The Agoraphobic William!!

The word agoraphobia is an adaptation of the Greek words agora and phobos and it literally means a fear of the market place. Agoraphobia is a condition where the sufferer becomes anxious in environments that are unfamiliar or where he or she perceives that they have little control. Triggers for this anxiety may include crowds, wide open spaces, or travelling (even short distances). This anxiety is often compounded by a fear of social embarrassment, as the agoraphobic fears the onset of a panic attack and appearing distraught in public.


William Forrester's character in the movie Finding Forrester is an agoraphobic. He is a brilliant novelist but has written only one book in his life known as "Avalon Landing" which won him the "Pulitzer Prize" and subsequently he became a recluse. He lives alone in his apartment and spends most of his time reading and watching teenagers play basketball in the park outside his window. One of these teenagers is Jamal, who loves reading and writing. William helps Jamal improve his writing skills, not by teaching him how to write, but instead by showing him how to make his passion for writing transfer itself onto the page. In one of the scenes, William tells Jamal that, "you write your first draft with your heart and the second draft with your head." These words help Jamal in understanding the concept of writing.



The real-life American author J. D. Salinger and William Forrester have many things in common between them. Both are notoriously reclusive authors. Both also only wrote one book that is wildly popular: Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye and Forrester's Avalon Landing.

Capital Punishment.

While I was searching for videos on Capital Punishment on youtube, i came across this video which i would like all of you to watch.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUOanRJXCrM