Basic Overview of Freedom Writers (Film) Based on a true story‚ Freedom Writers is an inspiring film about a young teacher named Erin Gruell (played by Hilary Swank) who chooses to work at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach‚ California. It is a school that is torn by gang violence and racial tension due to the recent integration program in that district. The story begins in 1994‚ Erin is a newly hired teacher at the high school and is assigned to teach Freshman and Sophomore English. Teaching
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FREEDOM WRITERS It’s 1994 in Long Beach‚ California. Erin Gruwell is just starting her first teaching job‚ that as freshman and sophomore English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School‚ which‚ two years earlier‚ implemented a voluntary integration program. For many of the existing teachers‚ the integration has ruined the school‚ whose previously stellar academic standing has been replaced with many students who will be lucky to graduate or even be literate. Despite choosing the school on purpose
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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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The Freedom Writers Diary Essay The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell and her students show many great examples of the vast importance of tolerance. This novel is about one teacher who taught her students tolerance and knowledge. This novel even shares how to support tolerance and diversity. Tolerance is important to have in this world because without tolerance‚ there can be no peace The Freedom Writers Diary shows how the students learn tolerance. In Diary 36‚ the student writes “’Why should
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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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Rhetorical Analysis: Freedom Writers The movie “Freedom Writers” is based on a true story. Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell plays an inspirational teacher at Wilson High School. She is ready to take on the teaching world as she steps inside Wilson High School for her first day. Her class‚ varied with teenagers of different ethnic backgrounds‚ wants nothing more than to just get through the day. African Americans‚ Latinos‚ Asians‚ gang members‚ and much more are from poor neighborhoods‚ that all share
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As much as I can say‚ it was interesting‚ as a member of one of the minorities that make up the population of the United States‚ to watch *** movie‚ Freedom Writers. In fact‚ this movie delivers a great message to those who take the risk to watch a controversial movie that criticizes our society and how we treat others‚ mainly because they (those we critice) look different that usn . In fact‚ this risk we take cannot be compared to the risks the people shown in this movie take. First of all‚ Jaime
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LA Riots‚ they tried to calm us down and nothing changed since.” More than sixty people died during the L.A. riots on April 29‚ 1992. Gangs erupted afterwards‚ due to the apparent discrimination of African-Americans from Caucasian officers. In Freedom Writers‚ written and directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ a high school named Woodrow Wilson‚ suffered in the aftermath of the L.A. riots‚ turning a once prestigious school into a school for the ‘bad kids’‚ or kids who had been to juvenile detention. Erin
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Freedom Writers Analysis Over the years‚ I had heard many positive things said about this movie‚ but yet I had never taken the time to rent the movie and watch it myself. That is why I am so glad that this movie was our assignment. Freedom writers far exceeded my expectations. It truly was touching to see an adaptation of real live stories come to play. Watching a young woman‚ a teacher‚ who was completely out of her element and her comfort zone‚ grow to actually take an interest in these kids that
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A deeper perspective on the “good 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
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