Characters from The Freedom Writers Diary

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Erin Gruwell - This individual is a first-year English teacher who is given the tough, unteachable students.

The Freedom Writers - This is a group of at-risk students, who have troubled home backgrounds.

Zlata Filipovic - This author's diary chronicled the Bosnian war.

Anne Frank - This author's diary chronicled life hiding in an attic during World War II.

Miep Gies - This person finds a diary that is about life spent hiding during the Holocaust.

Gerda Seifer - This person is the first Holocaust survivor to speak with the high school students...
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