In the film Erin Brockovich‚ several different social theories can be related to the storyline of the film. Although different‚ theories from Karl Marx‚ Emile Durkheim‚ and Max Weber can all adequately describe what happens in the film. The film is about a small law firm that takes on an extremely powerful organization‚ PG & E (Pacific Gas & Electric)‚ on the account that they were knowingly polluting Hinkley‚ California’s water supply and harming the citizens. From Karl Marx‚ the film can
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By: mike Plot outline The main character in this book is Michael Brock‚ a lawyer working for Drake & Sweeney. One day a homeless man comes into the firm and holds Michael and other lawyers hostage. Michael and the lawyers manage to get out of the situation but the homeless man gets killed. Michael finds out later that the homeless man had been evicted from a wherehouse where he was paying rent and Drake & Sweeney was responsible for the eviction. Michael asked a lawyer‚ at his firm‚ if he could
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Two Different Ways to Murder Thousands of People Hotel Rwanda and Erin Brockovich are two provocative films that take a look at separate deviant acts but still present similar dangerous social problems. The conflicts that are portrayed are different in the means of operation but both share a similar end with the endangerment of thousands of people. We will examine how these deviant decisions affect both their societies and the reasons behind these atrocious acts. Hotel Rwanda is a very graphic
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The world is filled with many forms of cruelty. One of these forms is bullying‚ no matter the side of bullying one has experienced it is something most people can relate to. In her essay‚ White Lies‚ Erin Murphy explores the effects bullying can have within in a person. The mother in Murphy’s essay should not have participated in helping her daughter lie her way out of bullying. Although the mother’s intentions were good‚ she is ultimately hurting her daughter in teaching her to pay her way out of
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occurring all over the world. Abuse of power is when‚ a person or the people who hold the power are not taking responsibility and mistreating it. These themes are represented in many Novels‚ poetry‚ drama and films. The novel Animal Farm and the film Erin Brockovich are two texts which explore these timeless themes. This assignment will compare and contrast how power has been abused and the effects of the abuse of power occur in both the book and the film. Both novel and film are base of real live
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Scriptwriter: Richard LaGravenese Adapted from: The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell Actors/Main characters: Hilary Swank-Erin Gruwell‚ Patrick Dempsey-Scott Casey‚ Scott Glenn-Steve Gruwell‚ Imelda Staunton-Margaret Campbell‚ April L. Hernandez-Eva Benitez‚ Jaclyn Ngan-Sindy‚ Jason Finn-Marcus‚ John Benjamin Hickey- Brian Gelsord‚ Plot Summary The movie “Freedom Writers” is based on a true story. Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell plays an inspirational teacher at Wilson High School. Her class consists
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“The Freedom Writers Diary” written by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell. The movie was first released on January 5th 2007 in the USA‚ and on May 18th 2007 in Norway. The director of the movie is Richard LaGravenese and the screenwriters are the Freedom Writers‚ Erin Gruwell and Richard LaGravenese. The Music is made by Mark Isham‚ will.i.am‚ Talib Kweli and other various artists. The main actors are Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell‚ Patrick Dempsey as Scott Casey‚ Imelda Staunton as Margaret Campbell
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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 of accepting their violent fate‚ her students struggle to break free from their vicious life cycle‚ open their minds to life’s possibilities‚ and dare to dream the impossibilities. As Woodrow Wilson High School’s bright-eyed and naive‚ new English teacher‚ Erin Gruwell is thrown into a strange‚ unbeknown world to her
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Possible answers for Six Step Analysis of Freedom Writers exposed 1. List all the different examples of belonging evident in the text: The students are clearly identified as belonging to an ethnic group‚ based on colour‚ race and ethnicity‚ e.g. the Cambodians‚ the Latinos‚ the African Americans and the ‘whites’. They also identify themselves as being gang members and belonging to the gang‚ including having territory and ‘protecting your own’. The majority of the students live in an area
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the book The Freedom Writers Diary by teacher Erin Gruwell who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach‚ California. The title is a play on the term "Freedom Riders"‚ referring to the multiracial civil rights activists who tested the U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering the desegregation of interstate buses in 1961. The idea for the film came from journalist Tracey Durning‚ who made a documentary about Erin Gruwell for the ABC News program Primetime Live. Durning
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