Krupal Hari Mr. Pete English 1101 October 30‚ 2008 Freedom Writers “We fight each other for territory; we kill each other over race‚ pride‚ and respect. We fight for what is ours. They think they’re winning by jumping me now‚ but soon they’re all going down‚ war has been declared.” Freedom Writers depicts students from different gangs facing problems from school life at day to gang violence at night. A new teacher at Wilson High School by the name of Myer Gies connects education with her troubled
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“On Sunday (March 1)‚ a small group of armed civilians killed a Serbian wedding guest and wounded the priest.” The war broke out between Sarajevo and Pale after the attack of armed civilians from Pale on Sarajevo. Comparing to Zlata’s Diary with the book The Freedom Writers‚ both the books has wars in different issues but has similar consequences. Zlata’s Diary has a conflict between two countries which created the war. The Freedom Writers Diary has gang wars because of discrimination between races
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A class divided is a documentary about a teacher named Jane Elliot who teaches her students about racism first hand. She divides the students into two groups‚ the blue eyes‚ and the brown eyes. For the first day‚ the “brown eyed” children are not able to go to recess‚ or lunch at the same time as the rest of the children. They wear a blue collar around their necks so that they are obviously different at a distance from the other students. They are not allowed to drink from the same water fountains
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Everybody has evil in them. No matter how nice‚ pleasant‚ or sweet that person is; everyone carries evil inside. Whether they show it or psychology know they are evil‚ is up to them. In the “possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson‚ Miss Strangeworth has that evil in her and it is expressed through her age‚ education‚ and personal ambition. First‚ in the physiology section the reader can learn that Miss Strangeworth acts the way she does because of her old age. In the short story‚ Miss Strangeworth
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Christy Hulett Mrs. Anderson Sophomore Writing 22 March 2013 Replacing Buses with Notebooks: Freedom Writers worth Admission Price At first glance‚ Freedom Writers seems like an overdone cliché and knowing that it was produced by MTV does not help. The film is about kind-hearted‚ strong-willed teacher who signs up to teach a class of hardened gang members‚ drug dealers‚ and the like. After watching Freedom Writers you realize that it was worth the
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In the story " Response to Executive order 9066 " Dwight Okita writes about a fourteen year old girl who goes to school during a war. this girl has a bestfriend who she’s been bestfriends with for a while now. Like any other day the girl goes to school and talks to her friend. One day she goes to school and her friend is sitting on the other side of the room basically teasing her saying "giving secrets away to the Enemy‚ Why can’t you keep your big mouth shut?” The reason for that is because the
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Freedom Writers What is respect? It is you can be completed trust by somebody‚ and they want to listen to your opinion‚ and follow your plan. And how can foes trust each other? Freedom Writers explains these questions. It is a great movie adapted from a true story‚ which happened in 1995. It talks about an amazing teacher‚ Mrs. Gruwell‚ who makes bad kids become family‚ the classroom is their home. They trust and respect each other. The relationship between teacher and students changes a lot. In
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Few people are fearless speakers. As students‚ we generally feel the rumble of butterflies in our stomachs‚ but the most we have to lose is a good grade. For Emma Goldman‚ the stakes were considerably higher. She had the daunting task of speaking to secure her own freedom when she was placed on trial for obstructing the draft in 1917. The country was awash in patriotism‚ and she was prosecuted as an enemy of the state. When preparing her speech‚ she realized that a seated jury would be
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Belonging is a controlling force influenced by our personal situation and is characterized by the understanding of our relationships and interactions with others. An individual’s perception of belonging is greatly influenced by interactions with the environment and their surroundings. This is clearly seen in The Simple Gift by Stephen Herrick which demonstrates elements of belonging and acceptance through the ’pain and suffering’ of rejection‚ ’homelessness’ and ’dealing with death’ by the characters
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Midterm Check-In For the TV show analysis‚ I chose the show Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and completed the first season. The first season of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer begins with Buffy Summers‚ a troubled teenager‚ moving from her hometown of L.A. to the town of Sunnydale‚ California. Buffy must start at a new high school as a sophomore after burning down the gym of her previous school. Although Buffy is described as a troubled teen‚ she seems relatively normal. The traumas she has faced do not stem
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