and criticizing others‚ it’s about learning to accept and respect others for who are of a different race‚ ethnicity‚ and culture aside from what you are because you never know when you can make a new friend or find a soul mate. Throughout The Freedom Writers Diary we see there is major segregation that is insanely driving off of ethnicity‚ culture‚ and race. One group wants to be on a higher pedestal then the rest‚ and in order to achieve that the violence comes into mind and starts
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Freedom Writers Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank) is a first-time teacher who wants to make a difference. She has little idea of what she’s getting into when she volunteers to be an English teacher at a newly integrated high school in Long Beach‚ California. Her students are divided along racial lines and have few aspirations beyond basic survival. When Erin discovers how much of their lives are blighted by racial prejudice‚ she introduces them to books like ’The Diary of Anne Frank’ and begins
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Rhetorical Analysis: Freedom Writers The movie “Freedom Writers” is based on a true story. Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell plays an inspirational teacher at Wilson High School. She is ready to take on the teaching world as she steps inside Wilson High School for her first day. Her class‚ varied with teenagers of different ethnic backgrounds‚ wants nothing more than to just get through the day. African Americans‚ Latinos‚ Asians‚ gang members‚ and much more are from poor neighborhoods‚ that all share
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6 SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY Kant also distinguishes three kinds of free- dom: freedom of choice‚ or free will; freedom as self-regulation‚ or autonomy; and freedom as civil liberty. Freedom of choice is a natural property of all human beings‚ and refers to the fact that human conduct is not wholly determined by animal impulses. Autonomy is the capacity of a subject to legislate and abide by ethical impera- tives of his own making. Civil liberty
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The film‚ Freedom Writers‚ directed by Richard LaGravenese captured the lives of underrepresented and at risk students whom lived in Long Beach‚ California‚ that were born into gang life and didn’t see their lives past than age eighteen. Erin Gruwell was a passionate young teacher keen on social change. Wanting to make a difference‚ she decided to teach at the newly voluntarily integrated Woodrow Wilson High School. The movie’s portrayal of stereotypes was emphasized through its technical aspects
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Said Concept of Freedom and Honor In Naguib Mahfouz’s novel “The Thief and The Dogs” the concept of freedom is conveyed much more differently than the understanding of freedom in a modern society. This is mostly caused by the politics and economy in the era along with the understanding of honor and characteristics behaviors to gain that honor. The novel begins with Said being released from prison after four wasted years. He knows that he has been betrayed by his friends and wife at that time;
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The Great Concept of American Freedom Early America was a place for anyone to live their life the way that they wanted‚ as it is now‚ but back then this was a new concept. Much of this idea comes from the freedoms obtained by living here. Many other countries in the world had many freedoms‚ but not as numerous as they were in America shortly after the country was founded. Americans during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s embraced their freedoms and became leaders and expanders‚ and what we now consider
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Freedom Writers Assignment The character I’ve chosen is Eva Benitez ‚ is a 18 year teenage Mexican American girl short wave hair ‚ tan skin wears red lipstick and hoop earrings has that tomboyish look . Life changes during her childhood. The first day of school for Eva she was waiting for her dad to take her to school ‚ when it turn out to be the day she saw a friend die right in front of her eyes . Eva’s
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Brought Together By Education Segregation has been a problem for quite some time‚ and it has trickled down from generation to generation‚ influencing younger and younger children every day. The problems the teenagers were facing in this book‚ The Freedom Writers Diary‚ were simply because of the segregation they were either taught or learned from the people around them. With the help of Ms. Gruwell‚ these teenagers became more open-minded about their peers and realized they needed an education. “You
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A deeper perspective on the “good teacher” myth Movies make up part of the dominant discourse reflecting and at the same time affecting society (Farhi‚ 1999). The mythical portrayal of the good teacher in Freedom Writers supports the idea that urban schools are in need of a “good teacher” (who is portrayed as being perfect) to save the unruly children in this locale from their limited and culturally inferior worlds. The students are expected to cultivate new academic skills and cultural values with
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