The Outsiders Theme Paragraphs Many times in society‚ people are judged by their appearance and social class. This has happened since the dawn of time. For example‚ the holocaust‚ civil rights‚ slavery‚ and so many others. In the story the outsiders‚ people are targets by how they dress‚ and how much money they have. S.E. Hinton Shows us that these exterior traits do not signify our true personality. Ponyboy is often segregated based on how he dresses. Many people will assume that he is a
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SONNET 29 William Shakespeare When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes‚ I all alone beweep my outcast state‚ And trouble deaf Heaven with my bootless cries‚ And look upon myself‚ and curse my fate‚ Wishing me like to one more rich in hope‚ Featured like him‚ like him with friends possessed‚ Dearing this man’s art‚ and that man’s scope. With that most enjoy contentend least: Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising‚ Haply I think on thee‚ and then my state Like to the lark at
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to them. “Miss Emily had been a tradition‚ a duty‚ and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” (Faulkner 79). The town did not accept the interracial relationship between them‚ as we see when “the ladies began to say that it was a disgrace to the town and a bad example to the young people” (Faulkner 83)‚ so they called her cousins. This
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The Woman Warrior While reading The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston it makes the reader wonder how our ancestors dealt with their everyday lives in the 1920’s. What we consider hard labor and sacrifice; they might have considered a mini vacation. We could go out about our lives and not have to worry about anybody but ourselves. They had to deal with everyday criticism from the people in their neighborhood‚ watching their every move and every choice they made. Kingston talks about an aunt
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you and your children? Tigers use to roam across Asia‚ but now they’re restricted to just 7% of their range‚ in isolated forests across 13 countries. So why keep them in captivity‚ when they could be living while they’re still not extinct? It is a disgrace that they are in a cage getting glared at. How would
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Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare is a tragic story about two lovers from rivaling families meet and are forced to commit suicide A hallmark of comedy is exaggeration‚ Romeo and Juliet is filled with exaggerations as well as hyperboles. For example‚ a form of exaggeration is when Romeo says in line 120‚ “So I fear; the more is my unrest.” How this is a form of exaggeration is that he is saying that the more he fears he feels like he is going to die. In reality living in fear can’t really
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form of career. This is demonstrated in the dialogue in which Willy is complaining to Linda that Biff has not amounted to anything. "Linda: He’s finding himself Willy." And Willy replies angrily: "Not finding yourself at the age of thirty four is a disgrace." The audience can see straight away that Biff has not matched up to his fathers expectations in life. Willy cannot comprehend why Biff has to become a successful business man. The problem Biff has is he still accepts his fathers distorted idea
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expression. Meaning that pornography is an act of free expression‚ but pornography tends to display women as objects which are used for enjoyment and brings issues to society such as “kiddie porn” and child abuse. Pornography’s purpose is to disgrace and complicate women’s reputation and society‚ therefore‚ it should be censored. The mistreatment which brutality and racism provide doesn’t compare with pornography. Pornography is more like a hobby with pleasure
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with being a child begins to dissolve into a career confused adult. Racism had fallen common in the town. Children like Cecil Jacob were raised to have distaste of the people of a darker skin. Cecil had yelled "’My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an’ that n**** oughta hang from the water-tank!’" (Lee 102). Another example of the racism is that no matter the amount of evidence Atticus could conjure‚ the trial would lean towards a white purely because of how the society they lived in was
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John F. Kennedy (Being 43 years of age) was elected the 35th president of the United States in 1960. JFK changed into the most fiery man (Being a Roman Catholic) to hold presidential office. As president‚ Kennedy opposed Cold War weights in Cuba‚ Vietnam and another unspecified country. He was known as being on of America’s wealthiest families and originally ran for Congress in 1946 and for the Senate in 1952. At the point when JFK got married‚ him and his wife had a child named Jack.
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