The Freedom Writers Diary Essays

The nonfiction novel, Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell is a fascinating journey of students in an urban city. When she, the new teacher enters a high school with underprivileged students and unsuccessful teachers, everyone underestimates her ability to stick to the job. However, they are all dumbfounded as they watch and experience the journey Ms. Gruwell takes her students on. First, in the beginning of the novel, Gruwell explains to readers how she began as a student teacher, (a very naive

Freedom Writers Diary is a collection of all the entries that the students in Room 203 wrote about their personal lives. The most interesting fact about this book is that nothing is fake or made-up; teenagers my age endured their trials and tribulations and they’re willing to share everything anonymously. I recommend this book to people that’re going through a tough time in their life and need some motivation. The main themes that most of the students could relate to are: gang-related crimes, murder

The Freedom Writers Diaries is a book about young teens which touches on many mature topics. One major topic in this book was abuse. Many people go through abuse and The Freedom Writers Diaries did not shy away from this topic, but gives a raw account on what it really feels like to go through it. Although their abuse, whether physical or mental was not right at all, it did make the diarists stronger than ever before. The song “Warrior” by Demi Lovato relates to the experiences students in the book

The Freedom Writers Diary, written by The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell, is a book compiled of diary entries written by Erin Gruwell’s students. These diary entries detail the students’ lives; their struggles, their achievements, and their failures. Many say that this book is “inappropriate,” and try to ban this book from school curriculums because of the real topics that this book goes over, such as addiction, abuse, racism, and more. However, reading about these topics is actually beneficial

Having positive values can make a difference in today’s world just like it did in the movie “Freedom Writers”, if everybody unites as one. The Presidential election is a prime example of how our society needs positive influences to help stabilize our country. While it is often the case that the presidential candidates talk poorly about their opponents, this year’s election period was particularly cruel and nasty. The presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton used negative messages

The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas. A girl named Starr attends a party, and at the party, she reconnects with her friend Khali, when gunshots interrupt the party, Khail decides to give Starr a ride home where he gets pulled over and gets fatally shot by an officer. The Hate You Give is relevant for high school students because it is educating the way society uses stereotypes of black people to justify violence and racism against them, which is relevant to today's society, and valuable to people of

Dear Federal Way Public Schools Board of Directors, In this world, there are some issues that everybody has to learn about at some point. Some issues in this world are more important to learn than others. There is a book called The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas that teaches us about a great blend of things such as racism, discrimination, abuse, and violence. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas tells the story of a young girl named Starr who witnesses the death of her close childhood friend named Khalil

Is Erin’s Teaching Useful for the Students? The Freedom Writers Diary is a true story which is amazing and shows courage, love and change. It was made up of journals that Erin Gruwell told her students to write in about the troubles of their past, present and future. It starts in the fall of 1994, in class room 203 at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. Erin Gruwell, the freshman teacher, met her first group of students who were called be “unteachable and at risk” 1. Students in

Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) is about Ishida, who bullied Shouko for being deaf in elementary school to the point she had to transfer away. Despite the entire class taking part in being mean to Shouko, they instantly blame only Ishida, and alienate him just as he did to Shouko. Now in high school, Ishida has developed anxiety and depression, but runs into Shouko at a sign language class. What does he want out of talking to Shouko again? Will anyone forgive him? Will he be able to make amends?

The importance of tolerance in “Freedom Writers” The movie Freedom Writers, which was released in 2007, it is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by the teacher Ms. Gruwell who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School. In the movie Freedom Writers, a teacher –Ms. Gruwell tried her best to reach out for the “unfit” students in classroom 203. The students in the class sit separately into racial groups. The students are intolerant because they grew up in an environment where

them to fail, Erin knew they were capable of more. Inviting Miep Gies, the lady who hid Anne Frank, to come from Germany to speak to her class, was their life changing moment. Gruwell had them type up their diaries to try to influence others, which later was published as The Freedom Writers Diary. Once they realized that their time with Mrs. Gruwell was coming to an end, they convinced her to get permission from the board to move up to junior year with them. Predicting that they would not allow her

violence, and fear for their lives every day. However, despite these dire circumstances, Gruwell helps the students understand each other and break down barriers of predisposed hate and discrimination in order to connect by writing their stories in diaries, participating in group activities and charitable events to bond with one another, and empathize with each other’s hardships. Likewise in the book, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, although

Gruwell was born in Glendora, California to Stephen Douglass Gruwell. She decided to change her profession to a teacher because she believed educating students could make more of a difference. Her style of teaching led to the publication of “The Freedoms Writers Diary”. In 1998, after teaching for only four years, Gruwell left Wilson High School and became a Distinguished Teacher in Residence at California State University, Long Beach. For Mrs. Gruwell, she seems as if she is mostly a leader rather than

the people of Panem . President Snow , the dictator who rules Panem , is not the kind of president the people would vote for however, they have no choice because there seems to be no voting or voice to be heard in Panem . The idea of democracy is gone, replaced by totalitarian fascism . Snow poisons those who challenge him . One source of power that we have discussed in class is dependency. According to Osland, Kolb, Rubin and Turner (2007), Dependancy is known as the more dependable people are on

Symbolism is a notable feature in Catching Fire (2009) . Through symbolism , Suzanne Collins manages to paint Katniss as the ultimate embodiment of rebellion through transferring her into a mockingjay . " A mockingjay is a creature the Capitol never intended to exist"(92), as it is a result of the Capitol's usage of the japperjays which were sent to spy on the rebels. However, the japperjays failed in their mission so the Capitol left them to die ,but they managed to survive through mating to female

Freedom is the ability to do whatever one wants without restraint. Many people in our country take freedom for granted, while many suffer from the lack of freedom in other countries. Freedom is when you choose all of your actions, which is what was meant for everyone. Making choices of your own is how you learn and grow. When you are in a position without freedom, somebody withholds it. The withholder makes your choices and dictates what you can and can’t do. To do whatever you so desire makes you

“The Savior Trope and the Modern Meanings of Whiteness” by Name title argues that the cinema has always been cater toward an ideology of the white supremacy. Freedom Writers self-evidently appear as a majoritarian narrative by having Hilary Swank starring as Erin Gruwell who play as the enthusiastic young teacher who help change the lives for her students of color, but along the movie there is a subtle switch of importance from the teacher to these students as they struggle for changes. As it goes

Turning Fifteen on the Road to Freedom, by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, published January 8th 2015, in a historical memoir for young adults interested in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. Blackmon Lowery turned fifteen during the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. She was the youngest person on the march, but not the youngest protester. Blackmon Lowery discusses the Civil Rights Movement through they eyes of the children who were involved. She uses her stories, PJ Loughran’s illustrations

“Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.” In the play Teen Freedom Fighters many people are there to peacefully protest for the black people to be able to vote. When the start on the first day they go and get stopped by the police and they would not thet them go on. Even tho they got stopped the shown a tremendous amount of courage because after “Bloody Sunday” they went out again to stand up because they wanted equality. Courage is standing up for yourself and others

The play No Child. . . by Nilaja Sun is a play within a play that is about a group of students that go to a less fortunate school, these students in this particular tenth grade class are known for being the worst class in all of Malcolm X. high school. This class is assigned a teaching artist named Ms. Sun who will teach them a play called Our Country’s Good and many valuable life lessons. For the play, No Child. . . there can be little to one actor or actress or even up to seventeen different people