Being a hero is a tough duty to deal with. Not everybody can b a hero. S.E. Hinton‚ an author of The Outsiders‚ defines a hero as one who learns‚ changes and helps everyone. she also implies that a true hero grows emotionally. Johnny is a definite hero in The Outsiders. It is evident that Johnny grows very much and sacrifices himself for everyone - he broke a law and overcame his fear to save Ponyboy‚ he jumped into the burning church to save little children‚ and he was optimistic and caring even
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“the outsiders” written by S.E hinton is a caring person because being a caring person comes with being selfless‚ brave‚ and a great listener‚ and Ponyboy is all that and more. Being selfless is putting other people before yourself‚ doing something for another person when you can be something for yourself. Ponyboy is that. One example is when Johnny killed bob instead of Johnny leaving on his own Ponyboy went with him. He traded being warm and eating every night to be with Johnny. Being brave
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just true for middle school‚ but also life in the 50s. The book The Outsiders focuses on two main cliques‚ the Greasers and the Socs. One might think that the name represents Greasers‚ and what they have to deal with‚ but the real outsiders are specific people. The outsiders are the people who dare to be different from the stereotype of their group‚ who believe people should be judged on who they are‚ not social class. Major outsiders in the book are Darry‚ Ponyboy‚ and Cherry Valance. Darry is the
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there possibly could have been four or five. Suddenly a chase began Johnny caught and beat till him lies still on the cold dampness from the splashing of water. Ponyboy was caught as well as he struggled to be lose as he is slowly traumatized body was being drowned. All of a sudden the water slowly turned red from the blood of a body that ley clod on the ground Johnny had killed a “Socs” to save his friend. Now there is an example that doing the wrong thing may be the right thing at certain times and
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relationships go from resentment and disappointment‚ to understanding each other in ways that they hadn’t before and lastly‚ they learn how strong their love and loyalty really is for one another. At the beginning of the novel‚ Ponyboy resents Darry for being too strict and always bothering him for not using his head. He recognizes the sacrifices that Darry has made to raise his two little brothers‚ but still thinks Darry just doesn’t care for him at all. “ Although‚ he has gone through a lot in his 20
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The novel The Outsiders by SE Hinton is a novel about teenage boys that are trying to live their lives to be like the rest of the community. These kids feel like they are the outsiders. Atul Gawande once said “Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But‚ precisely because they are the outsiders‚ they are usually in a poor position to fix them.” In this novel the outsiders would be the Greasers because they are poor‚ violent‚ and they don’t have parents
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feeling very well and is not in very good shape (pg.131-145). It could have been easy for Ponyboy to change any of the decisions he made‚ but he did not. So in the end the decisions Ponyboy ultimately made define him as the hero that he is. In The Outsiders Ponyboy overcomes social boundaries. Ponyboy comes to the realization that everybody is not so different. Even though somebody might appear different we are all alike were just human. Ponyboy’s relationship with Cherry Valance proves that even though
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The Outsiders: Essay Response Demonstrate how the major events that take place in The Outsiders affect the values and attitudes of 3 main characters. The 1967 novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about the social outcasts; the Greasers and their rivalry against the high class Socs. In the beginning of the book the characters values and attitudes are revealed to the reader through the point of view of Ponyboy. As the book progresses and the lives of the characters take a turn for the worse there
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First of all‚ I will be characterizing Atticus as an outsider and a riskful person. To begin‚ Atticus can be characterized as an outsider. Firstly‚ Atticus does not hunt‚ fish‚ gamble‚ drink‚ or smoke like a majority of the fathers and men in Maycomb do. As stated in the novel‚ “He did not do the things our schoolmates’ fathers did: he never went hunting‚ he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the livingroom and read” (Lee 118). Not doing one or two of those activities to the
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Outsiders To study a group that directly does not want to be in a group can be a challenge itself. Luckily I happen to have first hand experience. The three main types of outsider are social awkward one‚ the floater‚ and the determined outsider(Kelly). I am probably closest to the floater with a little bit of awkward one. In my experience to be a floater one has to be close enough so that multiple groups know their name but most of them know but not close enough so that when any of them do anything
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