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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” wrote Martin Luther King Jr. in his letter from Birmingham Jail. Ishmael Beah, author of the book A Long Way Gone speaks from experience. He was plagued with a war in his home country, taking away his childhood and family. This injustice caused him to have to fight in the war and resort to drugs to take away his mental and physical pain. Similarly, in One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia, Delphine and her sisters struggle with the injustice that is not knowing their mother at the ages of eleven, nine, and seven, and the injustice of being black during a time period when people are segregated because of their color. Their father hesitantly flies them across the United States to see their mother that they haven’t met before, and who has secrets of her own. In both books, the children are forced to grow up faster than they should and take care of themselves and others, and since they are children it is more difficult to deal with the situations that are hard even for a grown person. When a person is forced to start a new life because of an injustice, they are going to be nervous; but over time when they meet people, they will gain confidence to speak out.

In the movie Freedom Writers directed by Richard LaGravenese, Freshmen teacher Mrs. Greul is able to neutralized a racially corrupt student body by simply writing in a diary type of journal, making the students realize the world they live in and the actions they do outside of school reflect the person they article Becoming a Hit Man By Ken Levi, he reflects the motivations of becoming a hit man and what draws sick individuals to becoming one and also shares the difference of an innocent accidental killer and one that purposely calls he or she its job. Both movie and article express the idea of being somewhat ruthless to human beings. In Freedom Writers, people are so racist it is almost inhuman to see a student body let alone a community kill others and a drive by being a norm in Long beach.

“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.”

Freedom Writers is a movie based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by teacher Erin Gruwell. The movie was directed by Richard LaGravenese and it was released in 2007. This movie discusses significant themes such as stereotyping and racial discrimination but most important the power of tolerance and understanding. The purpose of this movie is to promote the message that knowledge is power and in a world filled with disparities where hundreds of ethnic groups convey and interact humans are obliged to accept and tolerate the differences that define each person. This film is a perfect example of how these rhetorical components are used to create an effective argument. The director of the movie as well as the characters build their

Fighting for freedom is fighting a war where there are no treaties or compromises. Yet the bloody truth is that in the end there is only one victor. In the Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently brings to the forefront of the readers mind that not only is it time for this particular war, but it is long pass due. The brutal truth of this letter written in the margins of a newspaper spun from a web of lies shows the need for action in the aspect of freedom and prosperity. Not only does King rally together a group of people with the many allusions to how past always repeats itself but the indispensable references to authorities that effect everyone and the heart wrenching use of pathos keep the reader enticed to go onto

This book is one of those tales you will NOT forget for a long time. I sympathized with their challenges, shared in their brief joys, and broke down in their times of tragedy – and they were many! There were times I dumped the book vowing not to continue after someone died (brutally of course). Only to return with renewed hope, much like Harriet – before another tragedy to befalls them. Tonya Holmes Shook, elicited emotions in me I never thought I had. I thought about my grandfather who fought WWII with the British in Burma (Myanmar). The horrors he saw (but never spoke of), that eventually led to PTSD. Anyone who has gone through war can identify with the strife. Physical violence, rape, and murder (including of minors) are themes explored in this book. Sensitive readers

In order to bring awareness to a situation or problem, I believe that the use of personal experiences are important to develop credibility. Additionally, it guides the audience to realize the effects of the situation on a more personal basis. In Laura King’s “Autobiography as Activism,” she uncovers that personal experiences frame the true meaning behind life. In her excerpt, she states “oppression can either kill the spirit or evoke enough rage

BREAKING NEWS: Riots in Ferguson. Unemployment rates at an all time high. Immigration problems out of control. Listening to the news, people hear many politicians, newscasters, and reporters talking about the different problems that the world is facing. From the nuclear weapon debate in Iran, to should Donald Trump be president, to drugs rampant in both big cities and small towns, all of these issues are surrounded by the rapidly growing and concerning topic of social inequality. For hundreds upon thousands of years, social inequity has been ever present throughout time, and has become a serious problem all over the world. These days, it has a major effect on teenagers. However, authors can make an impact on readers, and many forms

Although there are significant differences in the short story “The Sheriff’s Children” by Charles W.Chesnutt,The graphic novel Saga by Brian K.Vaughan,and the poem “Blink Your Eyes” by Sekou Sundiata,and the drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry there are also similarities. Even though these four readings show struggle with discrimination in different ways, they slowly reveal similarities that make them intertwine when it all comes down to it. They go through struggles to have a sense or trying to get to a sense of peace,but it is hard having to go against society and laws. These text show great discrimination not only in the text,but shows what’s still happening in the current world.

As long as there has been war, those involved have managed to get their story out. This can be a method of coping with choices made or a way to deal with atrocities that have been witnessed. It can also be a means of telling the story of war for those that may have a keen interest in it. Regardless of the reason, a few themes have been a reoccurrence throughout. In ‘A Long Way Gone,’ ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ and ‘Novel without a Name,’ three narrators take the readers through their memories of war and destruction ending in survival and revelation. The common revelation of these stories is one of regret. Each of these books begins with the main character as an innocent, patriotic soldier or civilian and ends in either the loss of innocence and regret of choices only to be compensated with as a dire warning to those that may read it. These books are in fact antiwar stories meant not to detest patriotism or pride for one’s country or way of life, but to detest the conditions that lead to one being so simpleminded to kill another for it. The firebombing of Dresden, the mass execution of innocent civilians in Sierra Leone and a generation of people lost to the gruesome and outlandish way of life of communism and Marxism should be enough to convince anyone. These stories serve as another perspective for the not-so-easily convinced.

Social justice and equity are both common ideals to achieve in society. However, social injustice has been more frequently shown throughout history. The poem,“No Irish Need Apply,” the exhibit “Home for the Heart,” and the magazine article “The Education of Frank McCourt” are all pieces of literature that shows the hardships that individuals have to face when searching for social justice and equity. As life progresses, the need to achieve social justice becomes more desirable. Social justice and equity tends to affect all people of all age and race.

Literature affects our lives because it describes that everyone has their differences, that we as humans should think of others and assist them in their lives, and literature illuminates the issues with human morality and how we can agree what is right and what is wrong. First, we as humans should think of others. In the movie, “Freedom Writers”, the students that are portrayed in the movie suffer through gang violence outside of their school environment. However, to understand themselves better, they are taught about the Holocaust, which has multiple similarities in which massacres were commonplace.

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

The movie Freedom Writers is about Erin Gruwell who is starting her first year as an English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School. This school is racially divided with many gangs and violence erupting at any time. Ms. Gruwell was the students main subject of hate too. After having a discussion with her students about what they were feeling about their lives and situations, she took the responsibility of educating the students no matter what the cost was. She would eventually get through to the teens by passing out journals for them to write their personal life stories in. As the year went on, the students started to trust Ms.Gruwell. The next academic year, she had the students getting along with one another and reading The Diary of Ann Frank. She faced many critics within the school, but she ultimately succeeded.

“Everybody thinks you should be happy just because you’re young. They don’t see the wars that we fight every single day”. Brandy Ross, one of the students in the movie Freedom Writers once said. This is the predicament that the students in Woodrow Wilson High School faced every day. There are dead bodies on the street, the students have to protect themselves from other gangs, and most of them didn’t finish high school. It might not be a big issue for us because we didn’t face it by ourselves, but after watching this movie you will know that it is a significant thing to look at. The differences among race caused all of these problems, to deal with this is not easy at all. Freedom Writers show us that we can live our life with distinction because it shows us how to understand and accept dissimilarity that we have and also to