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    Life In The Outsiders

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    Living In An Outside World Looking at life as an outsider and feeling as though one is being treated as an outsider is a matter of perspective or point of view. Someone who always feels like an outsider may conclude that life is unfair. This is a story of teen gang‚ the Greasers are at odds with the Socials‚ a rival group. When Greasers Ponyboy and Johnny get into a noisy quarrel that ends the death of a social member

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    Theme For The Outsiders

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    The theme of "the Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton is you can depend on friends. "the Outsiders" is about two teenage groups that are constantly fighting over there differences. One of those two groups are called the Socs‚ these are the rich and popular kids at the school. The other group the Greasers are what you would call the not so popular kids that are always getting in trouble‚ or so everyone assumes. My first reason that you can depend on friends is a purposeful claim is‚ because when Bob( a Soc)

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    The Outsiders Debate

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    In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ the Socs are the ones to blame for all of the problems. After all they are the cause of the rumble. The Socs are no good drunk 24/7 idiots who need to turn their ego down‚ and intelligence up. They screw up MANY times in the book. Yah yah‚ greasers are not perfect‚ but at least they have some common sense. And I’ll tell you why the greasers are innocent and the Socs are not. First of all‚ Johnny was justified in killing Bob. It was in self-defense‚ the

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    “I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to do that myself” (Emma Watson). Being an outsider to a stereotype is demonstrated in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton through her characters and their actions. Pony‚ Randy‚ and Darry all are outsiders to their groups and stereotypes; in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma there are two opposing gangs‚ the greasers and the Socs. The greasers are lower class people who do not have the smarts or athleticism so be special‚ while the Socs are really rich‚ really smart‚

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    different‚ but that propels me forward in life”. S.E. Hinton believes that the outsiders are all the people who dare to be different‚ and who stand out from their social category. She provides examples throughout The Outsiders of characters that feel and act differently than those around them. Randy Adderson does not fit the stereotype of a Soc because he is caring‚ and he has his own opinions. To begin with‚ Randy is an outsider because he cares about other people. He exercises this unique attribute when

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    was a big trial on witchcraft that tore the town Salem apart. There were multiple heroic characters that illustrate wise actions to try to end the witch trails or to simply survive them. There were three characters in The Crucible that displayed heroism by doing intelligent acts. To begin with‚ John Proctor was smart enough to confess his affair to show that Abigail was lying about being controlled by witches. John Proctor says‚ “I have known her‚ sir. I have known her” (Miller 110). Proctor confessing

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    Modern heroes have to be brave‚ strong and smart. Even in Winnie the Pooh‚ they understand that heroism has changed. “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe‚ and stronger than you seem‚ and smarter than you think.” (A.A. Milne‚ author of Winnie the Pooh) Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” is not so different‚ it also has a pretty obvious example of a modern hero. The novel takes place during the Great Depression and is about two young children (Jem and Scout ) who are

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    The Open Boat Heroism

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    All of these four men worked hard and had an equal contribution for each other’s survival. However out of these four men‚ who is the hero? Heroism is not something you can learn or get from experience‚ but rather heroism is something that comes out of need of survival. It is a one’s perspective that determines who the hero is. For some all of those four men might be heroes‚ but for some only one of them might be a hero. It all

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    A Summary Of An Outsider

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    Outsider Essay An outsider is a person who has been exiled or excluded from society because they are different in appearance‚ beliefs‚ background‚ behaviour‚ or mental health. Outsiders may choose isolation but their victimisation is carried out by society. Romeril’s Les Harding is deliberately portrayed as one of society’s innocent victims in contrast with Shakespeare’s murderous Lady Macbeth And John Donne’s pathetic death. In John Romeril’s surreal comic tragedy "The Floating World" he uses

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    Heroism: Word Hero

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    Heroism‚ then and now. When I say then and now I mean in the early hundreds to before Christ was born‚ I’m talking Anglo-Saxon time‚ I’m talking Celtic‚ early roman days in great Britain. Before there were superstars and all these talks of these fictional comic book characters there were heroes. Now when I say the word hero or when people hear it now days the first thought that comes to mind are superman‚ and batman‚ but no‚ those aren’t heroes. What your going to read today is the difference of

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