Erin Gruwell Change

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In order to evolve as people, we need change. This topic is presented many times throughout history. Erin Gruwell and her class of Room 203 support this topic as they went through change several times through the movie. Mrs Gruwell influences all kinds of changes in her classroom. The class as a whole of room 203 faces the greatest change of their lives. Tupac Shakur relates to this topic greatly as well from his song, Changes.

Throughout the Freedom Writers movie, Erin Gruwell was the face of change. “I realize that if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world”. This is one of Mrs. Gruwell's most famous quotes. It shows how much Mrs. Gruwell believes in change and …show more content…

In the beginning of the movie none of the students wanted to be there. They all hated each other,hated being there, and especially hated their teacher. In order to get anything out of being in school, they would have to actually care about it; and none of them were willing to do that. Once Mrs. Gruwell came, things started to change. The students started to pay attention more in class and actually get involved in class discussions. This was one of the biggest changes in the movie that no one ever saw coming. No one believed that things would ever be different with these kids but once some of them started actually liking school, it sparked something that affected everyone. Everyone started to change in their own little ways and become better students and people. One of the people that changed the most from the class of Room 203 was Marcus. Marcus had a tough childhood, one of his best friends accidentally killed himself and Marcus got blamed for it. After that his life was a series of bad events that led him to leaving his home and living with a gang. Once he met Mrs. Gruwell things slowly started to change. As her classes went on, his attitude towards them and the life he was living changed. For the first time ever he was actually starting to enjoy school and being at school. As he started to like being at school more and more, he started to realize that he didn't need to live the gang life anymore. This led to many other good things happening in his life. One of the biggest changes in the movie was Marcus moving back in with his mom. This was so big because he was probably the scariest, most gang oriented kid in the class, but when he moved back in with his mom it showed how much Erin’s teaching was affecting these kids. The teaching was giving her kids the courage to step

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