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The Freedom Writers 2007

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The Freedom Writers 2007
Introduction
In "The Freedom Writers" (2007) movie, directed by Richard LaGravenese with
Hilary Swank as its main character, a powerful story is told in the heated high school
atmosphere in Long Beach, California (JohnDeSando, 2007). The paper focuses on a film
evaluation that applies social and political theory tools, investigating the connections between
society members and the state, the existing distribution of wealth, and the pros of political
formations. After analyzing the existence of racism, this perspective will be refuted by
Critical Race Theory, a theoretical framework that emphasizes the systemic nature of racism
within institutions. The reader will be led into the pinpointed analysis of the script into
narrative elements, the characters, and the broader context implications, all supported by the
theories in question. The paper intends to explain that racial relationships in educational
institutions can be very complicated and the role of government policies in forming the
situation. Through this comprehensive examination, the paper presents a rich and broad
picture of the social happenings represented in "The Freedom Writers."
Analysis Using Social and Political Theory
“Social and Political Theory” is one of the main branches in the system of
philosophical thought, whose history started from the works of such noted thinkers as
Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Rawls, and John Stuart
Mill (Avelino, 2021). The theory covers all aspects of the government through various
classifications, such as people and government, uneven distribution of resources among
people, and different governance systems (Avelino, 2021). It allows a person to understand
the laws and regulations, as when power is used, authority is given, and resource allocation
rules are defined. This theory has been the cornerstone in building our knowledge about
social structures and individual's involvement in them (Avelino, 2021). It leads discussions

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about balancing between individual rights and community constraints, and at the same time,
this can result in tensions between freedom and equality. Besides that, it presents us with the
working processes of governance and the consequences of political steps for social
prosperity. In this way, Social and Political Theory proposes a unique tool for analyzing and
studying the times and the institutional structures of human society.
The film "The Freedom Writers" (2007) offers a remarkable story reviewed through
the analytical lens of social and political theory. It is a movie in Long Beach, California,
where the instructor. Erin Gruwell is depicted as a person who gives the feeling of leading
her students to understand each other by teaching them how to take care of themselves and
pursue an education that surpasses just high school. The school that has been falling since the
presence of a volunt...