blog 10

The movie Finding Forrester, written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant, has some plots about plagiarism. For instance, Jamal copied a paragraph from Forrester’s published article without quoting, which is plagiarism. In terms of plagiarism, his professor-Crawford is correct. Jamal should get Forrester’s permission to take the resources out of the apartment. If Jamal gets consent, he will be able to use the article properly, not getting involved in plagiarism. For question 4, about 33 students support that it does not matter whether Jamal is a very good writer. Students may be affected by the level of high school or the habit of their writing. However, plagiarism is an important issue that does not depend on your background. Furthermore, almost 3 quarters of students respond that Jamal does not understand Forrester well. I consider that there are two reasons about why Forrester did not allow Jamal to take anything out of the house, while Jamal did not understand them exactly. Firstly, Jamal will get involved in plagiarism if he uses the published articles written by Forrester. Most importantly, Forrester immersed in the shadow of his family’s death, not willing to stand in front of the public. Nevertheless, from the survey data, it demonstrates that more than twice as many students thought that Jamal deliberately missed the two free throws in the championship game, making Forrester feeling so guilty that he needed to appear in public to prove Jamal’s talent. I think Jamal missed the two free throws on purpose due to some details. Before the game, Jamal exercised hardly, having never missed the throw until the game. Moreover, when he shoots, he glanced at Claire and Crawford, which is a subtle plot. Thus, I think Jamal missed them intentionally.