The Freedom Writers Diary

Many people say that a person’s Hebrew name is her true essence and that if a person’s name is biblical, she has a piece of that person’s neshamah in her. My Hebrew name is Miriam, deriving from Moshe Rabeinu’s sister. During the Jewish Exodus from Egypt the Jewish nation had reached the Red Sea and were seemingly trapped by water in front of them as a horde of enraged Egyptians hunted down the fugitives. The only person who had enough faith to continue on with the journey was Nachshon ben…

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…

Have you ever had a recurring symbol in your life? Well Melinda Sordino has one and that is the tree.In Laurie Halse Anderson’s speak, she uses a tree to symbolize growth. The tree allows her to be creative. It represents her emotions and relationships. And connects to her self improvement and mental health. Like a tree's leaves grow so do her emotions.Her emotions fluctuate from highs to lows throughout the story. When Melinda is in her home, she is depressed because her family fights often…

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…

1960’s during the civil rights movement. It is about a smart, southern girl named Skeeter, who everyone just so happen to adore. She just returned from college and decided to move back home in Mississippi. Skeeter then decides to be a writer. Not just any writer, but a writer that interviews black women who have spent their whole lives taking care of prominent southern families. She starts of with one lady named Aibileen, who opens up to her about the hard times and things she has been through…

needed. You don’t need to be someone else to make a difference. In fact, you can make an even bigger difference by being yourself. The characters in “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “Freedom Writers” show how important it is to be yourself, and don’t let anyone change who you are. To begin with, the characters in “Freedom Writers” and “The Diary of Anne Frank” show that it is important to be yourself in different ways. Everyone in the annexe wants Anne to grow up and act the way they want her to…

In both Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and the diaries of the Freedom Writers, the definition of equality is established as all people, regardless of race or other characteristics, having the same rights. King’s letter primarily addresses the segregation of blacks from whites in the 1950’s and 1960’s, while the Freedom Writers’ diaries discuss various discriminations and injustices faced in the 1990’s. Despite the two texts being from different eras, they portray the same…

instance Language or racial issues. Violence or negativity even religious views or opinions in the book. In the Freedom Writers Diary all of these occur. I believe the Freedom Writers Diary should be banned in school. A few reasons why I think that this should be banned. Is because there is a lot of violence between each other. And a lot of bad language between race and also gangs. The freedom writes is a good book. But I do see why they banned this particular book. Especially for the age group…

There are great examples of chasing dreams and achieving goals in the movie “Freedom Writers” and the book “The Diary of Anne Frank”. Both “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “Freedom Writers” show that you should never give up and keep pushing to achieve your goals. The theme is similar between the stories because the characters are put in situations where they do not give up no matter what. In the movie “Freedom Writers” a new teacher named Mrs. Gruwell never gave up and kept pushing to achieve her…

thing, you're in the middle of a war writing all of the horrors down in your diary! The trangities you witnessed would probably be newsworthy. These events would change your life forever, even after the war. Reporters,TV crews, and maybe even celebrities would want to talk to you. This isn’t about me it’s about a girl named Zlata. Yes, this is a real thing not some fake thing you find on google. In the article, “Zlata’s Diary,” by Zlata Filipovic it states “ So, we turned a safe corner of the…