The Outsiders Why do people fight? In the fictional book The Outsiders‚ written by S.E Hinton‚ a 14 year old boy learns the way of street life by getting hurt. The story takes place in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma during the 1960s. There are two gangs that live in Tulsa‚ the Socs and the Greasers. The characters Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ Darry‚ Sandy‚ Steve‚ Evie‚ Two-bit‚ Johnny‚ and Dally are all part of the Greasers gang. Cherry‚ Marcia‚ Sylvia‚ Bob‚ and Randy are in the Socs gang. Ponyboy‚ the main character
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The movie The Outsiders by S.E Hinton and the book were very different from each other. Ponyboy‚ Johnny‚ and Dally are three characters that I noticed were the most different. These three are part of a gang called “Greasers” along with four others. In the book‚ Ponyboy has a good relationship with is brother Sodapop but doesn’t get along well with his oldest brother Darry. He is a good reader as well as successful in track. In the movie he still has a good relationship with Sodapop‚ but he gets along
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Symbolism is a person or thing that represents someone or something. The Outsider is a novel about the different social classes. In the novel The Outsider‚ by S.E. Hinton uses symbolism many times. Ponyboy’s long hair has a symbol‚ and so does his short hair. Pony’s long hair makes him feel tuff. Pony says “not too short‚ Johnny please…My hair looked funny‚ scattered over the floor in tuft.”Ponyboy’s Long hair makes him feel he is going to be a greaser his whole life‚ and he isn’t going to make anything
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For my unit 4 novel I read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton it takes place in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma in 1965. It is told in the first person narrative by PonyBoy Curtis. The main characters of the outsiders are PonyBoy‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ Darry‚ and Sodapop. Both groups of boys such as the greaser (the main characters and more) and the Socs‚ the Socs are apart of the conflict. I personally like this book because of PonyBoy’s perspective on everybody‚ as him being the narrator and the way he thinks would have been
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C.s Lewis is one of the greatest Christian and British Authors thought history. Part of University of Oxford’s Inklings‚ which also consisted of C.s Lewis‚ J.R.R. Tolkien and two other members. This group would read each other parts of the manuscripts of their books. One of the books C.s Lewis read to this group was “The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe”‚ J.R.R Tolkien did not like this book‚ he did not think it would do well‚ but he was wrong. Two of C.s Lewis greatest works‚ The Lion the Witch
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T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” is a complex and fragmented poem that underwent major revisions before it was published in 1922. The published version we see and read today is actually shorter in comparison to what Eliot had originally written. According to James Torrens’s article “The Hidden Years if the Waste Land Manuscript‚” Eliot had mailed “54 pages of The Waste Land‚ including the unused parts” to John Quinn‚ a “corporation lawyer in New York City‚” which had shortly disappeared after Quinn’s
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When S.E Hinton adopted the title ‘The Outsiders’ for her book even though the word “outsider” was never recorded in the book itself making it the title was an intelligent move on her part. However‚ an outsider‚ in my opinion‚ is someone who doesn’t follow the flow that everyone else follows. For instance‚ many things could make you an outsider‚ including your appearance‚ your family‚ the way you live‚ and how you perform with other people. But why was it so critical for Hinton to use the word “outsider”
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T.S. Eliot is often regarded as a poetic genius of his time and frequently‚ to this day as well. He lived a fairly‚ normal life as he grew up in St. Louis‚ Missouri then later attended Harvard University. Eventually‚ he left the United States for Sorbonne‚ England and returned to Harvard to study some more and ended up back in England where he became under the influence of Ezra Pound. Pound recognized Eliot’s poetic talent and assisted in many of his publications and influenced his work. What stood
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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.
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Content Summary The book‚ The Great Divorce‚ was written in 1945 by C.S. Lewis. Lewis wrote the book as a response to William Blake’s book‚ Marriage of Heaven and Hell. In many ways‚ it is a refutation of Blake’s book; there is no marriage of heaven and hell. The book begins in a sad‚ dark‚ desolate place. The reader is led to believe that this place is hell. The narrator takes the reader throughout the streets of this peculiar place. Eventually‚ he stumbles upon a bus station‚ along with many other
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