"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
Premium Hilary Swank Freedom Writers Erin Gruwell
Film Analysis Essay on Freedom Writers Main Credits Title: Freedom Writers Director: Richard LaGravenese 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
Premium Freedom Writers
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
Premium English-language films Writing Psychology
‘Richard La Gravense’s’ movie ‘Freedom Writer’ is based on a true story of a teacher and one hundred and fifty students of Woodro Wilson High School. This story is taken by the Eva’s diary‚ a true story of a girl‚ who suffers a lot in her life because of the racial riot. In the movie all the students are affected by the gang violence and racial tension in their life. This movie shows the effort of the teacher‚ who reconciles all the student in-spite of big racial wall. To erase the gap between the
Premium High school Abuse Black people
is without a doubt that teachers are an important part of a someone’s life‚ whether a child or a young adult‚ teachers are always there. A teacher has an impact on the person a child becomes‚ and also the person a child strives to be. The movie Freedom Writer is an inspiring story that throughout the film‚ Mrs. Erin Gruwell managed to be different as a commendable teacher‚ careless of the difficulties that surround her learning environment. She was fresh-faced‚ idealist and was ready to take on the
Premium Freedom Writers Education Erin Gruwell
E.D. Hirsch Jr‘s “Preface to Cultural Literacy” stresses the importance of facing the dilemma of cultural illiteracy of mostly underprivileged children and everyone in our society (33). He urges the educational and literate community to comprehend the natural laws that deem it necessary for society’s underprivileged youth to “remain in the same social and educational condition as their parents” (33). Hirsch asserts‚ “Cultural literacy constitutes the only sure avenue of opportunity for disadvantaged
Premium Education Literacy Sociology
Analysis Sheet For Other Related Texts * Name of text: Freedom Writers (2006) Film * The composer of the text: Richard Lagravense Write a brief description of the text‚ mentioning its purpose‚ audience and giving a brief summary of the content: Set in Long Beach California the film ‘Freedom Writers’ is about a young beginning teacher who is soon challenged by a group of Black‚ Latino and Asian gang members who have extreme hate for the new teacher‚ Erin Gruwell. Over time Erin
Premium
and criticizing others‚ it’s about learning to accept and respect others for who are of a different race‚ ethnicity‚ and culture aside from what you are because you never know when you can make a new friend or find a soul mate. Throughout The Freedom Writers Diary we see there is major segregation that is insanely driving off of ethnicity‚ culture‚ and race. One group wants to be on a higher pedestal then the rest‚ and in order to achieve that the violence comes into mind and starts
Premium Race Racism Sociology
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 the help of this teacher. Erin Gruwell plays the super-hero-teacher who demonstrates relentless
Free Education School Teacher
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
Premium Fiction Film Dracula