Freedom Writers Gang Violence Analysis

The Fight for Education Getting an education is very important in life. Being well educated helps give people opportunities as to what they want to do in their life. By going to school, people are preparing themselves to have a successful future, but in the movie Freedom Writers, students struggle to gain an education because of all the gang violence that surrounds them. Everyday, when they walk outside of their homes, they fear what may happen. To these individuals it is hard to care about learning when the violence constantly turns their world upside down. People close to them get hurt or killed often from gang violence and it affects them and their will to learn. Thanks to the efforts of their determined english teacher Mrs. Gruwell, the students begin the road to a successful learning career. In the movie Freedom Writers, it portrays how gang violence is a major part of some people’s lives, but if given some hope, people can change their path for the better.
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95% of gang members are high school dropouts (Towns). People join gangs for different reasons. Some join gangs to feel pride in being a part of something bigger than themselves. Other people may join for support in order to be able to provide for themselves and their family. A great amount of peer pressure may be involved when joining a gang, which can make it hard to focus on school. If someone is struggling with everyday needs, then they will put their education after the needs are meant, and may even forget about going to school completely. Because of all the crime around gangs, it can affect the neighborhood they live in. Being scared of leaving the house is going to be hard to have the desire to attend school. People need to be nudged in the right direction in order to want or desire an education when in an unstable environment. Mrs.Gruwell gave the students exactly the hope they needed for them to desire to learn new