The Role Expectations Play In The Outsiders Do you ever feel like you’re being forced to do things because of the expectations society has placed on you to do them? For instance shaving your legs just because you are a female. Societal expectations and expectations placed on the characters in the novel “The Outsiders” by themselves greatly affected their actions and reactions‚ as well as the final outcome of the novel. One example of the role societal expectations play in the novel is that all the
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Throughout “The Outsiders” the socioeconomic differences roles play a key part in the development of the story. There are two main groups in the story‚ the Socs and the Greasers‚ who are torn apart by this difference. The Socs are rich kids from the West-side and their name is an abbreviation for the Socials. They jump the Greasers‚ ruin houses‚ and throw beer blasts for fun‚ and they could be in the papers for being a public humiliation one day and be a benefit to the community the next day. The
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One Step At A Time Summary: When he was only two‚ a car accident took his leg‚ and his mother. Now‚ Ponyboy must learn to deal with life as a fourteen year old with only one leg. With the help six brothers and dad‚ he’s just going to have to take it one step at a time. (Mr. Curtis is alive!) Disclaimer: No‚ silly‚ I never have nor will I ever own The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton owns The Outsiders. *sighs* :( I simply borrow them for my own creative enjoyment purposes. Guest: White collar black wolf:
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The leper. The homeless. Minorities. People labeled “different”. These are examples of “outcasts‚” people “rejected or cast out‚ as from home or society.” They are “mistfits” even‚ “unable to adjust to a situation” with its narrow‚ inflexible expectations. Holden Caulfield in the novel Catcher in the Rye‚ Wally in the short story White Chocolate‚ and Jamal Wallace in the movie Finding Forrester are examples of teen heroes‚ all attending high school‚ who struggle to fit‚ but who discover quickly
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Character Analysis Ponyboy Curtis Ponyboy Curtis is a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother‚ Darry‚ who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother‚ Sodapop‚ who is 16. Darry characterizes Ponyboy as lacking common sense. Pony agrees with this assessment. He readily admits that he is smart at school‚ but sometimes
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the characters in the book. In ‘The Outsiders’ the main conflict is person vs society. Since Ponyboy is a greaser he is looked down upon in society because he is poor. One example of a plot is person vs person‚ of Darry and Ponyboy. A lot of times Darry and Ponyboy don’t get along and get into a lot of arguments‚ by yelling and shouting. This would be an example of person vs person because one character is fighting another character. In this situation Ponyboy and Darry are verbally fighting each
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quitting method‚ yet fewer than 20% of quitters are successful.(3) Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) may improve this success rate because they tackle addiction as well as associated behaviours. We will assess the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a quitting aid‚ by comparing the quitting rate and quitting duration to e-cigarettes without nicotine and to other NRTs. We will also assess if there are side-effects of e-cigarettes by measuring lung capacity. The results of our study will: inform governments
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Othello: The Outsider (Acts 1 and 2) It is without a doubt that Shakespeare chooses to expound on the concept of the outsider in the first two acts of the play because this concept or theme will be of paramount importance especially in the later parts of the play. Shakespeare seeks to craft this concept of the outsider in a dramatically effective manner by giving definition to what constitutes being an outsider and what are the implications of being an outsider. This essay ultimately argues that
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notebook. They asked if I was with the Daily Tar Heel‚ the campus newspaper. Dressed in my Adidas exercise pants and shirt‚ I confused them. My face was unfamiliar to the rest of the women‚ but I looked as if I could have been joining them. I was an outsider who could become an insider. However‚ as long as there were no cleats on my feet‚ there was a certain dialogue I could not touch. The president of the club‚ Teagan‚ was the only person who knew I was coming. With a short haircut and highlighter
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know within the city of Ephesus. Antipholus has created a reputable reputation with his community that he worked hard to build and has indeed accomplished. Antipholus E.‚ unlike his brother‚ pays no consideration to his misplaced family because he is engrossed entirely by the new life he has created for himself and his wife. Antipholus E. is also a man labeled within his own household as one to have a “quick to anger” temper. His relationship with Dromio of Ephesus tends to exhibit a servant-master
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