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    Albert Camus‚ in his 1942 novel The Outsider‚ makes use of many techniques in an attempt to convey his themes concerning individualism‚ philosophy‚ and death; indeed‚ the very title of the work highlights a central theme of the novel‚ of society casting out those who refuse to conform. A notable method by which Camus does so is the use of his minor characters‚ as reflections of or parallels to his protagonist’s actions. Meursault is often defined by his apparent lack of emotion or desire to justify

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    The Outsiders The Outsiders was written by S.E. Hinton and takes place in an unnamed town in the United States. The whole story takes place over a few days and describes the life from the view point of Ponyboy Curtis who is the main character of the story as this is his story from an outsider‚ a Greaser. A Greaser is someone that comes from the East side of town‚ which is the poor side of town and has long hair and puts grease in it to make it look shiny and slick. The three main characters of

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    English A1 Higher Level World Literature Assignment 2c: A detailed study of an extract from pages 14 to 15 from The Outsider by Albert Camus Word Count: 1‚378 I have decided to focus on an extract from chapter 1 of Albert Camus’ The Outsider as I feel this extract is highly significant as it serves as a device of exposition to develop Meursault’s‚ continuously judged‚ character and provides foregrounding for the rest of the novel. The prose style

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    The Outsiders WebQuest During this term‚ we will be reading the novel‚ The Outsiders. In order to fully understand the context of the story‚ it is important that you have a clear understanding of the time period. In some ways many things haven’t changed since the 1960s (i.e. gangs‚ friendship‚ etc.). However‚ in other ways‚ there have been major transformations. Therefore‚ you will research certain topics in order to gain a fuller understanding of the setting and social contexts of the novel

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    The Outsiders is a novel by S.E Hinton that is set in the 1960’s in a city close to New York. It is about the conflict between the rich people‚ the upper-class‚ the west-side kids‚ called the Socs and the lower class‚ poorer people‚ called the Greasers. The conflict between the two social groups occurs because the Socs are too real and too demanding for things. The Greasers are being jumped by the Socs and that creates conflict and hatred between the two groups who aren’t really that

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    The author S.E.Hinton uses extreme events to make the argument that given a chance; even those labelled ‘bad’ by society can do good. In the novel The Outsiders the characters that are labelled bad greasers who are placed in challenging situations. Those situations demonstrate that people are not always what they are labelled. S.E.Hinton uses her characters and their actions to persuade us that you cannot label someone until you know them and what they have been through. The novel demonstrates that

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    The Outsiders Alienation The Outsiders is a story that has motley of alienation. Alienation isn’t being taken by aliens. Alienation is uniqueness and someone that is different from another person or group of people. But through the whole story of the Outsiders there is alienation. One symbol of alienation in this story is money between the Greasers and the Socs. The Socs always show the characteristics of being rich because they’re always wearing madras shirts and pants. Like

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    Outsiders Outsiders exist in every society. When there is a set of social rules to follow‚ at least one person breaks it‚ and becomes a recluse. These people may either challenge society‚ or try to fit in. Some choose to be separated‚ while others are separated not by their own will. Whatever the circumstances‚ outcasts force people to think about society from a completely different perspective. These people are important in many stories. A few important outsiders from short stories include pepe

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    S.E. Hinton: The Outsiders A Term Paper In Partial Fulfillment For Language Arts 11 By Eduardo Rivera Rivera 5/22/13 Mr. Jesus Ramos Period 6 S.E. Hinton is one of the best known American authors. She has written many stories and novels‚ none of which are as famous as her young-adult novel‚ The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton has won some awards for her contributions to English literature. Her books have been used in schools as she has inspired

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    The Outsiders Gang was between the rich and the poor‚ young children are constant of evil in a life of a young boy named pony boy. This research paper is going to be about S.E Hinton‚ background of the story‚ and the three brother. This story has emotional‚ happy and thrilling moments in this book. The greaser and socs do not get alone with each other. S.E. Hinton’s novel‚ the outsiders is the first a narrative of Ponyboy‚ a young outcast boy who later become a strong man filled with identify

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