Freedom Writers Change

Change is often viewed as a chance for people to live a new life and improve themselves. Yet, many others see change as a negative thing because of how it affects them and others around them. The novel, “Night” by Elie Wiesel, and the novella, “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, display examples of how change is most commonly viewed negatively. Change is often viewed negatively because of the aftereffects,the effects on others, and the difficulties adapting to the change. First of all, change is often viewed as something negative because of the aftereffects it has on the person.

In the movie The Freedom Writers, Marcus is a very important character, who shows a very drastic change throughout the movie. In the beginning of the movie, Marcus is homeless, is part of a gang, and didn’t like school. By the end of the movie, Marcus lives with his mother, is no longer part of a gang, and really enjoys school now. Marcus changed and grown after realizing he betrayed his mothers trust by joining a gang, and that his mother only wanted the best for him. When Marcus joined a gang he didn’t realize why his mother didn’t like it or allow it. Although at the end of the movie he realized he didn’t need to be in a gang and that his mother and a life with his mother was more important than being with a gang. Marcus overcomes the

Change is a process that affects individuals and their environments. Some people choose to embrace change, while others resist it. “Macbeth”; the song “The Times They Are A-Changin’” and the episode of the Twilight Zone, “A Stop at Willoughby” all successfully convey the notion of change and demonstrate how individuals and societies can embrace or resist change.

Change; it’s inevitable. It’s happening all around us at all times of the day, no matter if it is positive or negative. In the novel A Lesson Before Dying, change is a significant part of the story line. Grant Wiggins wants nothing more than for things to change. He wants to run away from his job, his hometown Bayonne, Louisiana.

Big changes can severely impact one's life. It could be a different place, experience or people. A change can be for the good or the bad. It can be made by one person or several. If a change in a person's life is made, or decided on, by one person that person can face blame.

“Freedom Writers” is a powerful film that is based on a true story about a teacher named Erin Gruwell, who struggles to connect with her students to make them believe that they can succeed in life, and to show them that their lives, experiences, and knowledge is valuable, all while attempting to unify them and to overcome racial segregation and gang violence that is part of their daily lives. Gruwell focuses on introducing the concepts of discipline and obedience in her classroom. She gradually begins to earn their trust and buys them composition books to record their diaries, in which they talk about their experiences of being abused, seeing their friends die, and being evicted; Gruwell refers to the composition books as “The Freedom Writers Diary.”

I conclude by saying that, the influence of racial stereotype has reduced compared to olden days in the country. Racial stereotype is reducing day by day in the country and there are many proof that the situation is getting better. As I have mentioned earlier, electing African American as a president was revolutionary and it proves that people of America have changed their view on African American community. People from other communities are also as successful as people from white community, which shows that all are given equal opportunity and support from the government. There are students from different ethnicities in my class, professors were always unbiased towards students. Professors have treated every student equally and have

In Cornel West’s essay, “The New Cultural Politics of Difference”, West describes this new cultural politics of difference to have three challenges: intellectual, existential, and political. The new cultural politics of difference trash the monolithic and homogeneous in the name of diversity and reject the abstract and the universal in light of the concrete. Cornel West, through the use of the three major historical periods (Age of Europe, America’s Domination, Civil Rights Movement), explains the importance of intervention in order to change and improve upon the mistakes of the past and reject the false degrading stereotypes that were created during those times. Throughout his essay, Cornel West uses examples of the battle between the people of color and White Progressives effectively because it allows the readers to understand that for changes to be made one must be simultaneously be in the group challenging the system and in the system itself in order for social reforms to occur within the society they live in.

In the beginning of movie, students would only socialize with their own ethnicity, because they disliked one another. Most students were used to having racism in their lives, they grew up around gang violence, and racism around them. Majoritarian is used… Eva, a Hispanic girl, dislikes white people because she believes that whites do not respect her because of her race. She encounters racism during most of the film. Mrs. Gruwell does her best to help her

In the beginning of the movie Freedom Writers, Ms. Gruwell’s students have trouble communicated with each other. This is because the characters are unwilling to associate with anyone outside their ethnic/racial groups. There could be multiple reasons to why the students would act this way but one of the main reasons is that they have been taught since birth that people will judge them based on their race or ethnicity. Because of this they have always been separate and grew up to be defensive and aggressive and they choose their groups or “gangs” who are within their racial groups. These “friends” also influence why the students are so afraid to associate with anyone outside that group by threatening to hurt them or beat them up. While with

Inequalities in skin color at Wilson were very prevalent. This wasn’t because of the teacher, but the world around them. Each different color segregated themselves to “keep with their own.” The differences like this kept the students at Wilson from reaching their potential. When

In the movie, The Freedom Writers Mrs. Erin Gruwell (Hillary Swank) plays a role of a dedicated teacher who did all she could, to help her students learn to respect themselves and each other. She has little idea of what she's getting into when she volunteers to be an English teacher at a newly integrated high school in Long Beach, California. Her students were divided along racial lines and had few aspirations beyond basic survival. 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, teach and understand them. However, Erin Gruwell was determined that no matter the cost she would teach her students not only

The film Freedom Writers directed by Richard La Gravenese is an American film based on the story of a dedicated and idealistic teacher named Erin Gruwell, who inspires and teaches her class of belligerent students that there is hope for a life outside gang violence and death. Through unconventional teaching methods and devotion, Erin eventually teaches her pupils to appreciate and desire a proper education. The film itself inquiries into several concepts regarding significant and polemical matters, such as: acceptance, racial conflict, bravery, trust and respect. Perhaps one of the more concentrated concepts of the film, which is not listed above, is the importance and worth of education. This notion is

Eva’s soliloquy- “you can’t go against you own people, your own blood.” - Symbolism of conformity.

She thought that it was the right thing to do. yes, because it was the honest thing to do. her friends are mad at her because she could have lied and their buddy wouldn’t have gone to prison. And her dad doesn’t even want to talk to her.