Dally presents himself as tough and intimidating‚ however‚ that is not quite how he is on the inside. He has a soft spot for all his friends because they are the only good things he has in his life. Dally especially loves Johnny. Johnny was what kept Dally sane and gave him something that no one else could give him‚ happiness and the will to keep on living. After Johnny died‚ Dally had nothing. He was absolutely and purposeless without him. Dally was mad at Ponyboy for not telling Johnny to stay
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Anthony Stroman Dr. Ardaiolo GNED 102 March 8‚ 2007 Michael Smith and his Learning of the Earth Culture Michael Valentine Smith is a fictional character in the novel Stranger in a Strange Land. Smith is a very interesting person because he was brought to Earth‚ from Mars‚ and because of the way he was conceived. Michael Smith is an American that grew up thinking as a Martian. Smith was brought to Earth after the spaceship named the Envoy tried to reach Mars. The spaceship Champion went
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Strangers Barbara Elsborg Kate Snow’s had enough of bad boys until a one-way swim in the ocean puts her on a collision course with a man she can’t resist. Charlie Storm has turned being a bad boy into an art form. Already a famous pop star‚ mega-success in the movie business beckons until his inner demons send him spiraling out of control and right out to sea. The last thing he expects to do before he dies is crash into a suicidal woman. When the worlds of these two strangers collide‚ their
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In 1947‚ The Plague was published by renown philosopher‚ war journalist‚ and novelist Albert Camus. Taking place in the Algerian town of Oran during the 1940s‚ The Plague is a gripping novel narrated by one of the town’s doctors‚ Bernard Rieux. The town has an outbreak of the bubonic plague‚ followed by an outbreak of pneumonic plague. The citizens of the town die in droves‚ yet the government denies that there is anything wrong. That is until over a thousand citizens die every‚ single‚ day. The
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After reading about how the Scottsboro Boys lives ended‚ I would say that some of the boys did receive some justice‚ is that the cause of majority of the deaths and the imprisonment of the Scottsboro has been caused because of their own fault. For example the imprisonment of Patterson‚ the text explains‚”Patterson escaped prison twice‚ including once in 1947 after which was arrested in Detroit after a bar fight ended in a man’s death.”(first bullet point) This shows us that Haywood did not receive
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about the greasers‚ the poor teenagers who don’t fit in‚ fighting with the socs‚ the rich kids who have everything. The greasers have it worse because they have bad family life‚ they are always fighting and being jumped by the socs‚ and they don’t fit in with society. The greases have bad family life like relationships with their parents. Dally’s parents don’t care about him or what he does‚ ponyboy’s parents aren’t even alive they died in a car crash. Johnny has a
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The Outsiders In class we have been reading a novel called ‘The Outsiders’ by S E Hilton. This book was published forty years ago and is still popular because it has an interesting theme and characters as well. The book was set in the 1960’s in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ America. This book is about a boy named Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers and his gang. Ponyboy is from a gang called the greasers. The greasers are enemies with the socs who are the rich kids. Ponyboy is good friends with Johnny Cade‚ who
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The Stranger Mersault- bleak: pg. 104‚ "I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn’t mine anymore‚ but one in which I’d found the simplest and most lasting joys." Indifferent: pg 114‚ “Since we’re all going to die‚ it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter. “ Marie- Wanted: pg 35‚ “She was wearing a pair of my pajamas with the sleeves rolled up. When she laughed I wanted her again. A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t
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"The Stranger": Analysis Author: Albert Camus Pierre Palmer English II. Period #5 Date: 10/4/9 copyright‚ by Pierre Palmer I. Biographical Insights A. Albert Camus’ cultures consist of being a novelist‚ literature and short story writer of many books. He wrote an essay on the state of Muslims in Algeria‚ causing him to lose his job and he moved to Paris. Albert Camus also joined the French resistance against the Nazis and became an editor of "Combat"‚ an underground newspaper. He was dissatisfied
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“Your gold when you’re a kid‚ like green. everything’s new‚ like dawn” (Hinton‚ 1967‚Pg. that was what Johnny told Ponyboy in his note in Gone With The Wind explaining what he meant by telling him “stay gold”. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Ponyboy Curtis is a dreamy boy who has problems with social classes which cause him to run away from home. By the end of the story‚ he learns to deal with loss and becomes an understanding‚ tuff boy. “When I stepped out of the bright sunlight of the dark
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