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. Both the book and movie show struggle against
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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 122 minutes of pure joy and raw emotion‚ where we get to see wonderful changes
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Title- Freedom Writers Author- Richard LaGravenese (screenplay) Erin Gruwell (freedom writer’s author) Year of publication- The movie was released on March 2nd‚ 2007. Text type- Film Synopsis- Freedom writers is a true story from 1994 about a young‚ new English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School ( Erin Gruwell) who implemented a voluntary integration program for underprivileged‚ gang related kids. The integration has ruined the schools academic standing with many of the teachers
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do. What really stood out to me the most was how committed they were to their cause. None of these children were forced into this movement‚ they all joined willingly. They all felt a strong need to join in the fight for their right and for their freedom. What makes these kids so special and so important is that they don’t have children of their own to nuture and feed‚ where as an adult African American would have children that they need to care for and a job that they need to work. They could not
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Popular culture is often characterised by feature films and television serials which target a broad audience in an effort to systematically convey social commentary through inviting the perception of the viewer to interpret representations of everyday roles. This concept is central to ’Reel to real: Popular culture and teacher identity’‚ in which Mitchell and Weber (1999) encourage their audience to challenge the status quo of the teacher role as commonly perceived by society. Particularly‚ the text
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speakers. As students‚ we generally feel the rumble of butterflies in our stomachs‚ but the most we have to lose is a good grade. For Emma Goldman‚ the stakes were considerably higher. She had the daunting task of speaking to secure her own freedom when she was placed on trial for obstructing the draft in 1917. The country was awash in patriotism‚ and she was prosecuted as an enemy of the state. When preparing her speech‚ she realized that a seated jury would be a microcosm of the country’s
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In the freshman year of fall 1994‚ Ms. Gruwell‚ who is later also known by her students as Ms. G‚ introduced herself through her first journal entry. Throughout her entry she wrote about the description of the school and its surroundings. Wilson High School is located in a safe area‚ but like Ms. Gruwell‚ you would have noticed that students from all walks of life attended the school. As a fairly new teacher‚ Ms. Gruwell expresses her nervousness through her entry by formulating questions that she
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Ally Shrader Movie Review: Freedom Writers Freedom Writers begins with Eva‚ a Hispanic just trying to get by in life‚ lay down the lifestyle they are used to. Hatred fills their streets and not even home is a safe haven. Hilary Swank assumes the role of Erin Gruwell who is a teacher new to Woodrow Wilson High. Woodrow Wilson High School was once one of the highest achieving high schools in the area yet with the new integration plans the test scores and achievement levels have dropped severely
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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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The Simple Gift by Stephen Herrick which demonstrates elements of belonging and acceptance through the ’pain and suffering’ of rejection‚ ’homelessness’ and ’dealing with death’ by the characters Billy‚ Caitlin and Old Bill. Similarly in the movie “Freedom Writers”‚ it explores the ideas of taking control of one’s identity and accepting life’s simple pleasures. Firstly‚ in the novel ‘The Simple Gift’‚ Steven Herrick explores the idea taking control of one’s identity through numerous language techniques
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