Appreciate the people you have because you won't have them long. In the book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton a boy that was born on the wrong side of town wishes he was not considered a “Greaser” and less than his brothers. So when he gets a chance to be to feel like a “Soc” he likes it. In the middle of the story he gets close to Dally that he didn't like that much in the beginning. Ponyboy gets close to people that he thought he'd have for a long time.…
One boy’s once simple life is impacted by tragic loss after making one bad decision. The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is a novel about the rivalry between greasers and Socs. It is narrated by the main character, Ponyboy Curtis. He tells the reader about his life being turned upside down after making one childish mistake. The greaser struggle more than the Socs because they are poor, the Socs jump them, and people think that they are trash.…
Darry is responsible enough to keep Pony here is why. “Pony, where have you been all this time?”he meant”Pony, you had me scared to death. Please be careful, because I couldn’t stand it if anything happened to you ”,(pg. 98) this shows that Darry cares for Ponyboy. Also says it like this because he wants Ponyboy to know that he doesn’t want him to get into trouble or split up. “I hate to leave you here by yourself, Ponyboy,”Darry said slowly.”Maybe I ought to take the day off ”(Hinton, pg. 112).…
Darry made several sacrifices in his life, in order for Sodapop and Ponyboy to be able to have better lives. When their parents died, Darry passed up a college scholarship and became responsible for his two younger brothers. He could have gone to college, played football and had a normal life. Instead, he sacrificed everything so Soda and Pony didn’t have to be put in Boys’ Homes and they could stay together.…
Are there any acts of selflessness among lawless brothers? The book by S.E Hinton, The Outsiders, has two protagonists and antagonists. The greasers are gangs on the poorer side of the city while on the east side there were Socs. The greasers and the Socs fought each other over territory. Although it may seem like the Greasers are completely lawless people, they still are honorable due to reasons like how the protect each other, how they come together to protect what is theirs and help others who can’t help themselves.…
Most individuals think they have the worst life but the truth is we all are going through something Some people might be going through harder things but we are all going through something.…
In our world, there are many groups. For example, there are groups in school, groups in sports, and there are also gangs. This book, “The Outsiders” written by S.E.Hinton is about a gang called Greasers and the narrator, “Ponyboy” tells us about what happened the year before telling us the story of everyday life as a Greaser. In this book,the author uses different types of techniques to contradict the characters to their gang. However, the author also does not connect the characters to the gang. I have three different techniques that the author uses to contradict the characters to their gang.…
Towards the middle of the story, Ponyboy displays loyalty. The author establishes this when Johnny stabbed Bob and wanted to run away. Johnny says to Pony, “We gotta get out of here, get somewhere, run away. The police’ll be here soon.” (Hinton 57) Johnny is worrying about being caught. He wants to run away. Ponyboy runs away with him. Loyalty is a huge heroic act. He could have stranded Johnny in the park all alone,…
Can two drastically different groups of kids face similar problems? In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton two classes of kids, greasers and socs, share many similar problems. Greasers come from rough neighborhoods and create gangs to have a sense of belonging, socs live in wealthy neighborhoods and gang up on greasers. Although, both groups are so different they have many similar problems such as fitting in, developing romantic relationships, and getting approval from parents.…
And I’ve still got to got to court and talk to the police about Bob’s getting killed. And now… with Dally.. ”Ponyboy knows he can’t make up what he missed, and it’s going to hurt him. Their not going to clear him to go to school till he’s fine, and talks to the police about both deaths, which also means he misses even more school. In conclusion, Ponyboy missed a big part of his education, and has got some serious damage being involved in fights.…
He will be in a safe space and won’t be as violent and pessimistic. Ponyboy doesn’t have parents in his life anymore because of the accident that had happened. Since he lost his parents nothing has been the same around his house. Everything has just went downhill since. If he gets put in a foster home he could get some closure.…
“Gulp Gulp” that's the sound of you drowning, you think your dieing. Then a miracle happens but soon after you realize there's a guy laying half dead. What happened? As a class we read the “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. Some of us think we should read the story, others not so much. Here's why!…
Shui Fabrics was a joint venture between America-based Rocky River Industries and Shanghai Fabrics. After loss of investments and obstacles were overcome, Shui fabrics began profiting after several years passed. In response to the profits, Ray Btzell and his bosses were more concerned with the performance orientation. Btzell and the American investors were concerned with gaining more than a 5% return on investment and somewhat closer to 20%. The performance orientation places high emphasis on performance and rewards people for improvements and excellence (Daft, 2010).…
The true cost of something is what you give up to get it.(This includes not only the money spent in buying (or doing) the something, but also the economic benefits (UTILITY) that you did without because you bought (or did) that particular something and thus can no longer buy (or do) something else.)…
The study aims to determine the Psychological effects of TV Advertisements on Whitening products to teenage viewers. Specific questions that the researcher aims to answer are the following:…