Freedom Writer is based on a true story. Teenagers in Woodrow Wilson High School had many conflicts in their lives‚ which also affected on their education as well. A new high school teacher Ms. Gruwell assigned a class that was full of students who were labeled as at risk. Gruwell refused to allow her student’s lives to become self-fulfilling prophecies. Gruwell believed in her students and herself that she can make better people out of them and to give them the support that their parents failed
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Throughout The Color Purple‚ Walker realistic shows the many strong connections and loyalties the characters have with one another. One strong bond that is shown throughout the book is between Celie and her sister Nettie. They always had a strong bond‚ even when Celie feared that Nettie was dead because they did not hear from each other for a long period of time. In one of Nettie’s letters to Celie‚ she wrote “But God‚ I miss you‚ Celie. I think about the time you laid yourself down for me. I love
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Fulghum once said“ Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” Many children will not adhere to an order given by their parent but they will rather pay attention to their action. Alicia Walker’s The Color Purple depicts male characters that grows up to be similar to their fatherly companion. Through a feminist lens‚ Walker reveals that men are profoundly influenced by their fatherly figures. Mr. ____‚ Celie’s controlling husband‚ has been an absent father
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faced with such abuse. Modernly named as domestic violence‚ this abuse was once very common and ignored as long as it “didn’t go too far” or was done in moderation. In 1882‚ Maryland was the first state to pass a law making wife-beating a crime; the punishment would be either forty lashes or a year in jail (Domestic Violence Timeline). Attention to domestic violence didn’t appear until the feminist movement around 1870; women became more involved in feminism and woman’s
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A symbol of freedom and liberty‚ individuality yet togetherness; the American Flag has presented an image of America for decades. Ever since Francis Scott Key wrote his poem about the “broad stripes and bright stars‚” the United States of America has been marked with this simple‚ yet lucid icon of peace and sovereignty. Symbolism in literature plays a bigger part‚ one that relates an object or ideology to stress a connection to a more discrete or unclear picture. Alice Walker‚ a novelist‚ utilizes
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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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What Is Freedom What freedom is to me is the ability to be yourself without having to be living your life controlled. How freedom is an amazing thing‚ you can be yourself. You certainly can have any personal beliefs‚ be in any religion‚ and there’s much more things you can do. The 4th of July was when we gain our independence from Great Britain. A very famous quote my father tells me is‚”May we think of freedom‚ not as the right to do as we please‚ but as the opportunity to do what was right.” (Peter
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Who Does Domestic Abuse Really Affect? Imagine being a young child raised in a house where shrieks from punches‚ thuds of objects hitting the walls‚ and the screams of curse words and bad names thrown around is considered normal. The term “domestic abuse” is used to describe when a person in an intimate relationship acts violently towards or is abused by their significant other. When people think of domestic abuse‚ they typically think of the adults in the relationship‚ but something that goes commonly
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Kathryn Hess English 12/ Hero’s quest period 8 Mrs. Dunn In the beginning of the movie Freedom Writers‚ the students initially only trust their peers from their racial groups. This is because they only trust the people in their gangs. Almost all the kids were in racially segregated gangs. At first‚ Ms. Gruwell has difficulty getting anything accomplished. Many of these students have never been shown any respect in the past. Eva and some of the other students tell Ms. Gruwell that they will not
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Domestic Violence & Abuse Domestic violence and abuse is an undeniable issue in this day and age which all people know to be wrong. Domestic abuse can take various forms from direct violence to psychological damage‚ but in all instances is wrong. The term Domestic defines this type of abuse as spousal or abuse within a relationship between one or both of the partners included. Commonly‚ domestic violence can be excused or denied by the victim in light of fear or shame. Domestic violence escalates
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