The film Freedom Writers incorporates various elements of intercultural communication that were discussed throughout the semester, which is why I chose to analyze this film and focus on how the concepts discussed in this course are portrayed in the film. This film is centered on gangs and racial tensions so many elements of intercultural communication are touched upon and integrated into the central theme. Three major issues I chose to examine in this film were the concepts of co-culture,…
The youthful generation’s minds fluctuate with the ideas of success and achievement. Many find themselves in difficult situations that hinder them from believing that success can be found in the palm of their hands. The movie, Freedom Writers, provides an inspiration view into the lives of troubled high school students fighting for success and for survival. The motivational movie should be presented as part of the curriculum of Slippery Rock’s Critical Writing course. The film exhibits ideas of…
Freedom Writers Freedom Writers was a very touching movie about the different gang lives people have to go through every day. It shows what minorities in the hood have to experience day after day to survive. These kids have little care of their education because they have to grind day after day on the streets to even survive. Nothing in these kids life is given to them for free they have to work so hard to get what they want. When they get a new teacher they all disrespect her at first. All of…
Freedom Writers: Sociological Issues There are many films out in the industry that focus on detailing the works of everyday life. Those whose main message is to give us a more forward understanding in the society we as a nation live in. After going through a few, I narrowed it down to one film in particular that touches on many sociological issues we face every day to this day. Freedom Writers, a film influenced on true events, was released in January of 2007 under the production companies of…
racism and discrimination. The movie, Freedom Writers, directed by Richard LaGravenese depicts how the color of a person 's skin can often define a person. Racism can exist between all races and is not simply Whites against Blacks or vice versa. Freedom Writers is a story that shows the hate and fear that can exist between people based solely on their race or ethnicity and how when stripped of the barriers that appear to separate us,…
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg is an instructional and explanatory novel that 's main goal is to, as it states, free the writer within. Goldberg strives to have each reader achieve the level of utmost appreciation and recognition of writing that she has also. She looks at writing as a way to escape life, but also to dive deeper into it, both at the same time. Right at the beginning when talking about the purpose of the novel, she directly states, " It is…
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…
Erin Gruwell in the motion picture Freedom Writers. In light of a genuine story, the motion picture demonstrates the excursion of a youthful educator as she endeavors to inspire a gathering of students who have been marked "at-hazard." These students originate from an assortment of ethnic backgrounds each minority however all share a certain something, the instructive imbalance and separation they are subjected to in this secondary school. In Freedom Writers one character who happens to be also…
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…
In America, education is held to a high standard. Therefore, since America holds it to a high standard we are funded by our local taxpayers. Education and funding is probably one of the most taxed things in America. As seen in Freedom Writers, which takes place in a urban area in Los Angeles, Mrs. Erin Gruwell did not have the proper funding to give the proper education to her freshman students. The resources that she needed was not provided to her even if they did have some resources. If…