is someone who helps others and puts them before himself and would risk his life to help them. Ponyboy is not a villain. Johnny kills someone‚ but to protect his friend. Dally could be a hero‚ but he chooses not to be. Who will be the hero in the Outsiders? we shall find out? Pony is a good guy. He is a hero. Pony doesn’t like to be harassed‚ but he doesn’t like seeing anyone else being harassed either. “Leave her alone‚ Dally(page 24). He didn’t want the girls to be harassed and also didn’t want
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Absurdism is the belief that human beings exist in a purposeless‚ chaotic universe. In the novel‚ “The Stranger” by Albert Camus‚ it talks about a man that just lost his mother‚ it seems like he doesn’t really care‚ but he truly loves his mother‚ he just deals with things on his own pace. Throughout the book it seems like he gives up on life‚ and he just doesn’t care about his well being but he doesn’t show it enough‚ but at the end he is decapitated for murdering an arab citizens. I agree and
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AP English MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET Title: The Stranger Author: Albert Camus Date of Publication: 1942 Biographical Information about the Author Born November 7‚ 1913 Died on January 4‚ 1960 He was also a journalist and philosopher. He won a Nobel Prize. Genre (indicate special characteristics‚ if applicable) Fictional crime drama Philosophical novel Point of View/Narrator Cultural/Social/Historical Context First Person Narrator: Meursault
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Bita Shalabi Mrs. Smith English III 13 October 2016 The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton Apseloff‚ Marilyn Fain. “Hinton‚ S.E..” World Book Advanced. World Book‚ 2016. Web. 12 Oct. 2016. The book The Outsiders is written by author S.E. Hinton. Susan Eloise Hinton is an american writer of novels for young adults. Hinton’s publisher suggested the book be published under her initials to make her name more neutral in gender. Hinton’s work is mostly about teens who are facing problems such as poverty
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S.E. Hinton illustrates the characteristics of Young Adult Literature (YAL) in her novel‚ The Outsiders‚ through the format of her book as well as the content. It is told from the viewpoint of a teenager‚ in young adult’s language and is fast-paced. The content is optimistic‚ touching on the relationships young adults will have and dealing with their emotions. It also highlights differences in culture and social standing – issues of interest to young adults. The mechanical characteristics of YAL
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In The Stranger by Albert Camus is a novel with multiple themes. This is probably one of the most theme rich novels I have ever read and I only touched on a few of the key themes presented in the novel. The themes are mortality‚ isolation‚ nature‚ religion‚ women‚ passivity‚ and society’s social class. The Stranger opens with an announcement of death; Salamano’s old dog is in a state of decay; the protagonist murders‚ and is then sentenced to execution. The centrality of death‚ as a concept‚ is
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Ever thought about getting turned into a bug? Well‚ in the novella The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka the main character‚ Gregor gets turned into a bug. The hard working family man wakes up to find himself as a grotesque vermin. His whole life changes when his family discovers him in his nauseating state. They keep him locked up in his room and can hardly stand to look at him. Not only Gregor is inflicted by this awful‚ sudden change. His family‚ without the life-support and money from Gregor’s job
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Being true to yourself in an important virtue to carry on throughout one’s life and should be focused on vigilantly. In S. E. Hinton’s novel‚ The Outsiders‚ it features a young Greaser dubbed Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy‚ the protagonist in The Outsiders‚ has matured since the ending of the novel‚ and is now ready to graduate from high school and enter into the real world. Although‚ he must make the decision of whether he would prefer to remain as a greaser‚ and stay in his comfort zone‚ or change to
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reasoning can occur in the courtroom when people are put on trial and the judge and the jury must delve into the life of the accused and determine if he is a hazard to society. Occasionally‚ the judge and jury are too concerned with the accused’s past that they become too biased and give an unfair conviction and sentencing. In his novel‚ The Stranger‚ Albert Camus uses the courtroom as a symbol to represent society that judges the main character‚ Meursalt‚ unfairly to illustrate how society forms opinions
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claiming to live by completely different Morals yet are able to coexist and interact with them . However the main character Meursault in the stranger lives with the opinions that no one in his community share. Meursault lives to make decisions when he feels it is necessary. Yet the story educates the reader about what it is like to live an existential life. In Albert camus’s The Stranger themes of existentialism were most clearly shown through the expression of free-will‚ alienation and the value of
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