Book Report Format [50 pts] Standard: Writing Application 2.2 Demonstrate an understanding of significant ideas in a text Requirements: Typed‚ 3-5pgs‚ double-spaced‚ MLA format‚ separate title page Instructions: Follow the outline listed below to properly construct your paper. Also make sure to cite at least three parts of your book within your report. Topic Format: I. Introduction a. Answer the following questions about the story: i. What is the book’s plot? (provide a
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The book tittle is 7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. This book was published by Grand Central Publishing in 2009. The names of the main characters are Lindsay Boxer and Richard Conklin. Lindsay Boxer is a homicide detective for the San Francisco Police Department‚ she’s five foot ten. Lindsay is thirty four years old and she’s a daughter of a cop. She’s a blond who has a tattoo of a one-inch gecko on her left buttock. Lindsay loves to read travel and mysteries books. Lindsay is confident
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An outsider‚ a person who wants to fit-in but can’t. Everyone defines themselves and others in their own ways‚ everyone is different‚ but some try to be the same. We are all given the same opportunities but we still rely on others to do those opportunities for us. There is one group that does not rely on others to get them through life and they are often misjudged. These people are often very successful and are idolized later in life. They are not afraid to be different‚ but they are often times
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The author S.E.Hinton uses extreme events to make the argument that given a chance; even those labelled ‘bad’ by society can do good. In the novel The Outsiders the characters that are labelled bad greasers who are placed in challenging situations. Those situations demonstrate that people are not always what they are labelled. S.E.Hinton uses her characters and their actions to persuade us that you cannot label someone until you know them and what they have been through. The novel demonstrates that
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The Outsiders The Outsiders was written by S.E. Hinton and takes place in an unnamed town in the United States. The whole story takes place over a few days and describes the life from the view point of Ponyboy Curtis who is the main character of the story as this is his story from an outsider‚ a Greaser. A Greaser is someone that comes from the East side of town‚ which is the poor side of town and has long hair and puts grease in it to make it look shiny and slick. The three main characters of
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Albert Camus‚ in his 1942 novel The Outsider‚ makes use of many techniques in an attempt to convey his themes concerning individualism‚ philosophy‚ and death; indeed‚ the very title of the work highlights a central theme of the novel‚ of society casting out those who refuse to conform. A notable method by which Camus does so is the use of his minor characters‚ as reflections of or parallels to his protagonist’s actions. Meursault is often defined by his apparent lack of emotion or desire to justify
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What is means to be an outsider in America? Throughout history‚ America has encountered battles of racism‚ discrimination‚ and segregation. Victory of these social battles did not guarantee that these issues still wouldn’t occur. In America today‚ many people are still affected by racism‚ discrimination and segregation. American writers such as Langston Hughes‚ Aurora Levins Morales‚ and Gertrude Bonnin have experienced the feeling of being an outsider differently. Through their writings‚ we
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?John McKenna Mr. Cook English III Honors 10 May 2008 Themes of “The Outsiders” In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton‚ the protagonist Ponyboy struggles with many common problems that a teenager encounters. One of these problems is when he struggles with remaining loyal to the Greasers and living a moral life. The Greasers don’t have many morals except for looking out for each other‚ and that is how most of them lose their innocence. This is the problem that Ponyboy must deal with. He
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The 7th amendment is a very important amendment to the American Bill of Rights because it has to do with how the judicial system is run. The amendment states that in suits at common law‚ where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars‚ the right of trial by jury shall be preserved‚ and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States‚ than according to the rules of the common law. The 7th Amendment is one of the most important
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The Outsiders- Family Breakdowns When families break down friends are important. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton this message is shown in many ways. Certain characters have been abandoned or disowned by their families‚ some characters have family members that have passed away and some don’t have any at all. Pony Boy Curtis‚ Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston all have experienced family breakdowns and each and every one of them has a loyal group of friends to fall back on. This shows why
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