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    Although I thought they were two very different movies. To my surprise‚ ’Grease’ and ’The Outsiders’ do have some very similar characteristics. Even though the genres are different‚ they have similar themes. Not surprisingly‚ sound and lighting had almost no similarities. However; camerawork is very similar at various points of the two films. ’Grease’ and ’The Outsiders’ are very similar in numerous ways: Both movies involve gangs‚ the struggle to fit in and peer-group pressure. Alcohol also plays

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    Robby Reyes Mr. Fountain Film Study III/Period 5 11 February 2013 The Outsiders Movie Critiqued Correctly The Outsiders did not fit the criteria of being one of the films of Francis Ford Coppola. Critics were largely unimpressed by the movie but did well enough at the box office. The Outsiders was based off the novel‚ published in 1967‚ by S.E. Hinton. It is about a character‚ Ponyboy‚ who lives with his two brothers‚ Darry and Sodapop. All of them battle class warfare along with their fellow

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    Scorpions vs Outsiders In this essay‚ I am going to compare and contrast the two novels ‘Scorpions’ by Walter Dean Myers and ‘Outsiders’ by S.E. Hinton. I will summarize the stories and then describe their differences and similarities. For example‚ both books are about gangs. But in Scorpions‚ there is one gang; in the Outsiders there are two. The Scorpions is about a 12 year old boy named Jamal who lives with his Mama and his little sister‚ Sassy‚ in Harlem. When his older brother Randy ends

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    First of all‚ I will be characterizing Atticus as an outsider and a riskful person. To begin‚ Atticus can be characterized as an outsider. Firstly‚ Atticus does not hunt‚ fish‚ gamble‚ drink‚ or smoke like a majority of the fathers and men in Maycomb do. As stated in the novel‚ “He did not do the things our schoolmates’ fathers did: he never went hunting‚ he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the livingroom and read” (Lee 118). Not doing one or two of those activities to the

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    your own “home”. You become what everyone would call an “outsider”. There are certain traditions and memories left behind that makes the place you once called home unique and different than any other county. As an outsider moving to the US‚ it became clear to me that all I had to do was install those traditions and memories inside of me all over again so I can feel the slightest of feeling that resembles the one I felt back home. Being an outsider in a country that is not yours isn’t as easy as everyone

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    by threats within and without the fort‚ just as American society has relied on the preservation of myth and tradition‚ even when untrue‚ in order to retain national cohesion and identity. Likewise‚ Fort Apache challenges conventional depictions of heroism by revealing that those originally thought to be heroes also are those who facilitate such lies. There have been countless instances in American history that were at once analogous with atrocity‚ injustice‚ hypocrisy and unfathomable despair. However

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    always has a gang‚ a street gang‚ or the so-called outcasts.” – Jimi Hendrix. The tone‚ purpose‚ and gangs in the Outsiders and the article share some traits‚ and differ with others. For example‚ they share the theme of violence among youth. However‚ the view of the gangs on violence differs. One common theme The Outsiders and the news article share violence among youth. In The Outsiders‚ the main character‚ Ponyboy‚ is involved in a local gang. Throughout the novel‚ he indicates his reluctance in

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    People may think that outsiders are misjudged or others may agree on that they are misunderstood as a person. There are many different opinions out there. There are many outsiders just by how they; dress‚ how their hair looks or even their personalities and hobbies they’re into. I think to believe more misjudged than to misunderstand. I believe that outsiders are overall misjudged than misunderstood because in this generation everyone judges everyone somehow. Judging can even change a person. If

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    Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a tragic story of betrayal and heroism. Cassius and Brutus believes that Caesar will gain too much power and want to kill him to take his power away. Cassius persuades Brutus of Caesar’s corrupt ethics and also tries to convince him to join his plot against Caesar by his use of loaded language‚ emotional appeal‚ along with logical thinking included in the first monologue. When Cassius wanted he could be very persuasive about anything he believed in. He had

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    Social classes in “The Outsiders” were a portrayal of how society was back in the 60’s. It sets the mood for the novel with the Socs’ and the Greasers. They were both from different parts of town (East and West). The “Greasers” were the lower class that live on the East side of Tulsa. They wear leather jackets and ripped jeans‚ and they walk everywhere. On the other hand‚ the “Socs” were the rich kids that lived on the West Side of town. They drove nice cars and wore the best clothes. The social

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