The Outsiders: Response to Literature Friendship is a very important bond shared by two friends that cannot be described by mere words. In the fictional narrative The Outsiders‚ S.E. Hinton shows us the importance of friendship through the hardships of the two protagonists‚ Johnny and Ponyboy. They use their friendship to overcome many obstacles throughout their story. One example of friendship can be found in the movie “Toy Story‚” in which the main protagonists‚ Woody and Buzz‚ must find
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The Outsiders By: Alyssa Padewski Do you want your kids to have bad influences from this book? Do you want them to be exposed to this material? The book‚ The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton should be banned from this school for teaching kids bad lessons and it is inappropriate. First of all‚ there is under aged smoking. As well as young kids drinking alcohol. Second of all‚ there is a lot of violence and fighting‚ plus there are weapons being used in a bad way. They show people killing people or they
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The book The Outsiders was written by S. E. Hinton‚ and published in 1967. The Outsiders movie was then released in 1983 and was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The story is about a group of 7 greasers set in the 1960’s. Basically the greasers are in constant rival with the socs‚ the upper class kids from the west side. Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade are the youngest in the group. They go threw some very difficult times after Johnny kills a soc‚ then dies. Ponyboy must learn how to cope with all
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Eh‚ I’d Rather not do it for Johnny The Outsiders‚ directed by Francis Ford Coppola was released in 1983. Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell) is a greaser whose parents were killed in a car accident. He and his friends: Johnny (Ralph Macchio)‚ Dally (Matt Dillon)‚ Two-Bit (Emilio Estevez)‚ and Steve (Tom Cruise)‚ and brothers‚ Darry (Patrick Swayze) and Soda (Rob Lowe)‚ are always getting in fights with a gang called the Socs. One night‚ best friend Johnny‚ are attacked by Socs. The Socs almost drown
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The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a book about the troubles that teenagers face and how they are able to overcome them. The development of the characters throughout the book is evident and how they act make the book an interesting read. What they go through and how the book ends gives the book a sense of realism and is able to teach essential life lessons. If I were to walk by a book store and see this book on the stand I would pick it up. In my opinion the book cover is good because it is able to
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In the book The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy had a few things similar to me. For example‚ we are honest to our friends. We both go to a good school that will give us a good education. And the last thing is we both have a brother. I will also be talking about how we are different in these paragraphs. I do not smoke and Ponyboy does. Ponyboy lost his parents in a car accident. And Ponyboy is in a gang‚ and I am not. Even though Ponyboy and I have several differences‚ we still have
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The Outsiders Outline-2 Chunk Thesis statement: The greasers struggle more than the Socs because they’re poor‚ everyone thinks stereotypical about them‚ and everyone thinks they’re trash. First supporting paragraph: The greasers struggle because they’re poorer than everybody else. Quote or paraphrase of evidence: “We’re poorer than the Socs and middle class.” Citation: (S.E. Hinton‚ 1965‚ Page 3) How is the evidence persuasive?: The quote given is persuasive because it tells us from the greasers
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How can two people from what seems like different sides of the world come together and coexist? Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade from S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders are a good example of two such people. Dallas and Johnny both have parents who abuse and neglect them. They also care about each other. However‚ their personalities differ which is evident when Dallas and Johnny give Ponyboy different advice. Additionally‚ Dally is the least law-abiding out of out the gang and Johnny is the most. Dallas Winston
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while." Page 3’. Socs wear madras shirts‚ wine coloured sweaters and ski jackets. The greasers wear their hair long‚ dress in blue jeans‚ T-shirts‚ leather jackets and tennis shoes or boots. Socs get editorials written about them in the newspaper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next. Greasers‚ on the other hand‚ are known as juvenile delinquents because of their appearance and behaviour. "We take turns getting our names in the paper." Page 48. The Socs make underprivileged
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as a great student and a great athlete and did a lot community service. He won an award for most community service hours last year. The suspects of this case are Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny cade who ran away to Jay Mountain. Memorial Services are being held for Robert Sheldon on Sunday October 13th noon at Tulsa Cemetery. A student who attends Jay Mountain high school was found dead early Saturday morning in the local park. This teenager is well known as Robert Sheldon a 16 year old sophomore
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