1. Why did Ms Gruwell have the Freedom Writers study the Holocaust and meet Holocaust survivors?

She wants show them the horror of discrimination. The history of Holocaust shows that racism becomes too universal, he kill too much people. She wants show them that thier gangs of racism will become like the holocaust if they contiune the violence. The holocaust survivors shows the Hope, even in the horror of the war.


2. How did the Freedom Writers relate to Anne Frank? Give examples.

Anne Frank was bold, and one of the freedom writers says that she is his hero. The Freedom Writers say she had many things in common with them. She saw her friends die, she was a victim of discrimination like them. She had the seem age.


3. In what way Zlata Filipovic impacted the students’ lives? Give examples from several writers. What really surprised the Freedom writers?

Zlata had the seem age, she saw her friends die too. And she lived in Sarajevo where the war began. In the street, there were three gangs who fought. The Freedom Writers campared these three gangs with the gangs of Blacks, Whites, Latinos, Asians who are in America. The Freedom Writers were very surprised by Zlata because she looked like them. She even wore the same shoes as one of the Freedom Writers.

4.In diary 47, the writer says: ”Now if you ask me what race I am, like Zlata, I’ll simply say, “I’m a human being.””
How could you explain that quote? Do you relate to it?

Zlata tells this when somebody asks her what ethnicity she is. She answers she is human. I think this quote are the true. Races don't exist, we are all the same.