THE REPRESENTATION OF ERIN GRUWELL IN THE FREEDOM WRITERS MOVIE

Wahyu Wijaya, NIM. 13150017 (2018) THE REPRESENTATION OF ERIN GRUWELL IN THE FREEDOM WRITERS MOVIE. Skripsi thesis, UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA.

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Abstract

Films are one of the literary works that have a close relation with people‘s lives. Films come with a number of different genres and one of them is based on true story or real life and the genre is called ―biography‖. The subject which was analyzed in this genre is a film entitled Freedom Writers, a film adapted or inspired by a novel with the titleThe Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. The film tells the story about a new teacher Erin Gruwell who has no experience in teaching, struggles to fight and to transform her problematic students of Room 203, and tries to make her turn into good citizens and good students because some of the students have committed crimes or joined a gang. However, it is not an easy path for Erin Gruwell because she gains resistance from other teachers at the school who do not want to help these students. The struggle and the resistance create image, characteristic and representation of Erin Gruwell in this movie. Erin Gruwell does every possible way even it has to break the rules. In this movie Erin Gruwell seems to be a more ideal teacher than the other teachers at Woodrow Wilson High School based on her actions. The research aims to analyze Erin Gruwell‘s representation in this movie. This research used an objective approach by implying representation theory and film theory. Representation emphasizes on finding a shared meaning or constructed meaning thorough the film language. After analyzing all the collected data, the writer concludes that Erin Gruwell is represented as a strong woman and an ideal teacher.

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