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    Outsiders Essay The revolutionary book The Outsiders has characters that evolve and develop throughout the story. If you take a long look at each character you can probably say each one could be a hero. My definition of a hero is ever so simple. You need to affect people for the better. That requires selflessness‚ caring‚ and loyalty. Darry best fits my definition of a hero. Darry displays heroism everywhere in the story. Early in the story‚ Ponyboy had arrived at his house late at night. Darry

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    Essay On The Outsiders

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    “Gulp Gulp” that’s the sound of you drowning‚ you think your dieing. Then a miracle happens but soon after you realize there’s a guy laying half dead. What happened? As a class we read the “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. Some of us think we should read the story‚ others not so much. Here’s why! The first reason it should be read is it portrays the life of kids that are around our age. It’s a eye opener‚ what I mean by this is it shows you that not only you are going through hardships in your life

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    Informative The Outsiders

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    Informative Essay: The Outsiders The Outsiders‚ a novel by S.E Hinton is showing us how two social groups are paving the way to their individual futures. This path may lead to some conflicts‚ including fights and murder. However‚ there are also many heart touching instances about family and hope. An aspect portrayed in The Outsiders is social disparity‚ which shows the risks and benefits of stereotypes and social groups. To begin the novel‚ Ponyboy tries to find ways in which the Greasers and Socs

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    reality. Why‚ well because we are forced to‚ if we are not perfect we are rejected by society because of our imperfections. That’s where The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton transfers. Greasers are rejected by society because their lack of money‚ grades‚ and so on. The socs are excepted because everything is “perfect” about them. When really greasers and socs have a lesson to show and that is the barrier set by society because of appearances. People have found ways to cope with this barrier‚ a common way

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    Miss. Rivers ELA 4/5 Outsiders Essay Did you know that rival gangs have faced many of the same struggles? In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers live on the Eastside of town and don’t have a lot of money. The Socs live on the Westside of town and are very wealthy. There are three problems that both gangs face: drinking and smoking‚ having parents who do not care about them‚ and rivalry with the opposing gang over a variety

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    The Outsiders - Heros

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    The Outsiders Heroes The book ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E. Hinton is a story told from the perspective of a 14 year old boy named Ponyboy set in South West America. In the novel he faces social division‚ gang warfare‚ hatred and violence. One example is Dally is a hero because he looked after his friends when they needed him. In a way‚ all of the Greasers are pioneers in their individual ways‚ but some more than others. People are also heroes for different reasons. To some people it might be if someone

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    The Outsiders Summary

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    “The Outsiders” S.E Hinton S.E Hinton published her book‚ “The Outsiders” on April 24‚ 1967. Sixteen years later in 1983‚ The Outsiders was then produced and was showed in theaters. SETTING The author never mentioned exactly where this all took place; In 1965 in an unnamed city‚ in an unnamed state‚ the East Side/West Side which is two “zones” divided by economics; East Siders don’t have enough money and West Siders have plenty. An abandoned church on top of a hill‚ the country‚ and

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    “The Outsiders” essay Sodapop is the best character in the book “The Outsiders”‚ because he genuinely cares about everyone in the story. No matter what the task if the gang or a brother needed a favor or some assistance he was always there. He has that cool that everyone loves‚ and is just a good guy. He is one of those people that anyone would look at and say I could love that face the book even says “Soda is more handsomer than anyone else I know(Hinton 7).” Sodapop cares about the outcome of

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    Outcast By Outsiders

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    Start Final I think Henton means outcast by outsiders or maybe they look in on the world and see it in a different way or more real than most people. Maybe she evens means that they get treated different or that they almost want to be treated different and they don’t want to be like the crowd. That they want to lead themselves but they can’t because the way society sees them so it almost feels impossible‚ in that case makes them feel different or beat down and they almost feel like there life is

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    Outsiders In Frankenstein

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    Sebastian Baum  Mrs. Acres Scott  ENG 3U1  12/8/2014    The Sociological Implications of Extraterrestrials and Outsiders on Society in  Frankenstein and Close Encounters of the Third Kind    Two novels‚ written more than a hundred years apart‚ explore the social acceptance  (and   rejection) of outsiders in an established society. Like Richard E. Yinger once said‚ “If we   ever discover life forms in a biological sense‚ the implications will be largely sociological   for our planet.” In many cases

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