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    An Outsider In Society

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    feels like to be an outsider in society. People are excluded and forced to observe others while they watch‚ like a benched player on the sidelines of a game. The experience of being an outsider is universal but not permanent‚ as shown in The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield‚ By Any Other Name by Santha Rama Rau and Revenge of the Geeks by Alexandra Robbins. In The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield‚ the author uses the story to show that the experience of being an outsider is universal. Mansfield

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    The Outsiders Analysis

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    In The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton‚ the main character Ponyboy faces a lot of problems and learns new things along the way. He tends to feel different from all groups which makes him feel like and outsider. The greasers are a group of “low class‚” they are the delinquents known to be the worst of the bunch. They’re known to like fighting‚ having street smarts‚ dropping out of school‚ and just being the “bad guys.” Pony thinks he’s different from the greasers like an “Outsider‚” yet Pony seems

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    Grief of the Outsiders

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    Grief of The Outsiders There are many ways of expressing the emotion grief. The characters in The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ had many bad things happen to them and the ones they loved. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis‚ Bob‚ Johnny‚ and Dally are all characters that die in the book. The characters deal with grief in different ways; Ponyboy denies the fact that Johnny died‚ Dally was in depression‚ and Darry accepted their death. Ponyboy grieves for Johnny by denying the fact that he killed Bob‚ and died

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    Insiders And Outsiders

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    INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS Who are the insiders? · people who conform · behave according to the accepted rules · members of society · only insiders in their own group Insider clubs and societies Freemasons‚ Scouts‚ Guides‚ Trade Union‚ Working Men’s Club‚ Gentlemen’s Clubs‚ … · own rules of behaviour for its members · protect the interests of their members · sometimes expensive to join The changing image of the insider · insider today à maybe outsider tomorrow · changing

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    The Outsiders Theme

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    and over 750‚000 gang members. The outsiders explores the lives of gang members and how each of their lives are affected by this constant never ending conflict. How being part of either one of these brings the breath of death ever so closer. Susan Eloise Hinton was born on july‚ 22‚ 1950 in the town of tulsa in oklahoma this later became the setting which the outsiders is story unfolds. ¨ there was little to do for a child growing up in Tulsa¨ stated Hinton as being one of the reasons she turned to

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    Gatsby: An Outsider

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    things that people in the world would like to have or acquire. Some people are lucky even to have both happiness and wealth. In Gatsby’s case‚ he had wealth and was hoping his wealth would bring him happiness. Eventually his wealth was his demise. This essay will prove that Gatsby’s wealth did not bring him happiness for the following reasons: despite his success he was never accepted by upper-class community‚ his wealth was a means to win Daisy‚ the happiness that his money did give him lasted only a

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    “People have a problem with me being different‚ but that propels me forward in life”. S.E. Hinton believes that the outsiders are all the people who dare to be different‚ and who stand out from their social category. She provides examples throughout The Outsiders of characters that feel and act differently than those around them. Randy Adderson does not fit the stereotype of a Soc because he is caring‚ and he has his own opinions. To begin with‚ Randy is an outsider because he cares about other people

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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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    The Outsider Analysis

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    the word “outsider” out of the book to let readers pander to the meaning of that word after completing the novel. To me‚ an outsider is Someone who is different from the crowd‚ but not in a favorable way. for example‚ an unintelligent person would be excluded from most social groups due to their negative trait that a majority of others do not have‚ this‚ of course‚ does not necessarily mean that many people are intelligent‚ rather‚ that most are not unintelligent. The word “outsider” in Hinton’s

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    “I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to do that myself” (Emma Watson). Being an outsider to a stereotype is demonstrated in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton through her characters and their actions. Pony‚ Randy‚ and Darry all are outsiders to their groups and stereotypes; in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma there are two opposing gangs‚ the greasers and the Socs. The greasers are lower class people who do not have the smarts or athleticism so be special‚ while the Socs are really rich‚ really smart‚

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