‘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
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The Breakfast Club is a film about four different students-Allison‚ Claire‚ Andrew‚ John‚ and Brian - who come from different backgrounds and are serving a Saturday detention. After they get comfortable with one another’s presence‚ they all share their personal stories. Principal Vernon‚ who is powerful and strict‚ gives the students’ directions in order to write an essay describing who they think they are. The movie centers around the social divisions between high school students‚ labels that students
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"YOU WON’T FIND THE GREAT STORY OF HUMAN COURAGE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR." ANNA FUNDER’S GREAT VICTORY IS THAT SHE DOES. DISCUSS. Anna Funder’s 2002 work of literary journalism‚ _Stasiland_‚ relates her journey through a "land gone wrong"‚ the German Democratic Republic. Separated by the Berlin Wall and political ideology‚ East Germans lived under the ubiquitous and omniscient control of the Stasi‚ the secret police‚ whose "job it was to know everything about everyone". Throughout her quest‚ Funder
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In reference to the movie “Bully” my reaction on Ms. Lockwood and how she handled the various bullying situations in the school had me gasp. She tries to she dresses down an obviously upset kid by negotiating a handshake between the bully and his reluctant victim by saying “You’re just like him. Ms. Lockwood also downplays the possibility that a student is being bullied while meeting with Libby’s parents. She tries to empathize with Alex’s family by showing them pictures of her granddaughter and
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SYNOPSIS Louanne Johnson is an ex-marine‚ hired as a teacher in a high-school in a poor area of the city. She has recently separated from her husband. Her friend‚ also teacher in the school‚ got the temporary job for her. But while earning her credentials at a Northern California high school‚ she is assigned to a group of students who change her life forever and she changes theirs too. Although each of her charges exhibits a seemingly impenetrable facade‚ these kids are desperate to connect
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In "One Friday Morning"‚ Nancy Lee possesses quality that outshines the usual. Nancy Lee is a confident‚ African-American girl who shows bravery‚ nobility‚ and true character in a conflicting situation. She can serve as a great role model for young people who have given up on the things that they want to accomplish because they have failed once before. In the story‚ Nancy Lee has to face herself‚ society‚ and a decision to whether or not to let go of what she desires and believes she deserves. Nancy
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Everyone has a story to tell‚ a story either based on their life experiences‚ a story to educate listeners‚ or just simply a story to entertain others. Ms. Elisha Greenwell from Oakland‚ California‚ has a story to share that includes a little variety of all three‚ but she is doing it in a unique way by allowing African-Americans to celebrate who they are and where they come from as a culture of people. As the founder and organizer of Oakland’s First Annual Black Joy Pride‚ Greenwell wanted to tell
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give it a chance or leave right away? Well‚ the students from The Freedom Writers survived. The students at Wilson High School survived even though there were a lot of shootings and gang violence. The Freedom Writers book and The Freedom Writers movie are both similar and different because they consist of the same students and conflict. However‚ Ms.Gruwell’s relationship and male white student are different. The Freedom Writers movie and book are similar because of the same conflict and characters
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civilians from Pale on Sarajevo. Comparing to Zlata’s Diary with the book The Freedom Writers‚ both the books has wars in different issues but has similar consequences. Zlata’s Diary has a conflict between two countries which created the war. The Freedom Writers Diary has gang wars because of discrimination between races. Though these two books have wars on different issues‚ they both have similar consequences. In Freedom Writers Diary many students of Wilson High School has to lose their friends‚ families
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Room 203: Here It Matters In Long Beach‚ California‚ a war is raging. You can’t always see it‚ but its soldiers know it’s there. You need to go and watch “Freedom Writers” right this instant. In this heartwarming movie‚ Hillary Swank plays quirky school teacher Erin Gruwell who‚ alongside her unsupportive husband (played by Patrick Dempsey) attempts to make history with her class of integration students‚ played by April Lee Hernández‚ Jaclyn Ngan‚ Armand Jones and many more. The movie plays for
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