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    Many towns have started to put a public curfew affecting minors‚ normally around 10 pm. In the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton there is no curfew‚ would it have been helpful to the characters? Would it have affected them? Despite popular belief‚ some believe that there should be no curfew‚ and it may have helped the characters. Some people believe that there should be a curfew for minors. If there is a curfew there would be less time to get in trouble. “You really killed him‚ huh‚ Johnny?" If there was

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    Comparing Freedom Writers and The Outsiders Taking place in Long Beach California‚ Richard Lagravense directed an amazing movie titled “Freedom Writers.” Freedom Writers came out in 2007 and has inspired many teenagers all over the world. Not only do I consider this to be one of my favorite movies‚ but many others do too. Freedom Writers was a movie with many interesting characters. Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell (Mrs. G)‚ a high school teacher who realizes that teaching is her passion

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    Meursault‚ the novel’s narrator and protagonist‚ receives a telegram telling him that his mother has died. She had been living in an old persons’ home in Marengo‚ outside of Algiers. Meursault asks his boss for two days’ leave from work to attend the funeral. His boss grudgingly grants the request‚ and makes Meursault feel almost guilty for asking. Meursault catches the two o’clock bus to Marengo‚ and sleeps for nearly the entire trip. When Meursault arrives‚ he meets with the director of the old

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    position and those responsibilities? or would you bail on your siblings? Well‚ in this book I read titled the "The Outsiders" a boy named Darry had to take care of his two young brothers‚ he had to work ‚ pay bills ‚ and he had to give up his college scholarship because he needed to take care of his brothers. Darry’s personality was stern and serious‚ his role in the gang of greaser’s was like the big brother since he was the oldest.

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    The movie “The Outsiders” and the book “The Outsiders” are close to being the same‚but not quite. They both have the same characters and the same setting. The differences from the book compared to the movie are that in the beginning Ponyboy the main character doesn’t get jumped. Another difference is that Tim Sheperd was never at the movie theater‚but there are some similarities. Here are some of the similarities between the two. Bob is still killed by Johnny. The same thing happens in the movie

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    desk; the respectful teacher is their captain in their whole life. He makes the students know what life is‚ to help more young people to find his own. Students set up “Dead Poets Society” to release themselves. Also‚ I believe that most of the students like the teacher such as Mr. Keating in nowadays. He encouraged confidence and enthusiasm‚ I hope that I can find myself‚ and do the best of myself with his inspiration‚ and “suck out all the marrow of life”. However‚ he forgot to teach his students how

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    MURDER IN THE PARK On the 8th of October‚ a murder was committed in a park on the outskirts of Tulsa. The victim was a 17-year-old boy named Bob Sheldon‚ who was found lying in a pool of blood at 5pm. A woman was taking a walk through the park when she discovered the bloody corpse. She contacted the police immediately. A witness known to be a friend of Bob Sheldon said that his friend had been brutally murdered by a knife-wielding maniac. This may be biased information due to a variety of

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    The Outsiders Critical Lens Essay   The quote in question is “All good is destined to be defeated.” The quote means‚ for every good guy‚ there is a bad guy. For every hero‚ there is a villain. Everyone who has ever tried to do something good has been destined to be stopped. The quote not only speaks for literature‚ but for everything. If you look from now‚ all the way back to ancient times‚ you will see examples of this in many works of literature. The book The Outsiders is a good representation

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    | The theme of As you like it:As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the First Folio‚ 1623. The play’s first performance is uncertain‚ though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility. As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle’s court‚ accompanied by her cousin Celia and Touchstone the court jester‚ to find safety and eventually‚

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    of opportunity. We experience a good deal of social mobility‚ where people through generations or in their own lifetime can move up or down the social scale. By examining the many different perceptions of social class along with S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders‚ it is illustrated that social class has an impact on people while they are growing up‚ and will usually deny them from rising above adversity. Many people have tried to figure out exactly what it is that makes up a particular social class. In Medieval

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