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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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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Freedom Writers Assignment The character I’ve chosen is Eva Benitez ‚ is a 18 year teenage Mexican American girl short wave hair ‚ tan skin wears red lipstick and hoop earrings has that tomboyish look . Life changes during her childhood. The first day of school for Eva she was waiting for her dad to take her to school ‚ when it turn out to be the day she saw a friend die right in front of her eyes . Eva’s
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Brought Together By Education Segregation has been a problem for quite some time‚ and it has trickled down from generation to generation‚ influencing younger and younger children every day. The problems the teenagers were facing in this book‚ The Freedom Writers Diary‚ were simply because of the segregation they were either taught or learned from the people around them. With the help of Ms. Gruwell‚ these teenagers became more open-minded about their peers and realized they needed an education. “You
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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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Name ___________________________ English I Teacher _________________________ Fall 2011 Period ___________________________ Outsiders Date ____________________________ Freedom Writers Written Response Worksheet Directions: Please answer the following questions as you watch the film. Please use complete sentences. RESPECT 1. Why do the students initially only trust peers from their own ethnic/racial groups? 2. How does Ms. Gruwell earn the respect of her students? 3.
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Freedom Writers Diary Movie Questions 1. Eva’s view of herself and her people is that their nationality is competing with other races because of the discrimination. When Eva is a child‚ she is taught by her father that she has to fight for her people. “An Aztec princess is chosen for her blood‚ to fight for her people‚ as Papi and his father fought‚ against those who say we are less than they are‚ who say we are not equal in beauty and in blessings”. 2. According to Eva her father is arrested for
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The Sense of Responsibility Can Change Students The story of “Freedom Writers” was set in Long Beach. Erin was a new teacher who believed the way to stop racial hatred is to change the young’s minds. The students in the school where she worked divided into four camps: whites‚ Latinos‚ Cambodians‚ and blacks. Every group hated each other. Erin wanted to change this condition and wanted everyone to change. In fact‚ she did it. Now here is question. Why Erin could do something that others did not finish
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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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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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