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film “Freedom Writers”, directed by Richard LaGravenese, is an inspiring story, and a fantastic action-packed heartfelt movie. Released in 2007, the film was produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher. It stars Hilary Swank, April Lee Hernandez and Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, and Patrick Dempsey who played their role very well. The film is based on The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell (a real person), and is about a teacher and her relationship with her students, which has a

David Moritz. The cinematography was provided by Jim Denault and music by Mark Isham, Will.i.am and RZA. It had a budget of $21 million USD but made $43.1 million USD at the box office.The main lead actors are Hillary Swank (Erin Gruwell), April Lee Hernandez (Eva Benitez), Mario (Andre Bryant), Jason Finn (Marcu), Imelda Sataunton (Miss Campbell), Deance Wyatt (Jamal Hill), Jacyln Ngan (Sindy), Hunter Parrish (Ben), and Patrick Dempsey (Scott Casey-Erin’s husband). The theme of the movie is about

of the stories written by the students, it help theviewers undertsnad the problems that they were facing at the moment. Furthermore, the narration of Eva Hernandez story in the film gave a powerful impact to me. The role of Erin Gruwell was given justisce by the acting of Hillary Swank and the role of Eva was by the acting of April Lee Hernandez. Overall, the film is successful in showing its message and it left deep impression for me. MOVIE SUMMARY In 1992, in

had been written off by their school as hopeless cases but she tried to change that and get through to them by buying them new books such as Anne Frank and believing in them. Through the movie many of the student’s situations are shown. Eva (April Lee Hernández), a Hispanic girl in a gang, was at a shooting in a convenience store and knows that her boyfriend Paco (Will Morales) killed the man in the store. Her father is in jail for gang related crimes as well. Because of this, her father tells her

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war will end. And I won't die. And I will not tolerate abuse from anyone. I am strong.” These are the words of one of Erin Gruwell’s Long Beach, California high school students. The actors and actresses of Freedom Writers are Hilary Swank, April Lee Hernandez, and Patrick Dempsey. They represent Erin Gruwell, Maria Reyes, and Scott Casey (“Freedom Writers True Story”). The movie Freedom Writers is “based on a true story,” it is easy to question how much of the plot is factual when seeing these words

Advanced Government In the novel Profiles in Courage, by former President John F. Kennedy, politicians are recognized for their bravery on the job. These politicians spoke out against what they believed was wrong, and didn’t simply conform into what their party wanted them to be. A recent politician, who has showed immense bravery, is Gabrielle Giffords. She is a democrat from Arizona, who was shot in the head in 2011. It was most likely she would die. However, miraculously Giffords pulled through

different countries but share many common things. In addition, the discrimination and the racism we see in class are still a major issue in our society. Freedom writers gives us an idea of what it really is like out there in the real world. Eva (April Lee Hernandez), one of the students in Erin’s class (room 203), talks about how she hates white people because they expect everything to be handed to them easily without any question. In fact, she hates them more for taken what she cares about the most, her

Matthew King WRC 1013 Professor Maike B. Hudson 10 September , 2015 Plagiarism: A Jayson Blair Account Plagiarism, defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary, is “the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person”, but in simpler terms is the wrongful copying of another’s work for your own(Merriam-Webster). Plagiarism though seeming like a simple offense, can cause the downfall, if not caught, of a creative person and their work. However when justice is served, and

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