Erin Brockovich

Name: Raquel Dewald Book: The Freedom Writers Diary Author: The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell Genre: Nonfiction SPOILER WARNING The Freedom Writers Diary Report Plot Summary: Mrs. Gruwell is a new english teacher at Wilson High School. The school is located in a town with a bad reputation for gangsters. When she was a Student teacher, she found a racist caricature of a “bad” Student, Sharaud. She claims this was the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust, but no one knows what the Holocaust…

Freedom writers main focus is based on a young white female teacher that goes to a school that is having problems with students that have a big diversity from each other from different lifestyles down to their color of their skin but through out time things start to work out better as each student finds out that they aint so different after all. The intended message from the movie is basically no matter where you come from we a have similar problems in our lives that we face each day and we…

The name of my book is Warriors: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter. I chose this book because I like cats and warrior cat clans sounded interesting to me. I chose the first book to read so I could start at the beginning of the Warrior story. Warriors is interesting because the warrior clans live like Indian tribes would live. It is interesting that Erin Hunter is a made up name that represents the names of the five authors that write the Warriors books. Into the Wild probably takes place…

She was awfully malevolent, offensive and very hasty about the decisions and ideas of Erin Gruwell. Margret Campbell’s part in the movie is surely hated by many, but we have to be reminded that she’s acting and is highly exaggerated compared to what happened in reality. My second favorite actress was Erin Gruwell she was extraordinarily enchanting. She was so patient and incredibly nice that she most defiantly deserves the best teacher award in…

In The Freedom Writers directed by Richard LaGravenese, Eva is able to “go against her people” because of what she has learned in school and through her experiences, as well as through the relationships she has made. Mrs. Gruwell assigns Eva two books in school including Durango Street and The Diary of Anne Frank including violence and gangs. She can relate to them and gains the understanding of the Holocaust with the Nazis killing many innocent Jews to “protect their own people” just because…

HINKLEY, CARLIFORNIA NEWS FORUM 01 August 1993 WATER CONTAMINATION IN HINKLEY I am Erin Brokovich; I am a twice-divorced mother of three young children aged between 9 months to 8 years old. I believe the $28 billion company Pacific Gas and Electric has poisoned the water supply of Hinkley, California with hexavalent chromium. In 18 months, I hope with the help of 634 plaintiffs and Masry law firm to sue PG&E for 333 million dollars for the water contamination in Hinkley. PG&E is a $28…

person or a group of people can change a global issue. In today’s society, people underestimate the impact that they have if they work by themselves or even in an organization. But not all people have this mind set, most notably, David Suzuki and Erin Brockovich have fought the odds and showed humanity that no matter where you come…

movie Erin Brockovich is an amazing movie to enjoy on a personal level as well as in the classroom environment in the senior grades as it depicts the system of ethical values in a business, professionalism, business owners and corporate decisions. Julia Robert stars as Erin Brockovich and does a wonderful job of presenting her character and portrays Erin Brockovich in a very convincing manner. Likewise Albert Finney act as Edward L. Masry and makes the character come alive on the screen Erin…

From the 1900’s through present day women with their own personal speeches talked about things like equality, women's rights, education, and war. Their arguments along with other women's arguments have addressed significant social issues through their speeches of their personal experiences. In the next few pages you will read through historical examples how this is true. Women have done a lot and have spoken up to talk about the wrongs in society and have proved their point by sharing personal…

May 1989 Soderbergh began his successful career by winning the Palme d’Or for his film Sex, Lies, and Videotapes. Steven Soderbergh did not confirm to the expectation of the “bad boy of young Turk”, but instead followed his own path. At age thirty-one, Soderbergh sat on a plane pondering where to continue in the film industry and was terrified because he had no real skills. When Soderbergh was interviewed about his landmark filmmaking career into Hollywood mainstream, he said “The trick was…