Hilary Swank

In the movie Freedom Writers, released on January 5, 2007, many conflicts occur in Long Beach, California (“Freedom Writers”). Freedom Writers was directed by Richard LaGravenese. Erin Gruwell, played by Hilary Swank, is a new teacher to Woodrow Wilson Classical High School and is completely unprepared for the classroom (“Freedom Writers”). Hilary Swank adapts to the students and puts them first with all their problems in life. While trying to gain their respect, she tries to get the students more involved with school and to work hard in life. Erin demotes her everything to the students in order for them to have the possibility of gaining more education beyond high school. Even though she was helping the students at such a great extent, Erin…

In the movie Freedom Writers, directed by Richard LaGravenese and produced in 2007, set in Long Beach, California, is about a high school English teacher, played by Hilary Swank, who sets out to unite her freshman class and see past the racial borders that they grew up dealing with (“The Freedom Writers”). The students (main characters played by April Lee Hernandez, Jason Finn, Kristin Herrera, Jamal Hill, ect.) describe their lives as war, each of their racial backgrounds are at war with the…

Surrounded by guns, drug deals, and unstable households leaves lost and undetermined kids. In this compelling movie, Freedom Writers the main Character Erin Gruwell(Hilary Swank) sees potential in grieving students when everyone else has lost hope in them. Long Beach, California is central for violence, drugs, and alcohol. For these students all they have known is love through gangs and rough households. Underneath the tough constructed attitude lies innocent kids who have lost faith in…

A good movie not only entertains someone, but it makes them think about the film and how it relates to life. An amazing movie makes viewers think about the film long after watching it and has an impact on the their life. Million Dollar Baby is a spectacular example of all these factors. Million Dollar Baby is a drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and it stars Hilary Swank as Maggie Fitzgerald, a poor boxer who is determined to become the very best that she can be. Million Dollar Baby is a…

The Freedom Writers: A Multicultural Approach on Education Imagine walking into your classroom for your first day of teaching at a new school. You’re eager, excited, and more than ready to continue to do what you love. You’re anticipating the very second that the classroom will be filled with students, your students. Unfortunately the picture perfect classroom you had in your head is not what you’re staring at in real life, but instead a self-segregating class filled with “at risk” students…

I recently watched the movie Freedom Writers, directed by Richard LaGravenese took place in Woodrow Wilson high school in Los Angeles, California in 1992. The film was about a highly inspiring teacher Mrs. Erin Gruwell who is fresh out of college, played by actress Hilary Swank. The story line is about integration, high school students that are not interested in learning, in light of the lifestyles they live. The setting of the movie was based in a low poverty area that involved gang life, black…

of violence on the peer prisoners of the hanged ones. It varied from passionate to dispassionate and spontaneous to planned ones. Humans were not considered humans. They were considered worse than animals. The German soldiers used to say that if any one Jew ran, then the rest will be shot like dogs. This kind of injustice is a just a single example of the strong fighting against the weak, as the Germans had everything - weapons, food, support and physical strength. How fair is it to fight with…

Personally, I have always thought teachers were inspiring and enthusiastic people, recently I have learned not everyone agrees with this statement. Some believe teachers are extremely positive and overly peppy, others believe teachers are negative people that do not care about their students. I have also learned, a lot of these viewpoints come from the media by over exaggerating a teacher’s role or not giving them enough credit. Teachers in the media are portrayed differently than actual…

Freedom Writers’ is an American film, directed by Richard Granvense and based on a true story about a dedicated and idealistic teacher, Erin Gruwell. Ms Gruwell inspires and teaches her class of belligerent and aggressive students, that there is another life outside of gang violence and death. The students are divided into groups based on racial backgrounds, whom all believe that they have no future. Thus, hatred was part of their everyday life at the beginning of the movie. However, this was…

Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World, written by Leah Hager Cohen, is a biography of the author who has a relationship with Lexington School for the Deaf and a portrait of two deaf students (Sofia and James) throughout their time at the school. She switches her delivery, telling her family’s story and the stories of the two teenagers to narrate the truth about the deaf world. The book sheds light on the deaf school in New York, the stories of the two students, deaf culture, and various…