what you deserve‚ about people wanting what they don’t deserve. About whites thinking they own this world no matter what‚ you see‚ I hate white people.” Wow! This is one of the most powerful and emotion-filled quotes that was said in the movie Freedom Writers. The movie is about a Caucasian high school teacher named Erin Gruwell that gets a job at a California public school and gets the challenge of teaching a group of kids that are deemed “unteachable.” Very quickly‚ she finds out why no one wanted
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Shutter Island is about a World War II veteran‚ Andrew Laeddis who believes he is a United States marshal. He believe he has been sent to Ashecliffe mental hospital in Shutter Island‚ Boston to investigate a missing patient. Along the way Andrew faces several hardships but those that are most pressing lie in the areas of deviance‚ illness‚ and intelligence. Andrew Laeddis is actually at Ashecliffe because he killed his wife after she drowned their three children in the lake behind their house. He
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years ago‚ it actually started all the way back in Africa 4 million years ago. The reason I say 4 million years ago is because the oldest living person in the world was dated back 4 million years ago in Africa. Over the years explores‚ philosophers‚ writers‚ and artist all around the world have studied and used a lot of African history and brought it back to their country and claimed it as theirs instead of giving credit‚ making it cultural appropriation. 2. Looking at statistics and researching information
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through the novel Animal Farm explores how political systems can suppress individual freedoms. Though it is an allegory based on the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalin‚ it is really an exploration of all political uprisings and rebellions. In the novella‚ the animals fantasise about a better life‚ a life of freedom‚ but their leader Napoleon abandons all ethics and principles of the rebellion and they have less freedom than before. Napoleon abuses this idealistic equilibrium to take advantage of
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Media‚ which serves as an information and entertainment outlet‚ also helps to illuminate the different classifications of people 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
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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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In the movie‚ Freedom Writers‚ students at Wilson High School are self divided into several distinct classes based on ethnicity‚ financial status‚ and popularity. Students are likely unable to break free of their social groups because of previous history and the overemphasis of the racial differences in gangs. The intolerance of other ethnic groups comes from the impact of observing the actions of generations who lived during racial segregation and the Civil Right’s movement. These older generations
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Freedom. Good or Bad? The idea of personal freedom and individuality is a concept that has been debated by philosophers throughout history. In 380 BC‚ Plato addresses his thoughts on freedom in society throughout The Republic. His main opinion is‚ too much freedom given to individuals will lead to an unjust society. This concept‚ through proven thoroughly‚ has some complications with adapting to todays society. Years later‚ Plato’s ideals are hard for today’s society to grasp. In an age of rapid
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Were Dr. Seuss books really for children? When I was in third grade reading his books‚ I did not really know what was going on with the plot. I just figured it was about bullies being bullies. With this in mind‚ one can relate sociological concepts‚ such as racial groups and genders stratification‚ to the book “The Sneetches”. To begin with‚ “The Sneetches” can be incorporated with race. Throughout the entire story‚ one can distinguish the racist actions. For instance‚ Dr. Seuss states‚ “all the
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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 placed attention on the concept of belonging
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