An Important idea in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is the idea of friendship and loyalty. This idea is shown through the members of the gang The Greasers. They teach us the value of real friendship. We see friendship and loyalty is important because it gives people love‚ security and the opportunity to be themselves and not be judged for it. We see the how friendship and loyalty can make someone feel loved and wanted in the chapter when friends are special and having one is good. In this chapter
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He helped others out by pulling Johnny and Ponyboy out of the church and saving their lives. He also fought in the rumble for his greaser friends even though he should have been in the hospital getting better. Dally also kills himself because Johnny died‚ though this really isn’t heroism it shows his love for his greaser friends. This is why I think Dally should be a hero. Darry is a hero in The Outsiders because he helps the Curtis brothers a lot. He helped Sodapop and Ponyboy
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Belonging can be defined as the process of the association with the human race as socially active characters. It is part of the human condition which exemplifies the need for security‚ safety and acceptance. Aspects of belonging such as alienation and isolation can be associated with the concept of belonging‚ as not belonging is a reciprocal process of belonging. Belonging allows for the substantiation of characters through the formation of identity and connections. Belonging is the human need
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is about a boy named Poneyboy who is the main character of the story. He has two brothers Sodapop and Darry who are part of a gang the Greasers. Poneyboy associates with the Greasers who have greasy long hair‚ and dress pretty sloppy. Greasers are always going up against the Socs who have the money and are better
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because the exposition in the book involved a significant event‚ where the Socs showed the violent relationship they have between the Greasers. Another difference is When Cherry explains to Ponyboy that ‘Socs are cool to the point of not feeling anything’‚ without this scene in the movie‚ it is harder to understand how Cherry views the conflict between Socs and Greasers. Although there were differences‚ there were also similarities. One of them is the scene where Dally slapped Ponyboy; this scene was
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(Macquarie Pocket Dictionary Third Edition pg.1153). In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton published in 1972 violence is used quite regularly to answer difficulties. In this novel there are two Gangs called The Socs and The Greaser. The Socs are the rich kids on the north side of town and The Greaser are the middle class kids on the south side of town. Violence is never the answer. It may lead to damage to your mental and physical health. It also hurts your friends and families. Violence hurts people physically
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the 1960’s “Etch a Sketch”‚ Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots‚ The Easy Bake Oven‚ Play-Doh‚ Dr Who Dalek Bump & Go Boxed Greasers in 1950’s/1960’s Greasers liked rock and roll music. A major part of their culture and their styles were influenced by singers like Eddie Cochran‚ Gene Vincent‚ Johnny Brunette‚ and Vince Taylor. The teens of 1950s and 1960s adopted the name “Greaser‚” they did so with the idea of being rebellious. They rebelled with their looks and attitudes; they hung out in their “hoods
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biggest contrast would be the lack of forbidden love‚ which is present in both Romeo and Juliet and in West Side Story. Instead‚ this focuses on the different social classes and the gangs present within each class. The main character Ponyboy is a greaser‚ and his both his parents were recently killed in a car crash. Now he is in the care of his older brother‚ and all three of the boys in the family participate in gang rumbles and occasional crime. There is now way to know if having the parents there
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Outsiders Essay (#5 Is Randy a hero or a coward?) In the novel the Outsiders‚ Randy Adderson‚ (a Soc) decides not to fight in the rumble against the Greasers. I believe that he is a hero for the following reasons. Randy’s motivation for not fighting in the rumble was not based on fear‚ but rather understanding. He realized that even if the Greasers won‚ the Socs would still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. Randy knew that fighting wouldn’t change anything. Randy states‚ “I’d fight‚ if I thought
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Nature vs. Nurture You got your dark brown eyes from your dad‚ and you got your height from your mom…but where did you get your love for roller coasters and devotion to sick animals? I believe you got those traits from nature. In the nature vs. nurture debate there was a tie about which one was right‚ but I believe that Nature has more of an affect on you than nurture does. The fact that identical twins can both be separated at birth not knowing that they had a twin and do almost exactly what the
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