For this assignment I chose to watch Freedom Writers. This is a heartfelt movie about a teacher named Erin Gruwell who finds a way to unify her disadvantaged‚ racially divided students and to improve their grasp of academics‚ partly by having them keep journals about their violent‚ troubled lives. The main diversity issue in this movie is cultural‚ ethnic‚ and racial tensions. According to Storti (1999)‚ “Culture is the shared assumptions‚ values‚ and beliefs of a group of people which result in
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Freedom Writers Essay In the movie‚ The Freedom Writers Mrs. Erin Gruwell (Hillary Swank) plays a role of a dedicated teacher who did all she could‚ to help her students learn to respect themselves and each other. She has little idea of what she’s getting into when she volunteers to be an English teacher at a newly integrated high school in Long Beach‚ California. Her students were divided along racial lines and had few aspirations beyond basic survival. Mrs. Gruwell was faced with a big challenge
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Freedom Writers Diaries – Their Story‚ Their Words‚ Their Future One of the main concerns that Erin Gruwell would face was teaching a group of kids that the school system process having an integrated school was a good thing in front of board members that had issues at that certain time in history. The school system did not look at how this integration with mixed cultures would affect everyone involved. This system would suddenly take them out of their own element and put them with mixed cultures
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Historical‚ Social and Political Issues in the movie FREEDOM WRITERS The thorough presentation of a well researched context in the film provided the environment for priming the viewers on the concept of belonging which was highlighted in the film. This grounded the film and prepared the viewers on the film’s main focus. Through the brief but meaningful snippets of what happened during the trial of Rodney King‚ the viewers were introduced to the conflict used in the film that surfaced and distinctly
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Freedom Writers‚ a film directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ is about a middle class woman‚ Erin Gruwell‚ who takes a job teaching in Long Beach‚ CA. She receives a class of very different people‚ with different nationalities‚ who share the same fight. She achieved helping with disadvantaged students‚ when no one else thought that they would amount up to anything. As the film progresses you see how the student’s lives change and how they turned into well thought of adults‚ thanks to the impact of their
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The movie “The Freedom Writers” is based on the true story of Erin Gruwell’s English classes at Wilson High‚ an integrated school with students of all racial and cultural backgrounds. As a new teacher she is given the lowest achieving students. For safety and belonging most of these students belong to racial gangs and bring this social concept into the class by sitting in racial arrangements. Their morals and self concept are defined by these gangs‚ as shown by Eva’s statement of “we protect our
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Comparing Freedom Writers and The Outsiders Taking place in Long Beach California‚ Richard Lagravense directed an amazing movie titled “Freedom Writers.” Freedom Writers came out in 2007 and has inspired many teenagers all over the world. Not only do I consider this to be one of my favorite movies‚ but many others do too. Freedom Writers was a movie with many interesting characters. Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell (Mrs. G)‚ a high school teacher who realizes that teaching is her passion
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Freedom Writers By: Maya Mohan Freedom writers is a book consisting of the diary entries of a classroom of a troubled youth from the inner cities struggling just to make it through each day. A courageous and kind-hearted teacher‚ Ms. Erin Gruwell took on the class as a first year teacher at Woodrow Wilson High school in Long Beach‚ California. She pushed past the students’ reputations‚ lack of funds and non supportive co-workers to help these kids achieve something many of them thought they’d never
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Freedom Writers The movie Freedom Writer is an inspiring story that unveils the perfection of the teaching profession . Throughout the film ‚ the main character Ms . Erin Gruwell (played by Hilary Swank ) managed to standout as an exemplary teacher regardless of the complexities that surrounds the learning environment . The story discusses how students managed to survive in school with the aid of an exceptional teacher who influenced them to change and aim for success . 1 . How does
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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
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