"The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara is a short story set in the inner part of New York City that gives the reader an opportunity to briefly see into the lives of children living devoid of wealth and education. It takes place in the early seventies‚ following the civil rights movement and during a time when the imbalance of wealth in terms of race was immense. Bamabara‚ through the use of narrative point of tone‚ symbols‚ setting and characterization‚ brings out and develops what I believe to be the
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wrong. His heroic decisions helped him stand by his friend’s side and help save kids from a burning church. Ponyboy shows extreme loyalty by sticking by his friend Johnny’s side when he killed Bob. He defies the law by going to Windrixville with Johnny to hide out from the cops instead of turning themselves in‚ but they eventually make the right decision to turn themselves in (pg. 56-87). Ponyboy had to make another important decision when some kids were stuck in the burning church. He had two choices
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THE OUTSIDERS Heroes are an important part of our society. A hero is a person that puts other before themselves. In the outsiders by S.E Hinton‚ there are many characters that play important roles in the theme of the story. The theme shows that not everything is the way it appears. This is the case when identifying heroes in this story. Some characters are so strong‚ they become the heroes of the story. In the outsiders‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ and Ponyboy are heroes‚ they all risk their lives for others
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Lawrence in his book Culture and Values A Survey of the Humanities‚ talked about the Baroque period "Throughout the seventeenth century; philosophy - like the visual arts - continued to extend and intensify ideas first developed in the Renaissance by pushing them to new extremes. With the spread of humanism the sixteenth century had seen a growing spirit of philosophical and scientific inquiry"(402). In fact‚ with the appearance of many talented philosophers and scientists like Galileo and Descartes
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He is Ponyboy’s least favourite member of the gang‚ Pony sees him as tougher colder and meaner. Johnny and Pony turn to Dally when they need help escaping after Johnny kills Bob. Dally is there for them as he gives Pony the coat off his own back so Pony could keep warm. Dally also gives them a gun and a place to hide. At the end of the book Johnny dies which makes Dally very sad and reacts in a bad way. Dally goes and steals that night and the cops started chasing him.
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English Essay – Molly Candlish The purpose of the outsider is to expose the flaws of society. Use social/historical and literary context. The genre of an Outsider novel is a ‘coming of age’ story which portrays the generic struggles of a protagonist against the social norms and conventions of society. Some people believe that the purpose of ‘The Outsider’ is to expose the flaws of society. However‚ it can also be considered a novel with many other purposes‚ such as a Novel of the Absurd that focus’
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from the movies. A car filled with socs followed him‚ they jumped him. He remembered that Johnny‚ his best bud‚ got jumped by the same socs. Darry‚ Ponyboy’s oldest brother was worried sick about him‚ finally ponyboy showed up. Darry hit him and Ponyboy ran away‚ found Johnny in the vacant lot‚ sleeping. A car hovered around them‚ five socs jump Ponyboy and Johnny. Ponyboy was drowning the fountain‚ Johnny stabbed the soc and killed him. They went to Dally for help. Dally gave them a gun and said
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David Brin quoted "The worst mistake of first contact‚ made throughout history made by individual on both sides of every new encounter has been unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It is often proved fatal." This quote took major themes of The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton. Often times‚ people make judgements upon others by first impression. Those judgements can cause anger. This could lead to fighting‚ in his quote it can often be fatal. Fatal doesn’t have to mean the end of a life‚
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dark forest”. In the book‚ The Outsiders‚ the conflict between the Greasers and Socs create hardships that characters have to face. The theme of Bob Dylan’s “Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” and S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is Facing hardship/obstacles can shape one’s identity‚ and this is expressed through the characters‚ their experiences‚ and lyrics. To begin with‚ the theme of facing hardships and obstacles appears in Bob Dylan’s “Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.”Throughout the song‚ the lyrics suggest
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Discuss how psychology developed as a scientific discipline Prior to psychology being recognised as a scientific discipline in its own right‚ it was mainly a philosophical concept developed by theorists in areas such as animism and dualism. However‚ these philosophies were not based on objectivity unlike today’s psychology which maintains that for an investigation to be deemed scientific it must be based on the scientific method‚ which involves gathering empirical and measurable evidence.
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