The Freedom Writers Diary Essays

The nonfiction novel, Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell is a fascinating journey of students in an urban city. When she, the new teacher enters a high school with underprivileged students and unsuccessful teachers, everyone underestimates her ability to stick to the job. However, they are all dumbfounded as they watch and experience the journey Ms. Gruwell takes her students on. First, in the beginning of the novel, Gruwell explains to readers how she began as a student teacher, (a very naive

Freedom Writers Diary is a collection of all the entries that the students in Room 203 wrote about their personal lives. The most interesting fact about this book is that nothing is fake or made-up; teenagers my age endured their trials and tribulations and they’re willing to share everything anonymously. I recommend this book to people that’re going through a tough time in their life and need some motivation. The main themes that most of the students could relate to are: gang-related crimes, murder

The Freedom Writers Diaries is a book about young teens which touches on many mature topics. One major topic in this book was abuse. Many people go through abuse and The Freedom Writers Diaries did not shy away from this topic, but gives a raw account on what it really feels like to go through it. Although their abuse, whether physical or mental was not right at all, it did make the diarists stronger than ever before. The song “Warrior” by Demi Lovato relates to the experiences students in the book

The Freedom Writers Diary, written by The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell, is a book compiled of diary entries written by Erin Gruwell’s students. These diary entries detail the students’ lives; their struggles, their achievements, and their failures. Many say that this book is “inappropriate,” and try to ban this book from school curriculums because of the real topics that this book goes over, such as addiction, abuse, racism, and more. However, reading about these topics is actually beneficial

went through a museum of the Holocaust, they also found the horror that laid behind the Swastika. Tears fell from students' faces as they reveled the process of dehumanizing the Jewish people. In the book The Freedom Writers Diary the swastika gives emotional sides to the writers as they walk through the museum. It shows them the true power and meaning behind one symbol. One symbol killed millions of Jewish individuals and changed history in Germany forever. It was the idea that the swastika

Having positive values can make a difference in today’s world just like it did in the movie “Freedom Writers”, if everybody unites as one. The Presidential election is a prime example of how our society needs positive influences to help stabilize our country. While it is often the case that the presidential candidates talk poorly about their opponents, this year’s election period was particularly cruel and nasty. The presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton used negative messages

The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas. A girl named Starr attends a party, and at the party, she reconnects with her friend Khali, when gunshots interrupt the party, Khail decides to give Starr a ride home where he gets pulled over and gets fatally shot by an officer. The Hate You Give is relevant for high school students because it is educating the way society uses stereotypes of black people to justify violence and racism against them, which is relevant to today's society, and valuable to people of

Dear Federal Way Public Schools Board of Directors, In this world, there are some issues that everybody has to learn about at some point. Some issues in this world are more important to learn than others. There is a book called The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas that teaches us about a great blend of things such as racism, discrimination, abuse, and violence. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas tells the story of a young girl named Starr who witnesses the death of her close childhood friend named Khalil

Is Erin’s Teaching Useful for the Students? The Freedom Writers Diary is a true story which is amazing and shows courage, love and change. It was made up of journals that Erin Gruwell told her students to write in about the troubles of their past, present and future. It starts in the fall of 1994, in class room 203 at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. Erin Gruwell, the freshman teacher, met her first group of students who were called be “unteachable and at risk” 1. Students in

Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) is about Ishida, who bullied Shouko for being deaf in elementary school to the point she had to transfer away. Despite the entire class taking part in being mean to Shouko, they instantly blame only Ishida, and alienate him just as he did to Shouko. Now in high school, Ishida has developed anxiety and depression, but runs into Shouko at a sign language class. What does he want out of talking to Shouko again? Will anyone forgive him? Will he be able to make amends?

The movie takes place in Long Beach, California in 1992 -1995 at Woodrow Wilson High School. They school recently had an integration program put in place, majority of the administration is upset because their beloved school is no longer prestigious as it once was. Erin Gruwell is the new English teacher, she is more than excited to teach, but she soon learns that she would be teaching students that are at risk in other words the “unteachables.” As Ms. Gruwell looks around in the other classrooms

The importance of tolerance in “Freedom Writers” The movie Freedom Writers, which was released in 2007, it is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by the teacher Ms. Gruwell who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School. In the movie Freedom Writers, a teacher –Ms. Gruwell tried her best to reach out for the “unfit” students in classroom 203. The students in the class sit separately into racial groups. The students are intolerant because they grew up in an environment where

them to fail, Erin knew they were capable of more. Inviting Miep Gies, the lady who hid Anne Frank, to come from Germany to speak to her class, was their life changing moment. Gruwell had them type up their diaries to try to influence others, which later was published as The Freedom Writers Diary. Once they realized that their time with Mrs. Gruwell was coming to an end, they convinced her to get permission from the board to move up to junior year with them. Predicting that they would not allow her

If you met someone so unexpectedly powerful that change some’s life? In the movie of “Freedom Writer”, two characters did not understand each other. Eva is dynamic character, Ms. Gruwell is static character. They face intolerance because of judging a character by its cover. The character Eva develop the theme by her skin color in the movie. At beginning, Eva facing racism, in the text, it said, “it is all about color, it is about people deciding what you deserve, about people wanting what they

violence, and fear for their lives every day. However, despite these dire circumstances, Gruwell helps the students understand each other and break down barriers of predisposed hate and discrimination in order to connect by writing their stories in diaries, participating in group activities and charitable events to bond with one another, and empathize with each other’s hardships. Likewise in the book, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, although

The title of my book is The Freedom Writers Diary. Authors of this book are also main character in it Erin Gruwell and the freedom writers. This book was published in 1999 and the publisher is Broadway Books.This book is 290 pages long and filled with a whole bunch of things to keep you hooked on reading it. This story takes place in Long Beach, California. Erin Gruwell the main character in this book is starting her first-year as a english teacher with some unteachable students. One day in class

Gruwell was born in Glendora, California to Stephen Douglass Gruwell. She decided to change her profession to a teacher because she believed educating students could make more of a difference. Her style of teaching led to the publication of “The Freedoms Writers Diary”. In 1998, after teaching for only four years, Gruwell left Wilson High School and became a Distinguished Teacher in Residence at California State University, Long Beach. For Mrs. Gruwell, she seems as if she is mostly a leader rather than

the people of Panem . President Snow , the dictator who rules Panem , is not the kind of president the people would vote for however, they have no choice because there seems to be no voting or voice to be heard in Panem . The idea of democracy is gone, replaced by totalitarian fascism . Snow poisons those who challenge him . One source of power that we have discussed in class is dependency. According to Osland, Kolb, Rubin and Turner (2007), Dependancy is known as the more dependable people are on

Symbolism is a notable feature in Catching Fire (2009) . Through symbolism , Suzanne Collins manages to paint Katniss as the ultimate embodiment of rebellion through transferring her into a mockingjay . " A mockingjay is a creature the Capitol never intended to exist"(92), as it is a result of the Capitol's usage of the japperjays which were sent to spy on the rebels. However, the japperjays failed in their mission so the Capitol left them to die ,but they managed to survive through mating to female

Freedom is the ability to do whatever one wants without restraint. Many people in our country take freedom for granted, while many suffer from the lack of freedom in other countries. Freedom is when you choose all of your actions, which is what was meant for everyone. Making choices of your own is how you learn and grow. When you are in a position without freedom, somebody withholds it. The withholder makes your choices and dictates what you can and can’t do. To do whatever you so desire makes you