realistic insight on the Black community‚ with an emphasis on the queer community. In contrast‚ the film Freedom Writers also attempts to show the struggles of growing up in a community where there is violence and in which the director does include stereotypical views of Black men and women. These two films focus on the coming of age‚ but approach this topic differently. Unlike Freedom Writers‚ a Black filmmaker created Moonlight who showed the world a different perspective on the life of a gay Black
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I absolutely loved this project and experience overall. We got the idea for this project after seeing the movie‚ "Freedom Writers". I went with three of my four other teammates to see it for our first paper and when we walked out‚ the three of us couldn’t shut up about how much we loved and were inspired by the movie. On the way back from the movie‚ we got the idea to do a spin off of the movie for our project. The whole way home from the theater we were coming up with ideas for our upcoming
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Text Response Option 2- “The Outsiders” S.E. Hinton What are the lessons that S.E. Hinton wants to teach us through the story of “The Outsiders’? A number of lessons can be learnt from reading S.E. Hinton’s debut novel “The Outsiders”. By naming the novel “The Outsiders” yet writing it from the greasers perspective‚ we feel more like an insider in this group society seem to be pushing out. We identify with the underdog from the opening page. We find ourselves seeing life through the eyes of the greasers
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The director Richard LaGravenese made the movie The Freedom Writers in 2007 and based it off the novel The Freedom Writers Diary with Erin Gruwell and 150 other students published in 1999. Richard LaGravenese wanted to bring the book alive to utilize that everyone struggles in the world. He wanted to bring some similarities and some contrast from both the movie and the novel. One thing Richard LaGravenese did well was adding in the Holocausts scenes from the novel into the movie. He showed the
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Text Response for Macbeth Act I Scene i The opening scene of the play creates a very mysterious type of tone. This is shown with the witches chanting fair is foul and foul is fair; the fact that the two aren’t true makes it mysterious. Also that the play starts off with three witches talking about a meeting. Scene ii Macbeth is regarded as a hero in the beginning of the play as he was the one who killed Macdonwald with much courage and loyalty to Duncan‚ for brave Macbeth – well he deserves
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"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past" To what extent is this true in George Orwell’s novel 1984? In George Orwell’s novel 1984 it is seen through the constant destruction and falsification of records by the party‚ that the main character‚ Winston Smith and the people of Oceania are unable or struggle to form their own identity due to their own few fading memories of the past. Throughout Winston’s struggle to hold onto the past‚ the Party utilizes
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fly overhead. What they didn’t know was their country was being invaded by another country. Returning home‚ they discover that they are at war. With no training‚ they band together to fight the enemy.Written by Douglas Young (the-movie-guy) Response Tomorrow when the war began originally a novel by John Marsden shows us an extreme situation that seven teenagers find themselves in. They use teamwork and the determination to rescue their home town and their families from the invading armies.
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Empathic Response: Cecily’s Diary Tuesday‚ 15th october‚ 1895 Dear Diary‚ Today has been a wonderful day‚ one of the most delightful ones I have ever had. I have finally met him‚ diary‚ I have finally met the one‚ Ernest Worthing! I am still speechless and astonished. I thought I would have never met him‚ I thought that he would remain in my dreams forever‚ but there he was‚ standing right in front of me. There was a spark in his eyes that attracted me particularly. The incomparable
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achieved before one can belong anywhere else. The protagonist‚ John Proctor‚ in The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ truly belongs only at time of death. His clear conscience provides him with a sense of self belonging before his hanging. Similarly I Freedom Writers‚ by Richard Lagravense‚ the Hispanic gang member‚ Eva‚ achieves a sense of personal identity and true belonging when she tells the truth in court. This allows her clear conscience to give her a sense of belonging to herself. “I’m not worth the
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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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