personality rather than progressing as one would expect. Pip‚ a person who had loved and revered his uncle Joe as a child‚ while maturing‚ finds that his perspective on life has shifted. This boy‚ beginning life with a caring‚ generous heart‚ regresses becoming a superficial‚ ungrateful man who is ashamed of what he had once been. Pip and Biddy had become the best of friends and felt very strongly towards each other. However‚ once Pip had been introduced to Estella‚ he was overcome by her
Premium Great Expectations Charles Dickens Estella Havisham
Ponyboy‚ a greaser‚ was walking home from the movies. A car filled with socs followed him‚ they jumped him. He remembered that Johnny‚ his best bud‚ got jumped by the same socs. Darry‚ Ponyboy’s oldest brother was worried sick about him‚ finally ponyboy showed up. Darry hit him and Ponyboy ran away‚ found Johnny in the vacant lot‚ sleeping. A car hovered around them‚ five socs jump Ponyboy and Johnny. Ponyboy was drowning the fountain‚ Johnny stabbed the soc and killed him. They went to Dally for
Premium English-language films National Film Registry American films
BOOK REPORT: "The Outsiders" 1. Hinton‚ S.E. The Outsiders. New York: Puffin Books‚ 1967 2. The title of this book relates to the story‚ because in the book‚ Ponyboy and Johnny are "outsiders." They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like hoodlums‚ like the rest of the Greasers. They are thought of as Greasers just because they live on the East Side of town‚ and because they slick back their hair. But Ponyboy and Johnny are different
Premium United States Psychology Educational psychology
Great Expectations‚ Philip Pirrip‚ who is also known as Pip‚ experiences various stages of moral maturity. He transforms from a young boy filled with shame and guilt to a selfish‚ young man‚ and finally into a man who has a true concern for others. Pip goes through three stages in the novel; shame and guilt‚ self-gratification‚ and his stage of redemption. This exposure functions as a window opening to the meaning of the work as a whole by Pip realizing his harsh character and how it is affecting the
Premium Great Expectations Charles Dickens Fiction
us feel as though we are normal and acceptable‚ to imbue us with values and teach us of the human condition in a real setting‚ a believable time with similarities to draw between ourselves and the characters. Que the reason I believe that The Outsiders‚
Premium Family Marriage Mother
development. Readers view Pip as one of the protagonist and an antagonist character at the same time. He naturally develops into his adulthood from his memorable childhood. The theme: growing up‚ affects the characters and the plot because Pip and the characters around change as he changes into a grown man. As the story opens up to readers‚ Pip is seen as a little‚ sneaky‚ orphan boy‚ who seeks for parents’ love that got buried under the ground a long time ago. As on page (1) Pip says‚ “At such a time
Premium Great Expectations Charles Dickens Fiction
Area of Study Essay – The Outsiders Essay Teenagers are shown in a variety of texts to be‚ violent‚ disrespectful‚ disruptive and corrupt. S.E. Hinton’s novel ‘The Outsiders’ reveal teenagers to be juvenile delinquents who are violent and whose only interest is remaining faithful to their gang and its members. The theme of the novel ‘The Outsiders’ as the main characters are explained to be represented as juvenile delinquents who belong to a violent neighbourhood and lawless gangs. The gangs
Premium Juvenile delinquency Fiction S. E. Hinton
Three brothers with three very different personalities‚ and many issues have to come together to make their living situation work. The Curtis brothers throughout the course of the novel‚ learn more about each other and their relationships change greatly. After a gruesome incident that killed the boys parents‚ Ponyboy and his brother Sodapop are left in the care of Darry Curtis‚ their older brother. The changes in their relationships go from resentment and disappointment‚ to understanding each other
Premium Sibling Understanding Interpersonal relationship
Superman‚ Spiderman‚ and Batman. Everyone knows these super heroes; well I am hoping they do. Regardless‚ not every hero wares a cape or needs super powers to be considered heroic. Despite the fact anyone can be a hero. I can give some pretty convincing examples; it only takes three simple stories about three boys that sure made the headlines‚ Ponyboy‚ Johnny‚ and Dally. They proved that no matter who you are you can be a hero. There for when it comes to doing the right thing‚ sometimes
Premium Hero English-language films Superhero
This clip from the 2009 science fiction disaster film 2012 shows the scene where Kate Curtis (Amanda Peet)‚ the protagonist’s former wife‚ and her boyfriend Gordon Silberman (Thomas McCarthy) experience a massive‚ earth-shattering earthquake in a supermarket. The editing in this scene primarily serves to induce suspense in the audience. Suspense is created is using cross-cuts between the settings of outside the supermarket and inside. By cutting between the dialogue of couple inside and brief looks
Premium