The leper. The homeless. Minorities. People labeled “different”. These are examples of “outcasts‚” people “rejected or cast out‚ as from home or society.” They are “mistfits” even‚ “unable to adjust to a situation” with its narrow‚ inflexible expectations. Holden Caulfield in the novel Catcher in the Rye‚ Wally in the short story White Chocolate‚ and Jamal Wallace in the movie Finding Forrester are examples of teen heroes‚ all attending high school‚ who struggle to fit‚ but who discover quickly
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notebook. They asked if I was with the Daily Tar Heel‚ the campus newspaper. Dressed in my Adidas exercise pants and shirt‚ I confused them. My face was unfamiliar to the rest of the women‚ but I looked as if I could have been joining them. I was an outsider who could become an insider. However‚ as long as there were no cleats on my feet‚ there was a certain dialogue I could not touch. The president of the club‚ Teagan‚ was the only person who knew I was coming. With a short haircut and highlighter
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predicament in District 9 when relegated to remove the outsiders. Knowing how seriously he needed to keep his promotion‚ and the stupid character of Wikus‚ it simple to see where the lawfulness and support of the removal may be seen. The outsider region is unmistakably a ghetto‚ which could be a result of the Apartheid conditions or in light of the fact that the outsiders were always obliterating anything that was given to them. As the outsiders who do live in disgraceful conditions‚ the move to serious
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The Outsiders movie was directed by Francis Ford Coppola in the year 1983. The author of the Outsiders is S.E Hinton. I think that the movie was intriguing. It had most of the plot but it was very short and cut out a lot of the scenes that were in the book. If they hadn’t cut out as many scenes as they did‚ it would have a better movie. The actors that were cast for the movie did a very good job; they captured the role of their character‚ and performed consistently. They played the role of their
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novel ‘The Outsiders’ to give a voice to the harsh reality for teenagers all over the world. Hinton clearly utilises language features such as dialogue‚ symbolism and characters in a way to specifically explore the issues with finding identity which is still relevant in today’s society. ‘The Outsiders’ novel features two main social classes‚ Socs and Greasers. Socs are born into wealthy families and seem to have it all but Greasers struggle in more ways than just financially. In ‘The Outsiders’ dialogue
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The outsider There are few times in my life when I constantly felt like an outsider. Many of these were in a time in my life when I was going through a lot along with you never fitting in. When you’re new to a school or you’re not like everyone else it can really put a damper on whether or not you may fit in. At a young age I was taught that you can’t please everyone and this is very true in the world we live in. This makes everything harder the older an individual gets because it seems no matter
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old‚ S.E. Hinton managed to write one of the most memorable and accurate novelistic depictions of what it’s like to want acceptance and belonging as a teenager. The Outsiders‚ Hinton’s first novel‚ remains as one of the best-selling young-adult novels of all time. Written for teenagers‚ about teenagers‚ and by a teenager‚ The Outsiders captivates its audience with memorable characters (who are memorable for more than their obscure names) and climactic drama‚ and it leaves the reader with the message
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Although they wrote during and about different time periods‚ in the English history‚ one might say that both Philips and Selvon tackled a similar theme in their books A Distant Shore and The Lonely Londoners. That theme being the phenomenon of the ‘outsider’ in the community. This essay will discuss this theme in relation to the previous mentioned books by comparing and contrasting the main protagonistswhile also looking at social and political issues during their respective time periods. In the
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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
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Outsiders Movie Review The movie the outsiders stars actors Patrick Swayze‚ Emilio Estevez‚ Tom Cruise‚ Matt Dillon‚ Ralph Macchio‚ Diane Lane‚ and C.Thomas Howell. S. E. Hinton turned the award-winning novel into an engaging film. I feel that this this film was fantastic. The director‚ Francis Ford Coppola used lighting‚ music‚ and setting to add feeling and life to the film. Additionally‚ the film was very well adapted from the text. When writing the script for the movie‚ Francis took copies
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