William Forrester

In this movie ‘Finding Forrester,’ a man named William Forrester plays a role of an aged, experienced and a suspicious person who lives alone in his dark apartment, he barely goes out of his home and stays inside observing things from his window most of the time.

He has a great interest in reading and writing books, his book was a success, and even won an award. He loves his typewriter, whenever he is in the mood or something strikes his mind he starts punching the keys. According to him the first step
towards good and powerful writing is to write what ever first comes to mind and not to think, one you have the first draft then you can work with the thinking process do the editing and create a final draft, this is his belief.

He has a strict and suspicious personality, suspicious in a way that he hardly leaves his apartment, stares outside the window for hours, doesn’t like people asking him questions, keeps information about his family and his past very secretive. From what I have observed, he is suffering from Agoraphobia- a condition where the sufferer becomes anxious in environments that are familiar or where he or she perceives that they have little control. Triggers for this anxiety may include crowds, wide open spaces, or traveling even short distances.