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Writers was published in 2007 and it is an intense film featuring by great actors who are Scott Glenn, Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey and Imelda Staunton. The movie idea was based on book called “The Freedom Writers Diary” the story of teacher called Erin Gruwell and her one fifty students who wanted to change themselves and the society around them. The plot was located at Woodrow Wilson High School in the eastside neighborhood of Long Beach, California. The person who came up with the idea to make

“The Freedom Writers Diary” By: The 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

A Class Divided is about a 3rd grade class and their teacher. The teacher is passionately against racism and wants to inspire change. The day after Martin Luther King Jr. died she has the courage to start. She introduces the idea that blue-eyed people are better to her 3rd grade class and spends the whole day reinforcing that mindset. She gives biased examples of why the blue-eyed children are better, pointing out every mistake a brown-eyed child makes. She makes rules for the brown-eyed children

A class divided is a documentary about a teacher named Jane Elliot who teaches her students about racism first hand. She divides the students into two groups, the blue eyes, and the brown eyes. For the first day, the “brown eyed” children are not able to go to recess, or lunch at the same time as the rest of the children. They wear a blue collar around their necks so that they are obviously different at a distance from the other students. They are not allowed to drink from the same water fountains

Erin Teaches Gang Members to Love and Respect Others This movie Freedom Writers is based on a true story. Freedom Writers is a film which related to racial discrimination, education and many other issues. The whole story takes place in a larger environment of strong racial and gang wars. The fall of 1994, Erin Gruwell stood before her first group of student. These kids were from the poorest and the bottom of society, and lived under the serious racial discrimination. They never heard of the teacher

Steven Soderbergh’s “Erin Brockovich” is an autobiography of Brockovich and her involvement in the largest monetary direct-case action lawsuit within the United States. Despite a lack of formal education and law experience, Brockovich proves to be the key element to winning a plaintiff case against multi-billion-dollar industry, Pacific Gas and Energy Company (PG&E). Often, law is recognized as a tool that ultimately provides justice; however, it also holds the power to silence others. In this

Erin Brockovich was written by Susannah Grant and directed by Steven Soderbergh. The movie was originally released on March 17, 2000. It stars Julia Roberts as the main character, Erin Brockovich. The movie won one oscar and many other awards. It tells the story of how a single woman can make history (“Erin Brockovich” np). Erin Brockovich is a single mother of 3 who is struggling for work after a car accident left her unemployed. She turns to a law firm in hopes of suing the individual who had

The Freedom Writters Diary, by Erin Gruwell, is a true story about an english teacher. She started off as a student teacher and is now a teacher at Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. Long beach, California is every ghetto place and much, happen there. From shootings, robbing, and even gangs . According to the book its anonmyous who these students are. Although the book doesnt say names, theres something about them that they all have in commen. These students have been through alot

The Freedom Writer's Argument The freedom writers diary is a beautiful piece of writing written by a group of young teenagers struggling with finding themselves. Many argue that the award winning book “The freedom writers diary”written by the freedom writers themselves should be strictly for those of mature audiences.That the book should not be allowed for reading till a certain age limit. The freedom writers diary is based on a group of exciting students who have experienced unfortunate events

“Erin Brockovich and the importance of Rights Claiming” The film Erin Brockovich is a film that involves the American Legal System, however, it is very different from the films that normally come to mind when we think of a film involving the law. This film employed many of the usual aspects of law based movies, such as: lawyers, defendants, victims, a large sum of money, etc. This being said, however, the main character of the film, Erin Brockovich, plays an uncommon role. She starts off at the