The movie, The Freedom Writers, follows a teacher who unifies her classroom through literature. The class is made up of many teenagers of different races, most are even in a gang affiliated with their race. During this time period, in Long Beach, California there is a great deal of racial tension, including a gang war. It is a very dangerous place to be for everyone. In the beginning of the film, the students at Wilson High are very segregated in the classroom, sticking strictly to their racial…
write. During the World War II Adolf Hitler hated Jews, he thought Jews corrupted everyone and everything. Anne died of Typhus in one of the concentration camps the Nazi’s. Anne Frank’s diary though, sold more than 30 million copies.She wanted to be a professional writer when she was older. Anne Frank had a diary that she loved to write with. She would call the person she was writing Kitty. (History) On June 12, 1929 Anne Frank was born. Anne was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Anne Franks full…
Anne Frank, Narrative Having a pen and my diary is what I’m most known for but I'm also a pretty good hider; I'm anne frank. I was born June 12, 1929. Margot, who was three years older than me, was my only sibling. My father was Otto Frank he was mostly known for the business he owned ("Anne Frank Biography"). My mother Edith Frank didn't take have a job, so she stayed home and cared for my sister and I and took care of things at our house("Edith Frank." Anne Frank House). Growing up wasn't…
The Diary of Anne Frank: People are Really Good at Heart Anne Frank once said, "Despite everything, I still believe people are truly good at heart." Her diary, which she kept while her family was in hiding from the Nazis, shows the triumph of her spirit over the evil in the world even though the pain of adolescence. In our world and age, there are multiple situations where people are considered greedy, selfish, impatient, riotous and just plain rude but, they are still considered good at heart…
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…
Nobody Left to Hate and Freedom Writers Cognitive psychology focuses on studying how the environment a person lives in affects his or her behavior. In the mid 1950s, researchers started looking into external factors rather than internal processes to explain why people act a certain way. Cognitive research revolutionized and become the dominant approach in psychology by the late 1970-1980s. Then, many people started creating strategies to influence people’s behavior to change. In 1990, Erin…
. While most educated individuals can agree that it is not wrong to use the diary for educational purposes, the argument of how they are teaching it tends to come up in conversation quite often. Students are being taught while reading that they can relate to Anne and the things that she is currently going through. Students tend to believe that they are facing some of the issues that Anne was forced to experience. Ultimately, leading to a false understanding of what people actually experienced…
Anne Frank, wrote a diary that has affected the world by showing how she was just a normal girl who wanted to be her true self. Her diary was the only place she could really be herself (Frank 1). Anne’s one dream for her diary was that it would become a book. She strived for that and wrote that she wanted to be famous and help others. Anne Frank’s influence on World War Two was based on her life, her experiences in hiding, and her diary. Anne Frank’s life was full of hard times and persecution.…
Temi Aminu The Diary of A Young Girl Big Idea: Persecution of the Jews in World War II Essential Questions: 1.Why does religion has to be a big problem? 2.How does people protect other members from society? Summary: This book was a diary that was about the life of a young girl named Anne Frank. On Anne Frank thirteenth birthday her parents gave her a diary where she would confide all her secret thoughts. Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who family was in danger, so they went…
Soon her life turned around and her and all of the Jew population was being punished. The play and the movie were different and alike in many ways, but after analyzing both, the movie is much more preferred. The story of Anne Frank. (Based on The Diary of Anne Frank movie) Anne was a young normal teen when her life changed forever. The Frank family had heard news of Hitler so they had been planning on going into hiding. One day Margot ( Anne’s sister who had just turned 16) got a summons to be…