Freedom Writers

There are many social theories and concepts. Yet there are some that are very noticeable in the movie, Freedom Writers. The lives of these students are very difficult. Since the neighborhoods they lived in were very rough, deviance and crime were very common factors that were involved in their lives as gang members. As one character once stated in the movie. To be a member of the gang is not to protect yourself but also protect your fellow “Brother”, in other words meaning the other gang…

"Freedom Writers" Social Theory Analysis Even though many people aren't really aware of the existence of the social theories, they are a big part of our lives. Until we studied them, I didn't know about this, and now that I have a better knowledge about them I can easily apply them to my everyday life and what surrounds me. The movie Freedom Writers is a movie that contains ALL the social theories, and they are really easy to spot. In this essay I shall walk you though some of the things I…

which cannot be avoided. Even the liberation movement in the sixties and seventies had arisen in the last century; no idea has ever been substantive solution. Confrontation continued, war continues, halt the only survival rights. In the movie "Freedom Writers", the students at Wilson High School in Long beach, California, live in such a violent atmosphere. They don't even know the origin of this violence, just a succession, inheritance the reality of racial hierarchy problem that send out…

Logan Anderson Mrs. Towler ENG 101 27 November 2017 Koe no Katachi Koe no Katachi, also known as A Silent Voice, is a Japanese anime film produced by Naoko Yamada; which takes place from the perspective of Shoyo Ishida, the main protagonist in the movie. In the beginning of the movie, a young student by the name of Shoko Nishymiya transfers to Ishida’s elementary school. However, unlike the other students, Nishymiya is deaf and is unable to communicate verbally, which impacts her ability to…

I went to watch Truth Underground documentary which was screened in Charlotte film festival on September 30 at 2:20 P.M. The initial release of the documentary was on 2016 and it was directed by Gerret Warner. The documentary talks about the lives of three young poets who have problems such as poverty, discrimination, PTSD, and other problems. However, these three young people try to share with others their feelings and emotions using poetry as a method of communication. The first person was CJ…

Wednesday Wars It is important to have people in your life who you can rely on, look up to as mentors and help you develop as a person. In Gary.D Schmidt’s novel “The Wednesday Wars”, Holling Hoodhood is a seventh-grade student attending Camilla Junior High in Long Island during The Vietnam War. Holling has to stay in every Wednesday afternoon with the teacher who “hates [Holling’s] guts”(Schmidt 7), Mrs.Baker, but throughout the novel, Holling and Mrs.Baker develop a strong relationship and Mrs…

In the book of “The Sweet revenge of Celia Door”, Celia Door is presented as an incoming freshman with interesting motive of revenge towards a person who she she holds an immense hatred against but the new experiences of high school confuses her to choose between friendship and revenge. In the book, Karen presents Celia Door with many struggles and some common conflicts of a typical student who goes through high school life throughout the book. In the book, a conflict that is introduced in the…

The opening scene in the Chameleon a case study by John Gray and Associates takes place at a school board meeting. Residents from across the community materialized in record numbers to discuss the issue of bilingual education at the local high school. Recently, at school, some students labeled a few teachers and administrators as prejudicial and supporters of discriminatory practices when Mexican American's and Vietnamese students were not tabbed to participate on the cheerleader team. As a…

As a student, I have always asked myself the same question in every grade, “Why does my English suck?” In school, I was the student that would just get by with C’s and barely grasp the concepts that I’ve been taught. I could not understand why I wasn’t good in English, but it was my first language. Then I realized that I wasn’t great in English because I disliked reading, and that was one significant way of learning it. Eventually, I found myself in a classroom full of students who can barely…

Marines Focus On Aggressiveness. Marines are very aggressive because that’s how they are trained. The sargents (the teachers at the marine corps) scream in their faces on the first day of boot camp. They do this so that they learn not to be scared so that their not scared when they go to war. Also when the sargents are aggressive the marines need the be aggressive so that they can win a war. The sargents start to yell at them once they get off there bus that took them to Marine Corps Boot Camp.…