Monroe wearing a pair. Young men wore a shirt‚ tie and sharply pressed slacks. If you were the rebellious type‚ however‚ you wore dark clothes all the time‚ refused to iron anything and were just generally looking rough on purpose (these were known as greasers). People definitely dressed up special for formal events. For weddings and
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He decided to put his own personal touch into the essay. I was able to understand the real struggles he has gone through and his young life and how he has become the person he is today. Most greasers his a were so obsessed with rambles and smoking and gambling that they don’t have a genuine concern for an education. I am pleased to say that I think that Ponyboy could have a real future in life. He has chosen to make good choices in his past and
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to crash because of his doing. Cherry is always brave‚ no matter what‚ and she never backs down. She tells Dally “I wouldn’t drink it if I was starving in the desert. Get lost‚ hood!” (pg. 22) even though he was unsafe. She wasn’t afraid of a greaser‚ even though they were known for being perilous. She remains undaunted in the face of hoodlums‚ the exact opposite
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Why Ponyboy Should Go to the System The Curtis boys eat chocolate cake every morning‚ page 105 says this “The first one up has to make breakfast‚ I started to find the eggs we need for our chocolate cake we eat every morning for breakfast‚ along with our chocolate milk.” This is some proof that Ponyboy should go to the system. He would be better off with the system because‚ the cake has a lot of sugar and it’s he’s eating a block of sugar everyday.So if Ponyboy stays with Darry he could get
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"How important was the role of women during world war 1" The early rush of volunteers and later the conscription of men led to a shortage of manpower on the home front. Women‚ already working in munitions factories were encouraged to take on jobs normally done by men. This was the start of major social change. Before the war‚ women had been content to stay at home to bring up the family and do domestic work. It was considered unbecoming for a woman to work. During the war it was considered unpatriotic
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Prompt/Question Explore one of these themes either family‚ heroism or the underdog in the story The Outsiders. Provide at least 3 excerpts from the text as evidence to support your answer. Heroes are everywhere; they live the same neighborhood as us‚ and eat the same cereal as we do. We just sometimes too blunt to realize it. Their heroic actions might be small-like sticking up for a bullied kid and other time they can be great like saving people lives like Spider Man. But the thing about heroes
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Subcultures Culture plays a very important role in continuing values and norms of society. We know that people are different each other and our society also offers lots of opportunities for people to be creative. These creative people become a cultural subgroup outside the core of the dominant culture and they are called a subculture. A subculture is a group of people within a culture that differentiates themselves from the larger culture to which they belong. According to the Oxford English Dictionary
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communities by capital and state Barrio: neighborhood Social darwinisms: imperialism‚ colonialism‚ racism. “survival of the fittest” Charles Darwin‚ also defend laissez-faire Nativism: racism terms used to Mexican american Meskins Greasers Cholos Violence: lynching‚ whipping‚ hanging Cart war 1857: over vendor El paso salt war: Mexican am vs. Americans over salt war Francisco Gandarra: lynched‚ in black water Arizona 1872 Juanita: downieville‚ was was
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The class of Constitution and Criminal Law was very appealing to me because‚ I would like to know more of my rights as an individual‚ apart from needing the class for my minor. The PowerPoint slides are very informational and during class lecture and discussion opens up an array of ideas and discussion‚ which keeps me attentive to lean and absorb more of the subject at hand. What I am going to discuss is the film we saw in which in my opinion is a very great film because we rarely hear about Mexican/Hispanic
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H12 Mr. More 6/7th Grade Humanities September 20‚ 2014 Dear Darry‚ Hi‚ it is me Ponyboy. I have been meaning to talk to you about something. I never thought you as a father even though you always try to be like a father to me. You were always very rough to me and even though you sometimes said sorry for any act you did like shaking me vigorously‚ I never thought you really meant it. As for example‚ once I thought‚ “Darry isn’t very sorry for anything he does. It seems funny to me that he should
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