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Actors: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Freedom Writers |
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Erin is an ambitious twenty three year old teacher at the Wilson High School. Erin is faced by diversity in her class now managing the diverse racial group from different backgrounds is a greatest challenge for her. Erin's students include Asians, African Americans, juvenile delinquents and even the poor students hoping to make it through the day. The only thing common in them is their hate for each other and they feel like they are just trapped in that high school with each other. They can't wait to leave that place. Erin's students completely refuse to participate in her class but she tries her best to engage them everyday by using a variety of techniques.
Things start to turn worse in Erin's class as a racially forced gang shoot witnessed by a Latina gang member. Erin comes across an ugly racial cartoon during her class. That cartoon becomes the most active teaching aids for Erin and they spark a transformation in the classroom. Forcing students to listen to her and at the same time also forcing her to take to take in her students survival stories of their silent street wars.
Erin started to connect with her students and motivated them to change their lives through journal writing. Erin introduces “The Diary of Anne Frank” as a tool to open the eyes of her students, to look beyond their own communities and have the knowledge of people suffering and struggling throughout the world. Erin knew that each and every one of her students has some story of their own to tell. So she motivates them to keep a journal to write their experiences and thoughts to share with the class for better understanding of each other. Erin succeeds in her attempt to manage diversity and her students learned a lot.
--Naila, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Freedom Writers |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- teacher
Poverty story?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a fight for survival
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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