The Freedom Writer Quotes Flashcards
(14 cards)
Diary 1
‘She probably drives a new car, lives in a three-story house, and owns like five hundred pairs of shoes.’ Pg. 6
‘We all know she’s going to treat us like the rest like everyone else has.’ Pg. 6
“These kids are going to make this lady quit in the first week,” my friends were saying. Someone else said, “She’ll last only last only one day.” I give her a month’ Pg. 7
Diary 2 (1)
‘Everyone including me, eats with their own kind, and that’s that. There is a section known as “Beverly Hills” or “Disneyland” where all of the rich white kids hang out. Then there’s “China Town” where the Asians hang. The Hispanic section is referred to either “Tijuana Town” or “Run to the Border.” The Black section is known as “Da Ghetto.” Then there’s the freak show in the middle of the quad that’s reserved for the druggies, also called “Tweakers,” and the kids who are into Goth scene.” Pg. 8
Diary 2 (2)
‘in here, I already know it’s survival of the fittest.’ Pg. 9
Diary 15
‘The I realised that she was right, it’s exactly like that stupid play.’ Pg. 34
“Do you think this family feud is stupid?’ Pg. 33
‘But the trip was when she actually named’ Pg. 33
‘That’s the way it is.’
‘I don’t even remember why we are rivals’
‘Who am I to try and change things’
Diary 92
‘They said I am a role model for the family and hopefully the world’
Diary 17
“Peanut game” was similar to the situation I had about weight’ Pg. 37
‘there was nothing more important to them to see me in pain.’ Pg. 37
‘Why? Why didn’t my friends help me?’ Pg. 37
‘I realised that the peanut is still a peanut even if the shell is different.’ Pg. 38
‘Some taste better, others look fresher,but in the end they’re still peanuts’ Pg. 38
Diary 18
‘Short, long, fat, thin, and otherwise odd peanuts, Brown, Black, white, yellow, and all between nonetheless peanuts.’ Pg. 38
‘people would rather label and judge something as significant as each other but bypass a peanut.’ Pg. 39
Diary 19-20 (1)
‘The ticking often begins with a derogatory comment, which can spark an explosion.’ Pg. 40
‘Fights still break out at lunch, during passing periods, and in other classes for stupid reasons like somebody walked through a group of people who are different than them.’ Pg. 39
‘Fight based on race or the way someone dresses is ignorant.’ Pg. 39
Diary 19-20 (2)
(After a bombing that wasn’t related in the school) ‘Suddenly, as a teenage boy, he and his family became the “enemy” Pg. 40
‘The war brought so much damage to us. It killed our souls and tried to take away our lives. That’s the result of prejudice and war; it creates enemies. But like Mas said, “I was only ten years old. How could I be an enemy?” Pg. 41
Diary 29
‘To think that I was denied something because of the fact I was not wearing a tie but still following dress code disgust me.’ Pg. 60
‘The more I participated in class, the more I realised that I was no longer interested in the lesson plan…I genuinely found the lesson captivating.’ Pg. 56
‘I forgave but not forget.’ Pg. 60
Letter to Zlata
‘Your friends died of gunshots and my friend Richard, who was fifteen, and my cousin Matthew, who was nineteen, also died gunshots.’ Pg. 78
Diary 43
“Do not let Anne’s death be in vain,” Miep said’ Pg. 89
‘if we let ourselves be fire, thunder, or lightning, we could alter everything.’ Pg. 88
Diary 92
‘Everyone was congratulating me and congratulating my parents for having such a “good,” “smart,” and “fascinating” son.’ Pg. 182
Diary 129
‘Evil will prevail if good people do nothing.’ Pg. 249
