Ponyboy Curtis what are the physical traits of ponyboy curtis in the book? (long hair‚ light brown hair). Ponyboy is 14 year s old and he has light brown (almost red) hair thats greased and combed back‚ he has greengray eyes. He is considered small and slim. He is a daydreamer‚ a bookworm‚ and a heavy smoker. He analyzes many things deeply. He is very smart and has good literary capability. Ponyboy is also a little naive and is not overtly connected to reality. He matures throughout the course of the novel
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courageous people. They inspired others and made a transformation in history. Mandela fought for integration of his people. Gandhi protested and fought against the British rule. They did amazing things to shape our world today‚ although Nelson Mandela made a greater impact. Although Mahatma Gandhi did not make as great of a change‚ he improved our world. In the second paragraph of “Eulogy for Mahatma Gandhi”‚ it states‚ “Yet ultimately things happened which no doubt made him suffer tremendously‚ though his
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Thank you for meeting with me today‚ Ponyboy. You were once one of Tulsa’s “juvenile delinquents”‚ yet you became a hometown hero by saving the kids at the church. How has that affected your life? Well‚ it’s true that I once was a hood‚ but now I have a family and my brothers also and I am a author. What is your earliest memory of your friends? When we were hanging out when Johnny and Dally were still alive. How has the gang changed since Johnny’s death? We were sad but got use to it‚ we will miss
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He didn’t really have any strong leadership skills that is until‚ his plane‚ the fairchild‚ crashed in the Andes mountains. Nando changes drastically from the beginning of the story to the end. He goes from not speaking up to the leader who saves lives‚ gives hope and encouragement. When his plane first crashed all he could think of was his sister Susy‚ and how he could keep her alive. Once she died he was lost. He questioned things and thought little of himself as a leader. He always wanted
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The book‚ Siddhartha‚ by Hermann Hesse‚ is about a young boy named Siddhartha who wanted to become enlightened. Siddhartha vastly changed throughout the book‚ and Hesse used several techniques to describe his changes- this includes how the characters fulfilled the mentor roles to him‚ the various symbols that Siddhartha encounters‚ and his character development. Siddhartha goes on a journey and meets several mentors‚ which includes Govinda‚ Kamala‚ the river‚ and the ferryman‚ Vasudeva. All of these
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would never realize it. A hero is someone who has a good personality and does the right thing. In the Outsiders‚ Ponyboy is the biggest hero because he’s courageous and good at just about anything. Ponyboy is the most courageous person in the Outsiders. Who would go into a burning building that was about to collapse‚ just to save some kids? Not many people would do that‚ but Ponyboy did. Also‚ when Johnny killed Bob he could have stayed and blamed Johnny for killing him‚ but he had the guts to
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In the Odyssey‚ Odysseus changed so much from the man we was before he left and the time he had arrived home. Though it was ten years the story seemed to sum up the book well getting the key details on how Odysseus made his journey and the problems he had to encounter. He left from his home with a team of crewman. He had to face many challenges like the Lotus Eaters‚ The Cyclops‚ Poseidon and the Suitors. During his encounter with the Lotus Eaters he had sent two men out to investigate the island
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The kids are in the church. One desperate thought ran through my mind. Ponyboy was already running. Dally was swearing‚ saying it was too late and we shouldn’t die as well in between curses. I still have to help‚ they’re in there! I ran toward the church‚ trying to see through the thick smoke like the cigarettes we were smoking! I remembered the cigarette I had absentmindedly dropped. My stomach swooped. This was my fault? It doesn’t matter now! There! I heard something besides the crackling of the
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In its early days‚ Sparta was social‚ and had contact with other city-states. Until‚ they made some drastic changes. They became warlike‚ and were almost undefeatable in land battle. Eventually‚ they built a fleet as well. Today‚ Sparta is well known for being the strongest‚ and most warlike of the ancient Greek city-states. Founded in the 10th century B.C.‚ Sparta was originally a social city-state‚ its people traded with other city-states‚ and craftsmen produced fine vases and metal workings. “The
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parents to send him at the front as officer. Unfortunately‚ the war ended before he was given this opportunity. Himmler was disappointed by the sudden German defeat and by the shameful peace terms inflicted by the new Republic. This caused him to change from a role model to what he became in the aftermath. In 1923‚ he participated to the failed overthrow of Munich by Hitler. In this period‚ Himmler’s thought combined with the ambition of making carrier. In 1925 he enrolled in the SS. Here Himmler’s
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