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    rings have a double purpose‚ they act like brass knuckles and look cool‚ tattoos with the gang’s symbol or motto‚ and hand signs. As mentioned before‚ gangs will almost always have a defined goal or purpose‚ usually to cause crime. Some gangs will participate in robberies‚ others might deal drugs. They may also just stay together for friendship or protection‚ or even social status. Gang members can profit from selling illegal goods‚ robbing people or

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    First of all‚ I will be characterizing Atticus as an outsider and a riskful person. To begin‚ Atticus can be characterized as an outsider. Firstly‚ Atticus does not hunt‚ fish‚ gamble‚ drink‚ or smoke like a majority of the fathers and men in Maycomb do. As stated in the novel‚ “He did not do the things our schoolmates’ fathers did: he never went hunting‚ he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the livingroom and read” (Lee 118). Not doing one or two of those activities to the

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    "insider" and "outsider" ethicists would find the best and culturally sensitive form of morality for particular cultures. For this to have any meaning however‚ a description is required for both "insider" and "outsider". An "insider"‚ as termed by Crocker‚ is "one who is counted‚ recognized‚ or accepted by himself/herself

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    People may think that outsiders are misjudged or others may agree on that they are misunderstood as a person. There are many different opinions out there. There are many outsiders just by how they; dress‚ how their hair looks or even their personalities and hobbies they’re into. I think to believe more misjudged than to misunderstand. I believe that outsiders are overall misjudged than misunderstood because in this generation everyone judges everyone somehow. Judging can even change a person. If

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    HBR.ORG ApRil 2013 reprinT r1304B Innovation Risk: How to Make Smarter Decisions assessing the prospects of any new product requires modeling how it will be used. But that exercise has its limits. by Robert C. Merton The Big idea innOvAti innOvAti OvA OvAti v sM HOw tO MAke wt The Big Idea Assessing the prospects of any new product requires modeling how it will be used. But that exercise has its limits. by Robert C. Merton 2 Harvard Business Review april 2013 This article is

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    sense doth prompt him; for when he strikes he is blind to where the blow shall fall‚ nor can he count the airy threads that weave the web of circumstance”. Though‚ when it comes to the horrific events that occurred in the novel The Outsiders‚ who is to blame? The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ covers the life of two rival gangs‚ the lower class Greasers and the upper class Socs. The feud between the two groups grows out of hand after one of the Socs is killed by a Greaser by the name of Johnny. From then

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    Being an outsider is not an easy thing and that is proven almost everyday in some way. An outsider comes in all shapes‚ and forms no matter the location whether it is school‚ home‚ work‚ etc. an outsider faces the constant day to day struggle of trying to fit in with their surroundings. In the novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” written by Junot Díaz‚ the effects- mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally- of outsiderness can be seen in many ways. In his novel Díaz shows how different things

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    The Outsiders Literary Response Recently‚ some young or old black group members would call each other N****. One of the reasons why is because maybe they think that they’re very close friends‚ and the same skin color that it is ok to call them that name. This would sometimes happen by tossing the name around a little bit in jokes‚ but then when they start to use it towards their friends. The person wouldn’t care since their good friends. If a random person called someone a N*****‚ and they didn’t

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    The Outsiders‚ elucidates that friendship becomes the most vital value in a world where parental influence is scarce and violence seems to be the only answer. Constantly in conflict are the two social groups known as the Socs‚ the rich and privileged‚ and the Greasers‚ the poor ‘hoods’‚ yet both find common ground in the fact that friendship is immensely important . The depth of the friendship between Johnny and Ponyboy can only be explained with one word‚ unbreakable. Both boys confide in each

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    Outsiders To study a group that directly does not want to be in a group can be a challenge itself. Luckily I happen to have first hand experience. The three main types of outsider are social awkward one‚ the floater‚ and the determined outsider(Kelly). I am probably closest to the floater with a little bit of awkward one. In my experience to be a floater one has to be close enough so that multiple groups know their name but most of them know but not close enough so that when any of them do anything

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