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 kids perspective
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Introduction I chose to write my movie analysis on The Freedom Writers (2007) produced by Danny DeVito‚ Michael Shamberg‚ and Stacey Sher‚ and written by Richard LaGravenese (imbd.com). This film is a true story about a young high school teacher who encounters a classroom filled with hostility. After showing the students what horrors racism and segregation can lead to by teaching them about the Holocaust‚ the students learn that there are better ways‚ such as writing in a diary‚ to work through
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The film‚ Freedom Writers‚ directed by Richard LaGravenese captured the lives of underrepresented and at risk students whom lived in Long Beach‚ California‚ that were born into gang life and didn’t see their lives past than age eighteen. Erin Gruwell was a passionate young teacher keen on social change. Wanting to make a difference‚ she decided to teach at the newly voluntarily integrated Woodrow Wilson High School. The movie’s portrayal of stereotypes was emphasized through its technical aspects
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teacher” myth Movies make up part of the dominant discourse 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
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book to day dream and fantasize. We have the freedom to read any type of book we desire‚ and the freedom to read it whenever or wherever we like. The Freedom Writers Diary is a non-fiction. A book that tells the story of war‚ reality‚ and struggles of daily adolescents lives. It’s a book that teaches and educates students‚ parents‚ and teachers honestly and straightforward to understand a different world than what they may live in. The Freedom Writers Diary should be taught in schools because it
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such as race‚ class‚ and gender. The movie Freedom Writers‚ directed by Richard LaGravenese in 2007‚ is a great example of a movie that is filled to the brim with insight and different perceptions of these barriers between people. We follow the story of a teacher‚ Erin Gruwell‚ as she begins her new teaching career in a school that has been introduced to an integration program. The students that occupy the desks in room 203‚ who are disinclined to learn from Gruwell‚ share their stories and how these
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Yusuf Bozkurt ALPTEKIN English 102 Research Paper Final Draft FREEDOM FROM INJUSTICE To understand "social injustice‚" we must contrast it with the earlier view of justice against which it was conceived; one that arose as a revolt against political absolutism. With a government that is granted absolute power‚ it is impossible to speak of any injustice on its part. The history of all existing society‚ Marx and Engels declared‚ ‘‘is the history of class struggles‚ freeman and slave
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something and can make a change. Life isn’t about judging 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
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Book Report on the Freedom Writers Diary Ten years ago‚ The Freedom Writers Diary was published and soon became an international sensation. Today‚ more than one million people have read it‚ and they have even made it a motion picture starring Hilary Swank. As the freedom writers all graduated from high school and keep on advocating their deeds‚ the journey continues. Through the report I would like to divide them into four sections to discuss: origin‚ differentiation
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movies and books have been produced in order to inform the people of the hardships of discrimination. One movie in particular‚ “Freedom Writers”‚ has helped people to empathize with those affected by racism and discrimination. The message of overcoming adversity in “Freedom Writers” strongly relates to the real-life social issues in the world today. The movie “Freedom Writers” is an amazing story of students
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