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Muhammad Siwani

Mrs. Dean

Jamal Wallace is an inner-city kid from the Bronx who has an aptness at basketball and a genius

at writing. While always a C student, Jamal comes to the attention of a prestigious New York prep school

when he scores highly on his standardized tests. While Jamal is given a heavy load at his new school,

both he and the school know that the real reason they took him on is for his prowess on the court.

Befriended by fellow student Claire and helped along by Pulitzer-prize winning author and recluse William

Forrester, Jamal pursues his dreams both on and off the court while overcoming obstacles placed by his

bitter literature teacher. As Jamal is shaped by Forrester, he finds that he is changing the old writer as

well, forcing him to confront his past...and his future.

First, their was a big conflict inside the class room. Mr. Crawford was asking one of the

students a question, and Jamal jumped in the conversation. Jamal was trying to help him out, so he told

the boy to say his name, which was the answer to his question. Mr. Crawford was very angry. Mr.

Crawford then tried to preach to Jamal by quoted some sayings. Mr. Crawford never got a chance to

finish his sentence, because Jamal would finish them. Mr. Crawford then got mad. He then ordered Jamal

to leave the class because he was embarrassed.

The second conflict between Jamal and Mr. Crawford was when Mr. Crawford didn't believe that

Jamal wrote a paper that he was assigned to write . Mr. Crawford told Jamal that he would have to write

the whole paper over in his office. Even though Jamal was trying to convince Mr. Crawford that it was his

paper, Mr. Crawford still didn't believe him. Jamal did the essay anyway.

The last conflict between Jamal and Mr. Crawford was when Mr. Crawford found out that Jamal

had used William Forrester topic to his essay. Mr. Crawford then told Jamal that he had to write an

apology letter and read it in front of the class. He also told him that he could just tell him if William

Forrester gave him permission to use his title. Jamal refuse to tell them that he knew William, he also

refuse to write the letter and read it out loud. Jamal told William about the two option that he was given

and asked for his advice. William told him that he should apologize, but Jamal refused. Jamal then told

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William that he should come to the school and tell Mr. Crawford, William refused. Jamal told William that

they had threaten to kick him out of school.