Jamal throughout the movie. When he finally lets Jamal in, he starts to teach him how to write and talks to him about his life before Jamal. When Forrester is able to do this, they form a trust and friendship that stays strong even when they are separated. Whether that is by distance, as they go their separate ways or in death, or when Forrester leaves this earth at the end of the movie. Due to the strong sense of trust they have, when Forrester dies he is able to leave …show more content…
When Jamal takes a piece of writing out of the apartment, he creates a conflict between him and Forrester. Jamal breaks the trust between them when he does this. Because they have a deal that if Jamal wants to work with Forrester, nothing they work on together can leave the apartment. Movielocity.com states, “The integrity of their friendship, as well as each man’s loyalty, is tested when a charge of plagiarism is leveled against Jamal by autocratic Professor Crawford. Jamal’s academic and athletic future is jeopardized when he is left alone to defend himself against the powers- that be at the school.” (Movielocity.com, Pg.1) This is an example of how Jamal is accused of plagiarism because of the doubt his teachers have for him. He has to confront Forrester for help even though he broke one of his rules. When Jamal tells Forrester what he did and what happened, it creates a conflict between them because now Forrester does not feel he can trust Jamal as much. Another incident where doubt crushes trust is when Professor Crawford and the other faculty do not believe Jamal is writing his own work. By doing this, they create a conflict. They break the mutual trust the faculty, Professor Crawford and Jamal have when he first starts going to school there. James Berardine writes, “Finding Forrester’s villain- Robert Crawford, an arrogant literature professor who believes that Jamal's writings are too good to be his own work.” (Berardinelli, 2000, Pg.1) This shows when Professor Crawford doubts Jamal’s writing abilities. It forces him to break the trust he and Forrester have by wanting to prove him wrong. So he takes a piece of writing from the apartment, going against the deal Jamal and Forrester have, creating a conflict between them. When people do not trust or break the trust they have, trouble can