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“I Have A Dream… We’re Gonna Work It Out” Imagine going to school at Wilson High School. How would you feel about it? Would you give it a chance or leave right away? Well, the students from The Freedom Writers survived. The students at Wilson High School survived even though there were a lot of shootings and gang violence. The Freedom Writers book and The Freedom Writers movie are both similar and different because they consist of the same students and conflict. However, Ms.Gruwell’s relationship and male white student are different. The Freedom Writers movie and book are similar because of the same conflict and characters. Both the book and movie show struggle against Ms.Gruwell. For example, in the movie the other English teachers were rude to Ms.Gruwell. This proves they were jealous of her because of what she was doing with the students. Moreover, they are also similar, because it becomes a book in the movie. For instance, the students published a book in their diaries, because Ms.Gruwell’s friend donated computers to the students. Over all, the book and the movie share similarities. However, The Freedom Writers book and movie are different, because Ms.Gruwell’s relationship and the male white student named Ben. The first difference is that Ms.Gruwell is not married the book. As an example, in the book she is “Ms.Gruwell,” and in the movie, she wrote her name as “Mrs.Gruwell.” This example proves Ms.Gruwell is not married in the book, but has a husband and goes through a divorce in the movie. Furthermore, another difference is the white student. To illustrate, the white student named Ben in the book is so negative about everything and hates the classroom. For example, in Diary 2 the student Ben says “I feel really uncomfortable with all these rejects.” Although, the white student is present in the book, he does not grow close with his classmates in the movie. As a result, it is evident the difference is in the book and movie are abundant. All in

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