Neftali Vital
English 101
Professor Amy Dickinson
23 February 2017
A Hero who Opened Doors
A realistic hero is a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. An unrealistic hero flies, shoots lasers out of its eyes, is super strong, or is from another planet. When thinking of a hero, we think of a person that might make the moves and decisions many people wouldn’t do, because it is the acts one does that allows them to be considered a hero. There are five different hero types; classical, conventional, tragic, modern, byronic, and anti-hero. Along with hero types, there are many heroic journey archetypes that one may go through, with several archetypes including mentors, …show more content…
Gruwell first interacted with Eva, the child, Eva told her that she hated white people. No matter who it was or if they were nice, she hated all of them. “It's all about color, it's about people deciding what you deserve, about people wanting what they don't deserve. About whites thinking they own this world no matter what, you see, I hate white people.” - Freedom Writers. Through the use of Eva’s words, one can portray that she feels as if whites think they have superiority or the right to do whatever they want because of their color. One can easily pick up that this is a personal matter that has to do with personal experiences because of what she has gone through with white people encounters. Heroes like Mrs. Gruwell reflect cultural value because they demonstrate the importance of an education. She strongly believes that everyone has the right to an education. Archetype two, the Shaman also known as her dad, gives her advice when she is feeling the most upset. He consoles her during her divorce and reminds her that these are her students, and after hearing about the notebooks, he realizes that his daughter has actually begun to make an impact on these students lives. The notebooks that Erin showed her dad had the life stories of each of her students. She had told her students that they had to write in them everyday, whatever they wanted. Her students wrote their daily struggles and shared them with her. Without any of these Archetypes, …show more content…
Throughout Erins journey, there are three acts that fall under the “Hero Journey- Campbell's”, they are Departure, Initiation, and Return. During her departure, Erin takes a job in Long Beach that allows her to have her first interaction with students. She quickly witnesses fights and she begins to question her position of teaching. Leading her to Act two, Initiation, she quickly came to her senses and found the motivation to push herself to go the extra mile, to actually make a difference in these students lives. In the last act of this Journey, her students trusted her and actually learned, they scored good on their exams and most of them went to college, being the first in their families. She reflected values such as progress, education, achievement and success, and many more. These cultural values were taught inside of her classroom, they learned to value them as well. They also learned to value that even a teacher can have their utmost respect. After this movie was viewed by many, it showed society that race and ethnicity should not be separated through the use of education, that everyone has the right to an equal education. A hero can be made in many ways, if you want to make a difference in yours or in someone else’s life, you can be considered a hero. By reflecting her society values, and having two archetypes that accompany her through her Hero
English 101
Professor Amy Dickinson
23 February 2017
A Hero who Opened Doors
A realistic hero is a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. An unrealistic hero flies, shoots lasers out of its eyes, is super strong, or is from another planet. When thinking of a hero, we think of a person that might make the moves and decisions many people wouldn’t do, because it is the acts one does that allows them to be considered a hero. There are five different hero types; classical, conventional, tragic, modern, byronic, and anti-hero. Along with hero types, there are many heroic journey archetypes that one may go through, with several archetypes including mentors, …show more content…
Gruwell first interacted with Eva, the child, Eva told her that she hated white people. No matter who it was or if they were nice, she hated all of them. “It's all about color, it's about people deciding what you deserve, about people wanting what they don't deserve. About whites thinking they own this world no matter what, you see, I hate white people.” - Freedom Writers. Through the use of Eva’s words, one can portray that she feels as if whites think they have superiority or the right to do whatever they want because of their color. One can easily pick up that this is a personal matter that has to do with personal experiences because of what she has gone through with white people encounters. Heroes like Mrs. Gruwell reflect cultural value because they demonstrate the importance of an education. She strongly believes that everyone has the right to an education. Archetype two, the Shaman also known as her dad, gives her advice when she is feeling the most upset. He consoles her during her divorce and reminds her that these are her students, and after hearing about the notebooks, he realizes that his daughter has actually begun to make an impact on these students lives. The notebooks that Erin showed her dad had the life stories of each of her students. She had told her students that they had to write in them everyday, whatever they wanted. Her students wrote their daily struggles and shared them with her. Without any of these Archetypes, …show more content…
Throughout Erins journey, there are three acts that fall under the “Hero Journey- Campbell's”, they are Departure, Initiation, and Return. During her departure, Erin takes a job in Long Beach that allows her to have her first interaction with students. She quickly witnesses fights and she begins to question her position of teaching. Leading her to Act two, Initiation, she quickly came to her senses and found the motivation to push herself to go the extra mile, to actually make a difference in these students lives. In the last act of this Journey, her students trusted her and actually learned, they scored good on their exams and most of them went to college, being the first in their families. She reflected values such as progress, education, achievement and success, and many more. These cultural values were taught inside of her classroom, they learned to value them as well. They also learned to value that even a teacher can have their utmost respect. After this movie was viewed by many, it showed society that race and ethnicity should not be separated through the use of education, that everyone has the right to an equal education. A hero can be made in many ways, if you want to make a difference in yours or in someone else’s life, you can be considered a hero. By reflecting her society values, and having two archetypes that accompany her through her Hero