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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Banned Book Report The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton was written in 1967. This novel tells the story of the conflict between two different social groups, the greasers and the socs. The socs were the socials who lived in the rich part of town, and the greasers were the lower class youths. This novel tackles issues such as violence, class conflict, and prejudice. The novel takes place in the early sixties. The Outsiders examines how
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The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
The Outsiders In this book analysis, about the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as well as the setting, the author’s style and my opinions about the book. In this part of the analysis I will give some information about the subjects of the book, and about the author. The author wrote the story when she was just 16 years old, in the 1950s. The book was
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Please Take Your Butt Outside
Please Take Your Butt Outside "A smoking section in a bar or a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a public swimming pool, the pee just like the smoke will spread, and there is no way of escaping it," said an anonymous author. Smoking affects many people's lives each and everyday. For example, I can not even count the times that I have been in a restaurant in a "non-smoking section" and still
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Sa Se Grootste Probleme
Dames en here, ek wil vandag met julle praat oor Suid-Afrika se grootste probleem. Dit is nie, soos baie aanvaar, misdaad nie, maar ‘n samestelling van talle probleme wat almal van mekaar stam. Misdaad is net ‘n gevolg van armoede, swak lewensgehalte, gebrek aan opvoeding en ‘n te kort aan werksgeleenthede. ‘n Groot gedeelte van Suid-Afrika, ongeveer %, is steeds ‘n derde-wкreld land en derduisende mense is werkloos. Ondanks ons nuwe demokratriese bestel, het die
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Book Report - the Outsiders
Book Report On The Outsiders Ponyboy Curtis - Ponyboy is a fourteen-year-old member of a gang called the Greasers. His parents died in a car accident, so he lives alone with his two older brothers, Darry and Soda. He is a good student and athlete, but most people at school consider him a vagrant like his Greaser friends. Sodapop Curtis - Soda is Pony's handsome, charming older brother. He dropped out of school to work
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Rumble Fish By: S.E. Hinton
Rumble Fish is a great book for teens to read. It is a book about younger teens joining gangs. The main character in the book is Rusty-James who is a high school boy that is in a gang and likes to get into fights. Also there is a guy named the Motorcycle Boy who is Rusty’s idol. Some minor characters in the book include Steve who is the best friend of Rusty-James, another character is
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The Outsiders
S.E Hilton's novel 'The Outsiders' is very interesting. It is mainly about two gangs that are complete opposites, The Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers are from the hood, the east side, they steal things, drive old souped up cars and hold up petrol stations. They have gang fights once in a while. The Socs are the west side rich kids, they jump Greasers and wreck houses. They throw bear blasts for kicks. There are
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The Outsiders
“ The Outsiders” is a short novel written by S.E. Hinton. The novel is about a group of friends which are considered greasers. According to Pony Boy, there are two kinds of people in this world, greasers and soc’s. A soc has money, can get away with just about anything. A greaser, on the other hand, always live outside which mean they always have to watch their back because of enemies. Pony Boy is a
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Insiders and Outsiders
When seen from the readers’ point of view, the literary characters Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter and The Stranger’s Meursault are considered outsiders in their respective societies. Though they are the protagonists of their books, their stories seem not only to be about them, but also how they manage to interact with their societies and handle their conflicts with the “insiders” in their stories. In Monsieur Meursault’s society, the mainstream cast of characters is
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The Outsiders
THE OUTSIDERS BY: S.E. Hinton The story the outsiders starts off with Pony Curtis is a member of the Greasers, a gang of poor teenagers with long, oily hair and from the wrong side of town. While returning home from the movies one night, Pony is attacked by the Socs, a gang of rich kids from the west side of town. Pony is afraid that they are going to kill him and starts shouting for
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Do Changes Come from Inside or Outside?
Although people are afraid of the unknown, they are bound to change sometime in life. Although outside pressure can change people's behaviors, motivations for changes come from inside. Although outside pressure may modify one's behavior, it cannot change one's nature. For example, in Shakespeare's the Tempest, the island's native Caliban attempts to rape Prospero's daughter, Miranda., Since then, Caliban has been enslaved by Prospero; Caliban is forced to perform all the hard labor, and when
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The Outsiders
“The Outsiders” The Outsiders had two poems in them, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost, the other poem, “Stay Gold” by Stevie Wonder. Nothing Gold Can Stay has a connection to the movie. I think it belongs in the movie. In this poem when they talk about “Natures first green is gold,” it means natures first green is your youth, because, when you go to a new place it is gold, something good happening.
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Outsiders Book Report
BOOK REPORT: “The Outsiders” 1. Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders. New York: Puffin Books, 1967 2. The title of this book relates to the story, because in the book, Ponyboy and Johnny are “outsiders.” They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like hoodlums, like the rest of the Greasers. They are thought of as Greasers just because they live on the East Side of town, and
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The Outsiders Test Essay
The Outsiders Test Essay In the story “The Outsiders” written by S.E. Hinton, the characters Dallas Winston and Ponyboy Curtis are both alike and different. Pony and Dally are Greasers, which is a gang that has people that have little money and are known for their greasy and long hair. Dally is tough and rough and Ponyboy has a kind heart. Dally and Pony are two very different people. Ponyboy Curtis is the youngest of
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders Summary Pg. 1-12 Submitted by 13cleiva on August 7, 2007 Category: Book Reports Words: 676 | Pages: 3 Views: 170 Popularity Rank: 49,6 Average Member Grade: N/A (Add a Comment / Grade this Paper) As he was walking home from a Paul Newman movie, the narrator(a greaser)wishes he has some company because most greasers get jumped by the rich kids from west side. These kids are known as the socials or socs for
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Grief of the Outsiders
Grief of The Outsiders There are many ways of expressing the emotion grief. The characters in The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, had many bad things happen to them and the ones they loved. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, Bob, Johnny, and Dally are all characters that die in the book. The characters deal with grief in different ways; Ponyboy denies the fact that Johnny died, Dally was in depression, and Darry accepted their death. Ponyboy grieves
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton, was written in the 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma about 14-year-old Ponyboy and his lower class gang, the Greasers, and their struggle against the higher class gang called the Socs. The novel depicts struggles that kids and young teens can grasp and relate too, which is why it has become so popular for students to read in schools. The Outsiders depicts normal, everyday people, and how they overcome the struggles
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders Book Review The Outsiders was written by Susan Eloise Hinton. It is one of her most popular books about foolish gang rivalry existing between the Socs, the rich kids from the west side of town, and the Greasers, the poor kids from the east side. Ponyboy Curtis struggles growing up as a poor youth with his two brothers. One night while he is out with Johnny, Ponyboy is attacked by the Socs. Johnny
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Outsider
The main characters are Ponyboy Michael Curtis Johnny Cade, Steve Randle, Dallas Winston, Darrel "Darry" Shaynne Curtis, Jr., Keith "Two-Bit" Mathews, and Sodapop Patrick Curtis, a gang of Greasers in Tulsa. Ponyboy whose two older brothers are Darry and Sodapop narrates the story. The three boys are orphaned after a car accident kills their parents and Darry is left to provide for them. The Greasers, who tend to be less prosperous, obtain their nickname from
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Text Commentary – Outside the Walls of Harfleur
We are about to analyze Henry V’s speech to the Governor of Harfleur just before the battle of Harfleur. Our study of the text will focus on: Henry’s strategy, his way to convince the Governor to surrender, description of the cynical soldiers and the innocent inhabitants, and Shakespeares’ use of many rhetorical devices. The setting of the text is outside Harfleur where Henry asks if the Governor is ready to give in. Henry describes the
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Outside Forces
Outside Forces William ShakespeareЎЇs Macbeth, is a tragic play in which Macbeth, the main character, is forced through his own unchecked ambition as well as the weird sisters, to make the prophecies become true. Some readers assume that Macbeth is an innocuous and innocent character who was forced by his wife and the weird sisters to do detrimental deeds. But this is not true because Macbeth himself also had ambitions of his own. The weird
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The Outsiders
"The Outsiders" is a story that deals with a conflict between two gangs, the "Greasers" from the East Side of town and the "Socs" from the east-side of town. This is a story that is told in the first person. Ponyboy Curtis is the one telling the story. Here is a summary of the story. Ponyboy has a dispute with his brother Darry and ends up running away to the park with Johnnycake. There, Ponyboy
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The Outsider
Topic: The Outsider is not about the murder of an Arab but about the inability of society to understand Mersault’s Detachment In The Outsider, Meursault is ultimately punished not for the murder of the Arab, but for his lack of adherence to the social codes governing appropriate behavior after his mother’s death. In this respect we can argue that Camus novel is not about the Arab’s murder but it is about the inability of society
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Racial Profiling Is the Act to Draw or Shape or Bring Outside Its Original
Racial Profiling is the act to draw or shape or bring outside its original or aphis. Racial Profiling has been around for years and still is a subject that doesn't lose it structure. It should not be mixed in with Stereotyping, because they are two different things. This type of profiling includes many different areas where it can take place in. Thus as in the military, school, television, media, music and last of not
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The Misconceptions and the Outside Influences of the Genocide in Cambodia
When the people in the outside world were living the life of their dreams, the Cambodians were left all alone with their broken hearts that’s been shattered into pieces. It was the time period between 19 and 1979, when the Khmer Rouge organized the mission to “reconstruct Cambodia on the communist model of Mao’s China.” (Peace Pledge Union) Many intellectuals and educated people at the time were eliminated, along with their extended family and their
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