Freedom Style of ‘Freedom Writers’

The movie, ‘Freedom Writers’ gives a lot meanings and senses, such as
- Nature of relationship among people (us)
- The problem of race and ethnicity
- The law of lose and gain
- The drives of particular ‘mode’
- The value of Freedom.

The film gives us to see some kinds of nature of relationship between the people; such as – husband and wife, different groups with different backgrounds, parents and (their) children, authorities and subordinates, teacher and pupils.

Like ‘Crush,’ which was the movie that won several academy awards for the year of 2006, this story also reveals that the (big) problem, which is based in different races and ethnicities has been existed in the multi-cultural society of the United States.

This movie also gives us chance to notice that ‘to gain something, we have to pay something (as a price). Main character of the story, Erin Gruwell's enthusiastic efforts for her class, which is ‘goodness’ makes her even to face ‘divorce,’ which is ‘badness.’ She truly gives part of her life for her class. As an English saying, ‘No man can serve two masters,’ we usually can do only one thing at a time. Sometimes, we might have ability or quality to do two, three or many things for one person in one time, but usually, time does not allow us to be available to do it.

In every particular work, we need to have ‘mode’ or ‘deep concentration’ or ‘likeness’ or passion with that job. Erin, the wonderful teacher of this story has that passion, which has unconsciously come from her heart. When we allow ourselves to finish jobs in this way, the jobs are always successfully, wonderfully and uniquely done. At the same time, nobody or nothing can stop it.

The theme of this film is the teacher’s approach - ‘freedom style’ that let students write their own stories as they wish, as they can. According to the movie, the students in the class are highly tough folks. They come from several racial and ethnical backgrounds, which based upon different cultures. They mostly have gang affiliations as well. At the same time, as everybody does, they all love ‘Freedom.’ Erin’s Freedom style approaches - writing free diary, visiting historical places, meeting with respectable (famous writer) and so on, make them to be interested in learning, reading and writing. Eventually, those activities and teacher's passion makes those tough students to clearly and deeply see the value and power of education.

Moreover, writing diary in free style persuades and encourages them to write their stories, their feelings, their opinions without any restriction and worriness. In addition, freely writing on own experiences becomes the exit for them to reveal feelings, beliefs, opinions, stressfulnesses, dificulities and challenges of their daily lives in both of past and present.

Briefly, we can say that ‘Freedom Style’ makes ‘Freedom Writers’ to be successful.