Living with Strangers - Siri Hustvedt In all cities and cultures around the world are there unwritten rules‚ who people outside this place will not understand. That was what has inspired Siri Hustvedt about New York City. She moved from her little hometown Minnesota to New York‚ which was a big difference from the life she used to live. Especially the unwritten law: "PRETEND IT ISN’T HAPPENING-Law" fascinates her the most. That is how many in New York are thinking‚ even though most of them actually
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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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In The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton‚ the main character Ponyboy faces a lot of problems and learns new things along the way. He tends to feel different from all groups which makes him feel like and outsider. The greasers are a group of “low class‚” they are the delinquents known to be the worst of the bunch. They’re known to like fighting‚ having street smarts‚ dropping out of school‚ and just being the “bad guys.” Pony thinks he’s different from the greasers like an “Outsider‚” yet Pony seems
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cockroach‚ he is the definiton of being dehumanized‚ as he is literally no longer a human. When I first read the story‚ I thought that Gregor was literally a cockroach in the story. The more I read the story and the more research I did‚ I realized Kafka uses Gregor turning into a cockroach as a metaphor of technology taking over peoples lives in the 20th century and metaphorically turning them into something less than human. There are various examples of this throughout the text. For example‚ Gregors
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Jared Felixbrod Mrs. Manzo English II CPE‚ Period 2 September 8‚ 2012 The curious incident of the dog in the Night-Time Quote #1: “Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being. “ Albert Camus “...carrying a book in his hand and he said ‘You look lost.’ So I took out my Swiss Army knife.” (Haddon 171) In this quote Christopher feels threatened and scared. He is flustered from being away from home and is not used to his normal routine. He
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Clash of Society S.E. Hinton‚ the author of The Outsiders has written many unique conflicts in her book. One of many conflicts in the story are the Socs (the rich playboys) versus the Greasers (the lowlife hoodlums)‚ with the problem being that one is rich and the other being poor. The second accessible one to spot in the book would be Darry (older brother of Ponyboy) and Ponyboy (the main character)‚ just can’t understand each other‚ they’re so different. The third battle is a little difficult to
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In S.E. Hilton’s short story “The outsiders” is about a boy named Ponyboy Curtis life in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. Ponyboy lives with his two older brothers‚ Darrel and Sodapop. His parents died when he was younger from a wreck. Throughout the book‚ the author talked about the towns two rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers are the lower class white people who are considered hoods or juvenile delinquents by society and the Socs are the higher class white people who are the rich kids from the
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Plague’s allegorical and metaphysical narrative. Like most human observations‚ we notice the the obvious first‚ before we pull and prod at the exterior to reveal something more ambiguous and at the same time‚ something rather apparent. In the novel‚ Camus‚ “[juxtaposes] […] the symbolical and the realistic‚” creating a polygonal register where the connotative qualities can be discovered when taking into consideration Camus’s style of narration and metaphorical language (Picon‚ 147). Camus’s novel consists
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Recall a time in which you felt as if your presence on this planet was a waste and utterly purposeless. This feeling of worthlessness will not only cause harm to you but to others if that feeling transitions into your reality. When capturing elements of emotion that come out of a family dynamic‚ you must take everyone’s perspectives into account. Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” shines a light on the feeling of being worthless and showcases the side effects of the lethal injection‚ worthlessness
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Alex Abreu Mrs. Myatt A.P Language and Composition 13 March‚ 2013 The Stranger in the Photo is Me Photos are wonderful still frames of a world that has passed us. Without them we would have lost so much of time. In every little box you keep a fragment of that day for all of time. I love pictures that don’t include me. I personally dislike being in photos but love looking at others photo. It’s weird I know but that’s my stand on photos. In this photo I was in pre-k back
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