The movie, ‘The Freedom Writers Diary’ which was originally a book, was directed by Ricahard LaGravenes. It is a heart-warming story of students who were “un-teachable” or considered “a risk” to be taught. It is written about Erin Gruwell - a teacher from Woodrow High. The book is a story based on the lives of the students and her experiences as their teacher. In the movie, Hillary Swank plays the part of Ms. Erin Gruwell with finesse. The movie portrays how cities deal with the diverse groups of
18.10.2016 Duygu COSKUN EDS2001 Reflection Paper: Freedom Writers HOW MUCH OF YOUR SUCCEESS IS YOUR TEACHER'S DOING? What would you do if all your students were in the middle of a gang war? This was an actual question on Erin Gruwell's mind. Erin Gruwell took a job as a first year teacher in Woodrow Wilson High School but what she did not foresee was that she would end up in a classroom where she'd had to use all her ability to prove herself as an amazing teacher. In this paper, we will
her world of scattered imagination she wrote poems which had the notions of rebel, freedom and isolation, on the other hand her poems were also optimistic in which she tried to give a rise to every other incident moving towards a downfall. Her isolated childhood and the nursing received at an early age by her aunt had left grave impact on her life. The realities Emily and her siblings had faced were quite a reflection in her only novel, Wuthering Heights. The characters developed within the novel and
promoting feminist ideas. Although the Harlem Renaissance was a social and cultural movement, the Harlem Renaissance still promoted traditional gender roles for women, which is reflected by Nanny’s wishes for Janie and departs with Janie’s want of freedom. In the Harlem Renaissance, women were not as respected as men, especially in the arts. Looking in retrospect, many critics highly value women of color’s writing during the Harlem Renaissance because most modern critics are not phased by race or
Title: A critical study: How Edward Said explicated the predicament of Exile through the works of 20th century writers. The twentieth century can be considered as a highway in which the writers produced or reproduced various ideas not only in science but also in humanities such as literature. Some writers gave a birth to new ideas while the others reproduced the old ideas or themes and decorated them in a new mold. The significant theme in the twentieth century, particularly after colonization
Rao - to name only a few. In modern time, there are number of writers who are getting awards and accolades all over the world. Indian English Literature is an honest enterprise to demonstrate the ever rare gems of Indian Writing in English. From being a singular and exceptional, rather gradual native flare - up of geniuses, Indian Writing has turned out to be a new form of Indian voice in which India converses regularly. Indian Writers - poets, novelists, essayists, and dramatists have been making
the window partially reflects you as well. When writers use literature to criticize the way society functions, as F. Scott Fitzgerald does in The Great Gatsby, they also reflect those very societal values because being a part of society means a purely objective perspective is unattainable. This can often come across as being hypocritical, which there is not shortage of current events. The question is to what extent can people, specifically writers, criticize society despite being a part of it? In
“Freedom Writers” is an American film produced in 2007 with Hilary Swank in the part of the young and idealistic high school teacher, Erin Gruwell. The film is based on a true story as it is recounted in the diaries of Miss Gruwell and 150 “unteachable” and “at-risk” students in Long Beach, California. Summary The film starts begins with a new, excited schoolteacher, Erin Gruwell who leaves the safety of her hometown to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School. Her eagerness is quickly challenged when
There are a lot of known magnificent writers in American literature like Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson and Herman Melville. The writers seek to express the romantic worldview in a form of romanticism. A novel is majestic, emotionally intense and often is having symbolic overtones. A romantic novel is actually not a love story, it is a serious novel, which uses special hardware to transmit a complex, sometimes subtly fine sense. Instead of carefully drawn realistic characters
times. This section can be divided into three sub-categories, namely literature as a social phenomenon, relationship between literature and society, and role of literature in society. From Qian’s point, literature, rather than an IMITATION or a REFLECTION of society, is a RECREATION of human life, and to a great extent it is determined by the social conditions such as the political and economic systems, the reigning ideologies, the norms and conventions in human relations. Moreover, literature writes