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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LA Riots‚ they tried to calm us down and nothing changed since.” More than sixty people died during the L.A. riots on April 29‚ 1992. Gangs erupted afterwards‚ due to the apparent discrimination of African-Americans from Caucasian officers. In Freedom Writers‚ written and directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ a high school named Woodrow Wilson‚ suffered in the aftermath of the L.A. riots‚ turning a once prestigious school into a school for the ‘bad kids’‚ or kids who had been to juvenile detention. Erin
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The Sense of Responsibility Can Change Students The story of “Freedom Writers” was set in Long Beach. Erin was a new teacher who believed the way to stop racial hatred is to change the young’s minds. The students in the school where she worked divided into four camps: whites‚ Latinos‚ Cambodians‚ and blacks. Every group hated each other. Erin wanted to change this condition and wanted everyone to change. In fact‚ she did it. Now here is question. Why Erin could do something that others did not finish
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what you deserve‚ about people wanting what they don’t deserve. About whites thinking they own this world no matter what‚ you see‚ I hate white people.” Wow! This is one of the most powerful and emotion-filled quotes that was said in the movie Freedom Writers. The movie is about a Caucasian high school teacher named Erin Gruwell that gets a job at a California public school and gets the challenge of teaching a group of kids that are deemed “unteachable.” Very quickly‚ she finds out why no one wanted
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Widely known writer William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) acted as the playwright‚ the novelist and the short-story writer. There are serious problems in Maugham’s books which made the reader think a lot. Many of his stories are very fascinating. He authentically draws the social environment‚ time and a place of described events. The person is a main topic of his books. Maugham considered‚ that the writer should know life well and take part in life of a society. He was the participant of the first
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must disagree with the authors and here’s why. Firstly Mrs. Hinton’s choice of the main character‚ while I understand her choosing to write about a young man doomed to repeat his mistakes. I just do not agree with this assumption. The main character Ponyboy Curtis was an immature fourteen-year-old who caused much tension in his family and ultimately the death of three people. Secondly‚ I believe the main characters should have been Johnny Cage and Dallas Dally Winston‚ both young men died tragically
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Media‚ which serves as an information and entertainment outlet‚ also helps to illuminate the different classifications of people such as race‚ class‚ and gender. The movie Freedom Writers‚ directed by Richard LaGravenese in 2007‚ is a great example of a movie that is filled to the brim with insight and different perceptions of these barriers between people. We follow the story of a teacher‚ Erin Gruwell‚ as she begins her new teaching career in a school that has been introduced to an integration
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Freedom Writer is based on a true story. Teenagers in Woodrow Wilson High School had many conflicts in their lives‚ which also affected on their education as well. A new high school teacher Ms. Gruwell assigned a class that was full of students who were labeled as at risk. Gruwell refused to allow her student’s lives to become self-fulfilling prophecies. Gruwell believed in her students and herself that she can make better people out of them and to give them the support that their parents failed
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and is the only main income of a family of three. His mother Amanda Wingfield is a faded tragic remnant of southern gentility. His sister Laura lives in her illusions‚ she is crippled‚ and this defect‚ intensified by her mother’s anxiety to get her married. In their own rights this play could have 3 main characters. You can make a case for either one of them. Making a case for Laura might be a little harder and would just include more of her illusions‚ Amanda is a main character as they come but
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1971. It takes place in the deserts of Vegas during their journey from Los Angeles to Vegas. It also has places in Los Angeles such as the Beverly Hills Hotel during exposition or flashback sequences. 2. Main characters- Who are they? How are they involved? What do they look like? The main characters are Raoul Duke and his attorney‚ Dr. Gonzo. Raoul is a sports journalist that was sent to Vegas to cover the Mint 400 race. He is someone who doesn’t really care about the law as he uses drugs and drinks
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