Krupal Hari Mr. Pete English 1101 October 30‚ 2008 Freedom Writers “We fight each other for territory; we kill each other over race‚ pride‚ and respect. We fight for what is ours. They think they’re winning by jumping me now‚ but soon they’re all going down‚ war has been declared.” Freedom Writers depicts students from different gangs facing problems from school life at day to gang violence at night. A new teacher at Wilson High School by the name of Myer Gies connects education with her troubled
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"The Freedom Writers" In the movie “The Freedom Writers” Mrs. Gruwell (Hillary Swank) plays a role of a dedicated teacher who did all she could to help her students. Mrs. Gruwell was faced with a big challenge when a group of freshmen students showed her nothing but disrespect which made it hard for her to communicate and understand them. While she taught she learned different strategies to get them to participate in class activities. The students in the class were highly racial and only talked
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realistic insight on the Black community‚ with an emphasis on the queer community. In contrast‚ the film Freedom Writers also attempts to show the struggles of growing up in a community where there is violence and in which the director does include stereotypical views of Black men and women. These two films focus on the coming of age‚ but approach this topic differently. Unlike Freedom Writers‚ a Black filmmaker created Moonlight who showed the world a different perspective on the life of a gay Black
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Film Analysis Essay on Freedom Writers Main Credits Title: Freedom Writers Director: Richard LaGravenese Scriptwriter: Richard LaGravenese Adapted from: The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell Actors/Main characters: Hilary Swank-Erin Gruwell‚ Patrick Dempsey-Scott Casey‚ Scott Glenn-Steve Gruwell‚ Imelda Staunton-Margaret Campbell‚ April L. Hernandez-Eva Benitez‚ Jaclyn Ngan-Sindy‚ Jason Finn-Marcus‚ John Benjamin Hickey- Brian Gelsord‚ Plot Summary The movie “Freedom Writers” is based on a true
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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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I absolutely loved this project and experience overall. We got the idea for this project after seeing the movie‚ "Freedom Writers". I went with three of my four other teammates to see it for our first paper and when we walked out‚ the three of us couldn’t shut up about how much we loved and were inspired by the movie. On the way back from the movie‚ we got the idea to do a spin off of the movie for our project. The whole way home from the theater we were coming up with ideas for our upcoming
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What techniques does the director of Freedom Writers‚ Richard LaGravenses‚ use to engage the audience? Introduction Freedom Writers is based on a true story set in America in 1994‚ where a first time teacher‚ played by Hilary Swank‚ faces a group of students who have been considered by the government to be “un-teachable and at–risk” teenagers. These students represent street kids who have all witnessed street fights as well as the murder of their friends and family. The movie demonstrates the way
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Freedom Writers‚ Changing Perspective The natural and reoccurring aspect of life‚ change‚ is one that has positive outcomes and cannot be reversed. The outcome of how change affects a person can be modified due to extrinsic factors of people or place. The inevitability of change can be daunting or reassuring for a person‚ depending on the way it is embraced. Humans change their perceptions of the world due to what they are subject to. Ones extrinsic factors and how they see the world is constantly
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is without a doubt that teachers are an important part of a someone’s life‚ whether a child or a young adult‚ teachers are always there. A teacher has an impact on the person a child becomes‚ and also the person a child strives to be. The movie Freedom Writer is an inspiring story that throughout the film‚ Mrs. Erin Gruwell managed to be different as a commendable teacher‚ careless of the difficulties that surround her learning environment. She was fresh-faced‚ idealist and was ready to take on the
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Moral Responsibility and Divine Freedom Classical theism contains a conception of one single God‚ a being of great power‚ wisdom‚ and goodness. This God is not just a great being or even the greatest being of all beings that have existed or will exist‚ but the greatest possible being. This means that God is a being which no greater being can exist or even be conceived to exist. Naturally then‚ God is taken to be a being whose goodness‚ power‚ and knowledge are such that it is logically impossible
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