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 segregate themselves in the classroom through gangs. Erin decides she wants to be the person to make a difference. She fights through gang
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EFFECTS OF WOMAN CHARACTERS in THE MOVIES “BREAKFAST at TIFFANY’S” and “FREEDOM WRITERS” Either fictional movies or movies based on a true story‚ arouses permanent or temporary ideas or feelings. The movies named Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Freedom Writers and the effects of main women characters in these movies will be examined. Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a fictional movie and it was made in 1961. Audrey Hepburn played the leading role. She represents a young and very attractive woman. In the opening
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Every journey involves challenges and choices. Challenges and choices are a part of every journey. They are significant factors to the end of many journeys. ‘Lord of the Flies’‚ a novel by William Golding‚ and the film ‘Freedom Writers’‚ directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ are texts which both involve these aspects of journeys and convey them to the audience in a number of ways. These journeys‚ like most others‚ involve challenges and choices which help overcome them. Challenges or distractions need
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Erin Teague was born in 1982 in Detroit‚ Michigan. Her family lived in a neighborhood in Southfield‚ which is a suburb of Detroit‚ that had families that had money and those that were poor. She went to a public school in Southfield where many of the kids received either free lunches or discounted lunches. She excelled in her schooling and took as many honors and AP classes that were available to her. Even after taking these advanced classes she felt under prepared entering college. Growing up outside
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also for them to get involved with the rest of the class. As an outsider coming in she not only got resistance from the class that she was trying to get to work together but she also met resistance from other teachers and faculty members as well. Erin Gruwell‚ was faced with all kinds of issues. She had to look at the whole situation from an outsider’s position. She had to diagnose all the problems of the class and the faculty to find out how to solve the problems. She had to listen to the kids
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speaking up and demanding to be heard. Occasionally‚ a person may be speaking for the benefit of others in hopes that they will listen. When cancer struck Erin Andrews‚ a popular sportscaster‚ instead of keeping quiet‚ Andrews spoke out about her situation and how important it is to get regular exams. A document in the New York Post titled “Fighter Erin is the real ’Super’ hero” states
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As much as I can say‚ it was interesting‚ as a member of one of the minorities that make up the population of the United States‚ to watch *** movie‚ Freedom Writers. In fact‚ this movie delivers a great message to those who take the risk to watch a controversial movie that criticizes our society and how we treat others‚ mainly because they (those we critice) look different that usn . In fact‚ this risk we take cannot be compared to the risks the people shown in this movie take. First of all‚ Jaime
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Therapy Association. American Music Therapy Association‚ 2006.Web. Dahlgren Daigneult‚ Susan and Dorothy Tysse Breen. “The use of play therapy with adoloescents in high school.” International Journal of Play Therapy‚ 7.1‚ 1998: 25-47. Print Gruwell‚ Erin and The Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary. New York: Broadway Books‚ 1999. Print Lefevre‚ Michelle. “Playing with sound: The therapeutic use of music in direct work with children.” Child and Family Social Work 2004: 9‚ 333-345. Print Levy
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Freedom Writers is a movie that tells the story of how a teacher‚ Erin Gruwell influences the education and lives of a group of students at a very diverse high school. As a novice to the classroom Mrs. Gruwell struggles to discover how to help impact her class deemed as misfits‚ and students who are incapable of learning. In beginning to understand the life stories and environments of the students she is able to connect with them as an educator‚ and meet the students where they are. Furthermore she
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about another person we don’t get along with so that by the end of the project the two could maybe see eye to eye and get along. 4. Ms.Gruwell is the first teacher to show trust and respect for the “at rick” students at Wilson High. How does Erin Gruwell demonstrate this? Why are some students more resistant to trusting each other She listens to them‚ buys them books and treats them like people‚ this is how she shows trust and respect for the students. Some students are more resistant because
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