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The novel‚ The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ is about Ponyboy Curtis who is a fourteen-year old who goes on a journey through depressing times. Now his older brother‚ Darry‚ is responsible for Ponyboy and his other older brother‚ Sodapop. Ponyboy is a greaser on the west side of town and with his friends that have bad reputations‚ things could get out of hand. Throughout the book‚ there are big decisions being made whether to go one way or the other. Making one decision could influence how another decision
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The book i read was “ The Outsiders” by S.E. hinton. The protagonist was Ponyboy Curtis‚ a fourteen year old greaser‚ with long greasy hair. He wears jeans‚ t-shirts and a leather jacket. Ponyboy liked his gang ‚ school ‚ sunsets ‚ movies ‚ reading and his best friend johnny. He hated the Socs because they were the rich kids with all the breaks and his brother Darry because he bossed him around after his parents died. Greasers were the tough poor kids. Ponyboy changed in many ways throughout the
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easier since baseball players hit balls that are actually moving at high speeds. With this attitude‚ the golf outside decides to try out some golf courses under the impression that the game is relaxing‚ requiring little effort. However‚ the golf outsider will soon find this to be far from the truth. Most newcomers to golf give up before they really start to understand what it takes to hit the ball. Logically‚ it makes sense that a long iron golf club could hit the small ball many years‚ yet when
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“Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.” The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about a group of greasers from Tulsa‚ OK during the mid-1960’s who battle with rich Socs and about the main character/narrator Ponyboy growing up. One character that stands out in the story is Johnny because he greatly impacts the plot. He is a dynamic character that has an ironic change in the way he acts and is a round character who shows multiple sides of his emotions. Three characteristic traits about Johnny are
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“Outsiders” Compare and Contrast Essay The Outsiders‚ movie and novel‚ are both outstanding masterpieces‚ both of them loved by millions‚ and even if the actors don’t match up with how the characters are described in the book‚ they still portray the characters outstandingly. Even though there are a myriad of differences there are also a mass of similarities‚ for instance‚ they are both set in the same time frame (The 1960´s). They both keep the technology and clothing relevant to how it was portrayed
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The novel The outsiders is about stereotyping and how people’s beliefs about groups of people lead to some very bad things happening. In the beginning Bob‚ Ponyboy‚ and Johnny were walking all bad around the block. They each have different personalities. Bob is this guy who thinks he’s all bad and could do anything he wants. Bob doesn’t like kids at all‚ he thinks they are annoying and selfish. Now they didn’t say anything about that in the novel. Ponyboy is this really nice guy who cares about his
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How can two people with completely different personalities have so much alike? It is almost impossible‚ but in S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders‚ it is not possible. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are similar because both characters have uncaring parents and they care for each other. With all the similarities they have their many differences‚ Johnny is the most law abiding and Dally is the least and their personalities are nothing alike. Thus‚ Dallas and Johnny have significant similarities and huge
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In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ the main character Ponyboy undergoes several changes over the course of the story. At the beginning of the story Ponyboy has a very negative view of the rival gang the Socs. However by the end of the novel he comes to the realization that the gang he belongs to‚ the Greasers‚ is not much different than the Socs. At the beginning of the novel Ponyboy believes that the Greasers and the Socs are completely different. When Ponyboy was talking to Cherry he
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In the play‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde he divines the Victorian society through all his characters. Marriage‚ religion and family values weighs heavily on the virtue that the people possess. The money factor is a big skeptic that contributes to the all the relationships that end in the this story. In this Act‚ Lady Bracknell’s monologue reacting to Cecily was very interesting‚ because Jack remains her guardian until she is the age of thirty-five. He often has the last say so
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