Editing Exercise

As I'm scurrying around the house, I'm gathering things that I will need for my perfect day in the sun.

Up ahead I saw a long vast line of people standing on the side of the road, and as I got closer to the scene I got curious; I slowed my car and hopped out.

As the buildings fly by us, my father starts to swerve back and forth on the deserted roadway, and I realize just how drunk he is.

She has an old rusted shopping cart with her; where she put the little bit of food that she had, and the rats were crawling all over it trying to get the leftovers.

I tumble over my feet as I walk through the great city; my mind races as I was replaying what happened tonight.

...but he's shaking more violently than Debra and me.

As we are walking, people are starting to shovel off their steps and snow-blow their driveways.

All of those absurd little moments are the ones I have come to treasure the most.

Looking at the collar to discover whose dog this was, I saw the ring.

Was I going to decay slowly like the others, or would I be shot down by one of the enemy's bullets?

Without looking I know I look like a train-wreck not going to lie. My hair, which I used to take much pride in, has become too long, thin, and feeble; not to mention my developing beard is now turning messy and scraggly...

All of a sudden, Katy Perry's hit song "Teenage Dream" started playing. It was my time to shine.

He always had an optimistic view on life. He thought today would be different, he would put the bottle down as promised; but the promise got broken.

So I haul myself out of bed and make my way down stairs to the kitchen. My tired eyes are still adjusting but I can see and hear my mother by the telephone talking to someone loudly.

I run the few feet over to my neighbours house and as best I can, choke out what has happened, they are in shock, they quickly call 911 and explain what has happened.

...somehow I traded my soft, satin and silky bed sheets for hard, slowly decaying blocks of concrete, I had officially hit rock bottom.

Roofs are caved in everywhere, every home is destroyed, why Gafilo why?

As me and the rest of my choir waited on the side of the stage in our black suede track suits.

My mind entered overdrive, I couldn't beat this guy with the state that my car was in, but I have not turned down a race, I needed to win.

Then she led him into a room, where paint brushes were laying everywhere and where many colour palettes were waiting to be used.

Finding Forrester Film Review

Sean Connery as William Forrester, Rob Brown as Jamal Wallace, F. Murray Abraham as Professor Robert Crawford, and many more feature in the meaningful movie Finding Forrester. In 2000, Columbia Pictures produced Finding Forrester. Since then, the views and popularity of this film has hit the clouds. In schools all over the word, Finding Forrester is a popular film shown; for many reasons, to show judging a book by it’s cover gets you absolutely no where, that friendship is the ultimate gift, and that equality is key to a happy life.

Everyone has been offered an opportunity that could alter a life, whether it was taken or not is unknown. In Jamal Wallace’s case, getting into a new private school and stumbling upon an amazing mentor was his life-changing event.Leaving his old school behind to be welcomed to a very proper and sophisticated atmosphere, was a very big change. When you lose one thing, another better thing comes along, as Jamal has shown. Unexpectedly, he stumbled upon the one man who influenced him into finding his “words”. Just like in a book every experience has a climax, right when things seem to be okay something major happens, then it gets somehow resolved, and life is continued. As humans mistakes are made as Jamal learned, but they eventually get resolved!

In each & every scenario, there is mutual similarities with another scenario. As soon as Finding Forrester came on To Kill A Mockingbird came to mind. In Finding Forrester there’s an outcast, and racism, which is very similar to To Kill A Mockingbird. Finding Forrester features aspects of racism, the part when a man owning a BMW in whom has prejudices against black people and thinks those living in the Bronx do not know anything about brands like BMW. The behaviour of Mr. Crawford also shows racism. As Jamal´s teacher at the private school he does not believe that someone like Jamal who is young and black can write such good texts what leads to suspicions that he copied the words from Forrester. In To Kill A Mockingbird racism is shown towards Tom Robinson, as it is shown towards Jamal Wallace. Another similarity would be the fact that William Forrester and Boo Radley both remain in their humble abodes, away from the world, and Jamal and Scout finally get them out, they help them find themselves.

In this film the music and acting is very strong. Music is used in every movie, and sometimes it is not used correctly. Imagine loud, vicious music in a happy scene with a child eating ice cream? It wouldn't work, right? So, in Finding Forrester the correct music is used to help bring out the message in the scene. In emotional heartwarming scenes, slow music like piano would be used. In happy scenes, upbeat fun music would be used. The overall theme in this film would most likely be do not judge a book by it’s cover, or friendship is key. Because this film shows how friendship is and can be used to mend any personality, this film also shows how just because someone is isolated from the world, does NOT mean that they are a bad person. This film conveyed to me think better, it helped me to realize that everyone fights an internal battle that you may not know about.