1.) Ms. Gruwell had the Freedom Writers read about the Holocaust and meet with the Holocaust Survivors since both experienced discrimination, death, killing and racial indifferences. Both the Holocaust Survivors and Freedom Writers life-stories were related on gaining respect, identity and a place in society.
By having the Freedom Writers meet the Holocaust Survivors both were able to grasp reality and share their experiences and help in understanding that each other were not alone.
2.) Anne Frank and the Freedom Writers were both in the same situation since their lives were surrounded by violence, killing, death and discrimination and a sense of lost of identity. No direction for future growth and opportunity to excel beyond their surroundings. As in the case of Eva bursting out with tears of fear that her life was coming to an end as she relates to the story book she was reading. Life is not fair to all .
