Kensit‚ an actress‚ once said “Once a child is confronted with the concept of death‚ there’s a certain innocence that goes.” Kensit means once oneself has familiarized themselves with death‚ part of one’s innocence is taken away. In the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade‚ lose innocence by experiencing death. Hinton proves that losing innocence mentally at a young age has terrible effect through both Ponyboy and Johnny. Ponyboy’s experiences in life shows the devastating
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In George Orwell’s dystopian 1984 both Winston Smith‚ the main character‚ and Julia‚ his love interest‚ rebel against the Party in different ways but Julia’s rebellion is preferable. Julia sleeps around with plenty of men while also being a part of the Junior Anti-Sex League. She has fun while doing this unspeakable act of rebellion that could most likely ruin her life. She reassures Winston of their relationship saying that she has done it “scores of times” and that her affairs are “always with
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No parents. Two brothers and a gang that describes brotherhood. These are the three aspects that define the novel The Outsiders. With thoughts swirling in his mind‚ fourteen year old‚ Ponyboy Curtis steps out of the movie house. Ponyboy‚ a greaser‚ with Johnny Cade‚ kill Bob Sheldon‚ a Soc‚ in self defense. In the attempts of not getting caught Pony and the gang lose some of their valued members of their crew by the Socs‚ who believe having money equals superiority. After this occurrence and facing
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Winston made a very unwise decision: having an affair with Julia‚ which impacted the rest of his life. The Party was very anti-sex oriented and Winston’s encounter with Julia contradicted the expectations of society. The reason for the Party not approving sex was because they felt the need to always have control over everyone. They believed that the sole purpose of sex was to create children in order to help within society. The Party gave children the order to report their parent’s instances
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If you think about it‚ many other people have a different society than others. These societies have positive attributes and negative ones as well. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton‚ the clip “On the Road: Middle School Football” with Steve Hartman; the poem “The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be” by Nikki Giovanni‚ it gives us positive information about Ponyboy’s society‚ Keith’s society; the society described in the poem. And knowing how their society is positive might change the way
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John Winston Lennon Early Life John Winston Lennon was born to Alfred and Juila Lennon on October 9th‚ 1940 in Liverpool England. John was Named after paternal grandfather and the prime minister at the time‚ Winston Churchill. With his parents messy relationship‚ and his father never being around. His aunt‚ Mimi Smith‚ complained to the Liverpool Social Services‚ causing Lennon’s mother to handover the care of John to her. Throughout the rest of his childhood he lived with his aunt and uncle
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Those who have encountered Sirus would describe it with a single word: esoteric. To an outsider it would be unfathomable‚ driven by some strange motive that is known to it and it alone. In truth‚ there aren’t any words to truly capture exactly what Sirus is. The more it is defined the more it evades description. How does one go about attaching words to something so viciously unhuman? No true empathy and no true morality to bind its actions to any sort of code‚ allowing it to act on pure‚ ravenous
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Moreover the plot structure of these novels is relatively identical‚ including the elements of the plot. As 1984 unfolds the protagonist Winston Smith is introduced‚almost immediately we know to identify Winston as the main character.Smith is a very common last name within the English language through his last name you can imply that Winston is a character you can identify with him‚ he is a relatable character to the readers. He is an ordinary 39 year old man with a stable job in the ministry of
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Appearance and Character “Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset” (41) ponders Ponyboy‚ a Greaser‚ when he realizes social class does not define a person. S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders tells of a town where social class splits the citizens into the lower class Greasers‚ who others view as horrible‚ selfish‚ tough‚ trouble-making criminals‚ and the upper class Socs or Socials‚ who the townspeople view as the privileged‚ wealthy‚ law-abiding people. Throughout
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his or her true worth is when they are faced with their greatest adversity. To me there are few better at this feat than Winston Churchill. For a leader to be followed they must lead. One of my favorite quotes about leadership is “A leader without followers is a man taking a walk” (Unknown). This uncredited quote is highly propagated and gets to the heart of leadership. Sir Winston Churchill was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice once from 1940 to 1945 and then
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