“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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Family is one of the major themes of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. There are four family members in the story; the son and main character Gregor‚ his father‚ his mother‚ and his sister Grete. The theme of family and the duties of family members to each other drive the interactions between Gregor and the others. His thoughts are almost entirely of the need to support his parents and sending his sister to the Conservatory. Gregor has a bit of a different relationship with each one of his family members
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Throughout the novella‚ Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka‚ a very common motif‚ change‚ is present throughout the entire story. This is not only present within the sudden change of Gregor into a cockroach‚ but within his behavior and within the behavior of those around him. As the book progresses‚ we see how Gregor’s condition changes him and everyone around him. As the book progresses‚ Gregor’s family changes tremedously. There are two major changes that occur throughout the story. At the beginning
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a greaser in a bad town like the characters in S.E Hinton’s book The Outsiders. The setting of the book is east/west side of town. There are two groups in town‚ the socs and the greasers. They were a greaser or soc depending on what side of town they lived in. For example the greases lived on the east side and the socs lived on the west side of town. They setting affects the characters by developing their personality based on where they lived. The main characters in the book is Ponyboy. The setting
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Outsiders Essay Have you ever been looked down at? Being categorized is a problem in schools and communities. Each of us was probably once a victim of categorization by their peers. Sometimes it is because of how much money you own or how you dress or how smart you are‚ but does this really matter. In this book a lot of the characters experience this. But I will only write about the three who were the biggest victims of this Social groups system‚ Pony boy ‚Johnny and Bob. One was a normal boy the
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In the book The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton‚ the author highlights the struggles of growing up in poverty while also in battle with a rival group‚ the Socs. The main character Ponyboy Curtis belongs to a gang named the Greasers. The Greasers and Socials are mainly divided by their socioeconomic status. After Ponyboy and fellow gang member Johnny are jumped by a group of socials‚ resulting in one Soc being stabbed and killed by Johnny in self-defense‚ Johnny and Ponyboy go into hiding. After a week
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B: Living with Strangers Siri Hustvedt is famous for her essays and an interesting one is "Living with Strangers"‚ where Hustvedt enlightens us with her viewpoints on the two different types of living; suburban and urban. Siri Hustvedt shows exactly what a talented writer she is in this essay. Hustvedt manages to place the essay "Living with strangers" just in between a short story and an article‚ as it’s not purely fiction and yet not entirely literal either. All-though‚ she keeps her main focus
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Sometimes‚ just because you may be related to a person‚ it doesn’t make them family. This was a theme that was beaten into to us throughout the story of the Outsiders. So many characters dealt with fathers beating them‚ mothers turning a blind eye‚ whether it was from sheer will or from drug abuse. The “Greasers” and the “Socs” both had to deal with parents abandoning them‚ being neglected‚ and not having parents there when their own children needed them most. It seemed like if you had a kid in this
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Is there truly any justice in the novel The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus? This is a question that naturally protrudes throughout the novel‚ as it is not abundantly clear what Meursault‚ the protagonist‚ was‚ in fact‚ put on trial for. At the beginning of the second part of the narrative‚ it is understood that he is put on trial for the murder of an Arab; however‚ it later comes to our attention that the murder was not the primary reason of his trial‚ and perhaps not even an essential one for
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Many aspects shaped the 1920’s‚ and that includes the trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The two were tried for killing a paymaster and his bodyguard. They were sentenced to the death penalty for a crime that their involvement in was questionable. Many people protested to their sentence. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti’s court sentence sparked a large debate through the nation that continues today as to whether it was justifiable or not. Nicola Sacco worked a steady job at a shoe
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