school students‚ known as Freedom Writers‚ at Woodrow Wilson High set out to prove their significance in the world. In 2007‚ Paramount Picture studio released the drama Freedom Writers‚ directed by screenwriter Richard LaGravenese‚ and starring Hilary Swank‚ Scott Glenn‚ Patrick Dempsey‚ along with young unknowns in the student roles. The film portrays the real-life Erin Gruwell‚ a white teacher that fights an uphill battle to inspire trust‚ belief‚ and changes in her inner-city students. Instead
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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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Prison is a long and lonely road to go down and with some of the craziest laws in the country‚ it’s not always clear why people go to prison or if the reasoning is even valid. The best thing that you could do to help pass the time is to write a letter to someone that desperately needs it. Things You’ll Need: * pen * paper * envelope * stamp * photos Step 1: There are a lot of things to remember when writing to a prisoner. The first thing is that you cannot talk about anything that
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the audience to think that this movie was going to have a lot of violence in it. It was done through random noises of fire trucks‚ people screaming‚ gun shots‚ and many news reporters talking about the Los Angeles Riots. Erin Gurwell‚ played by Hilary Swank‚ was a new‚ excited‚ and courageous teacher that wanted to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School were it had recently become integrated. Once she is there she finds out that she will be teaching the “at-risk” students (LaGravenese). The students
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"The Freedom Writers" In the movie “The Freedom Writers” Mrs. Gruwell (Hillary Swank) plays a role of a dedicated teacher who did all she could to help her students. Mrs. Gruwell was faced with a big challenge when a group of freshmen students showed her nothing but disrespect which made it hard for her to communicate and understand them. While she taught she learned different strategies to get them to participate in class activities. The students in the class were highly racial and only talked
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Ally Shrader Movie Review: Freedom Writers Freedom Writers begins with Eva‚ a Hispanic just trying to get by in life‚ lay down the lifestyle they are used to. Hatred fills their streets and not even home is a safe haven. Hilary Swank assumes the role of Erin Gruwell who is a teacher new to Woodrow Wilson High. Woodrow Wilson High School was once one of the highest achieving high schools in the area yet with the new integration plans the test scores and achievement levels have dropped severely
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SUMMARY The film opens with Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) driving in the night. He is going with his cousin‚ Lonny (Matt McGrath)‚ an older boy who is gay‚ to a skating rink. Lonny warns Brandon against behaving dangerously. Brandon ignores him and enters the rink‚ which seems magical to him. There Brandon meets with a girl. Later‚ we see them kissing outside her home‚ and Brandon chivalrously tells her he won’t leave until he knows she is safely inside. But later‚ Brandon is chased by a group of
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of racial discrimination. To promote unity and brotherhood‚ an integration program that puts students from varied races and backgrounds together‚ was started by the government at the Woodrow Wilson Classical High School. Erin Gruwell‚ played by Hilary Swank‚ was entrusted the role of teaching such a class. It didn’t take long for her enthusiasm to vanish when she witnessed the racial tensions and hatreds existing among the students. The class was fragmented in terms of race. The young students were
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Basic Overview of Freedom Writers (Film) Based on a true story‚ Freedom Writers is an inspiring film about a young teacher named Erin Gruell (played by Hilary Swank) who chooses to work at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach‚ California. It is a school that is torn by gang violence and racial tension due to the recent integration program in that district. The story begins in 1994‚ Erin is a newly hired teacher at the high school and is assigned to teach Freshman and Sophomore English. Teaching
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Room 203: Here It Matters In Long Beach‚ California‚ a war is raging. You can’t always see it‚ but its soldiers know it’s there. You need to go and watch “Freedom Writers” right this instant. In this heartwarming movie‚ Hillary Swank plays quirky school teacher Erin Gruwell who‚ alongside her unsupportive husband (played by Patrick Dempsey) attempts to make history with her class of integration students‚ played by April Lee Hernández‚ Jaclyn Ngan‚ Armand Jones and many more. The movie plays for
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