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    Morality In The Outsiders

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    In the novel “The Outsiders‚” S.E Hinton uses morality to demonstrate that appearances can be misleading. Greaser‚ Ponyboy Curtis’ literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of the gang and make him an admirable best friend. Although‚ Dallas “Dally” Winston is a troublemaker‚ he can still be trusted to stand up for you. Bob Sheldon is a spoiled‚ selfish individual who values meaningless traits. Ponyboy remains humble even though he excels academically. While hiding

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    In the book‚ “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two main social groups‚ the Socs and the greasers. The Socs‚ and the greasers are enemies in the town of Tulsa and often get into fights just because they are different. Socs and greasers often stereotype each other just based on one experience with one their friends. To start off‚ there are many instances of greasers stereotyping Socs but here are just a few examples. First‚ when Ponyboy was looking through Sodapop’s yearbook he stumbled upon

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    The Outsiders Hero

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    giving‚ and humble. For two criminal teenagers to be considered heroic is strange‚ but for Dally Winston and Johnny Cade‚ sacrificing everything for their closest friends and community is a daily ordeal. Throughout H.E. Hinton’s fiction novel‚ The Outsiders‚ Dally and Johnny are constantly portrayed as dangerous and tough kids involved in illegal activity spouting from their street gang. Although this is true to an extent‚ they are simply trying to protect their family of other traumatized kids. Their

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    The Significance of Innocence “‘Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold…’” (Hinton 148). The last words of Johnny Cade indicates that he is telling Ponyboy Curtis to retain his innocence. In The Outsiders‚ the author‚ S.E. Hinton‚ suggests that Ponyboy and Johnny are trying to keep hold of their innocence. They go through many challenges and obstacles and in the end they realize that innocence can be cherished but there is a time when you have to grow up. Oddly‚ Hinton proves just the opposite; she proves

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    a job resume? That can find out if you’re lying. Learn from the people you look up to‚ they mostly made a mistake. It can be a really bad mistake or a little one. Every mistake can be prevented. Everything happens for a reason. In the book The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton they were two different groups. The Socs and greasers‚ the two groups are viewed differently in that city. They are the same‚ but the dress‚act

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    Loyalty In The Outsiders

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    S.E. Hinton wrote an amazing book called The Outsiders. This book has many amazing characters. So many of these characters are heroic. Darry has strength‚ Two-bit has loyalty‚ Dally has courage‚ Johnny has kindness‚ Soda has charm‚ but Pony has loyalty‚ courage‚ and kindness combined. That is my personal definition of a hero. Towards the middle of the story‚ Ponyboy displays loyalty. The author establishes this when Johnny stabbed Bob and wanted to run away. Johnny says to Pony‚ “We gotta get out

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    the title ‘The Outsiders’ for her book even though the word “outsider” was never recorded in the book itself making it the title was an intelligent move on her part. However‚ an outsider‚ in my opinion‚ is someone who doesn’t follow the flow that everyone else follows. For instance‚ many things could make you an outsider‚ including your appearance‚ your family‚ the way you live‚ and how you perform with other people. But why was it so critical for Hinton to use the word “outsider” when she could’ve

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    Feeling and Lady Macbeth

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    writers’William Shakespeare’ and ’Robert Browning’ used techniques to create strong feelings to intrest the audience. In the Laboratory we see the character making revenge by poisioning her partners lover to make her husband suffer for humilating her.Where as in Macbeth we see Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in conflict on whether Macbeth should follow his instinct or obey his partners instructions. Lady Macbeth- Strong feeling of ’Power’-Shakespeare uses the technique of using’harsh words’ to create effect

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    The Feelings of Falling in Love What is Love? Is it attraction? Is it intimacy? Is it attachment? Love‚ in fact‚ is all of these things combined together. "Love is spiritual‚ not physical. It is a union of souls and hearts and minds‚ not something you can ’t put under your microscope and understand!" Love is an emotion combined with a series of feelings. These feelings can be immensely powerful and wonderful. Romantic love is defined to be an intense emotional state that one person experiences

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    Era of Good Feelings

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    Era of Good Feelings After the War of 1812‚ James Monroe was elected the fifth president of the United States in 1816. The Federalist Party died after the Hartford Convention leaving Jeffersonian Republics control‚ which wasn’t for long after the Corrupt Bargain where Henry Clay convinced the House of Representatives to elect Adams as president and make himself secretary of state. This caused a split in parties‚ the National Republicans and the Democrats. After Monroe was elected president the

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