Erin Gruwell

Erin Gruwell is a first-year English teacher. She was given a tough freshmen english class to teach. The students in the class were all in gangs, coming from similar walks of life as each other, but not knowing or understanding what other students were going through. The students had such a hate for each other that Erin Gruwell was having a difficult time getting the students to pay attention to the english lesson she was presenting. Her husband and father told her to suffer through the year

Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell Genre: Nonfiction Plot summary: The first pages include a forward by Zlata Filipovic. She is a survivor from the war in Sarajevo, and many call her the “modern day Anne Frank”. She talks about how the writers have affected her life, and how they are an inspiration to many around the world. The students entries consist of how they do not believe that Mrs. Gruwell will make it in their school. The students are deemed unteachable by the school. Mrs. Gruwell, worked two jobs

Freedom Writers, a movie based on the book “The Freedom Writers Diary” by teacher Erin Gruwell, is a dramatic movie written and directed by Richard LaGravenese starring Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton and Patrick Dempsey. Freedom writer’s main purpose is to provide quality lessons that could benefit viewers and deliver some of the insights on living a better life. The whole story takes place at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in the Eastside neighborhood of Long Beach, California

While I was firstly reading “The Freedom Writers’ Diary,” by Erin Gruwell, I was expecting the book to be tedious and humdrum. The story is set to happen in a classroom – Room 203 – at Wilson High School, located in California; and as we all know, high school is a place where we learn and communicate on a daily basis. However, I was given a total shock and impressed after I fully comprehend the context of this book. The book is formatted as a collection of diaries, written by different students from

This film is about Erin Gruwell, a new teacher that has just started teaching at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School. Erin Gruwell teaches first and second year english, she teaches at a formally high achieving school that has just recently taken upon the racial integration system. Throughout the beginning of the movie, Gruwell deals with troubles and difficulties as she tries to teach her class that is filled with hatred towards each other and her. The beginning of the film we can see the students

Writers Everyone enjoys a happy ending when watching a movie, especially when the movie is based on a true story. The movie, The Freedom Writers, fulfills that happy ending along with being a true story. The Freedom Writers was first a book made by Erin Gruwell in 1999 and turned into a movie in 2007, directed by Richard LaGravenese. The movie starred Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, and multiple other people (“Full Cast & Crew”). These actors and actresses were able to portray the book

Freedom writers is a story about struggles and will to make a change that debuted in 2007. The lead actress in this film was Hillary swank who plays Erin Gruwell. Her impersonator acting style made her a more effective actress because not only does she portrays the character accurately, she becomes the character. With that being said, she seems to be the perfect person for the role. This statement is proven many times throughout the film. In the beginning of the film she enters a chaotic classroom

“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

The film that I chose to analyze is The Freedom Writers. This movie is about Erin Gruwell portrayed by Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank, whose passion to become a teacher is soon challenged by a group of Black, Latino and Asian gang members who hate her even more than they hate each other. Erin begins to understand that these kids are not delinquents and gives them something they never had from a teacher before—respect. For the first time, these teens experience a hope that they actually matter

respect others for their color and race. It shows how these kids from the streets improve and change their perspective on color. The help from their teacher Ms. Gruwell really inspired and changed them. In their minds everything is about color. Slowly throughout the movie they change and accept others. In the beginning of the movie Erin Gruwell the new teacher is joyful and tolerant of everyone. Her husband and she are happy and he supports her teaching her new class. On the other hand, Eva, a girl