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Part III: Diary 25
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Freedom Writers Diary, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Race, Ethnicity, and Tolerance
Education and Healing
Family and Home
Violence, War, and Death
Summary
Analysis
This student who has just been transferred to Ms. Gruwell’s class feels resentful and excluded from the rest of the other students, who already know each other. S/he is happy to escape being called on to participate in a role-play based on Twelve Angry Men. S/he wonders why Ms. Gruwell makes her students participate actively in the classroom and why she can’t be boring like all the other teachers.
This student’s lack of enthusiasm demonstrates her/his fear of not fitting in and having to participate in activities with a group of people s/he doesn’t know. At the same time, it also highlights Ms. Gruwell’s achievements, as this student notes that this classroom feels unlike any other s/he has been in, in terms of both camaraderie and intellectual stimulation.
Themes
