In America‚ the rise in violent crimes over the years can be attributed to Juvenile Gangs. In a March‚ 1996 study‚ DR .James Alan Fox‚ Dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University reported that from 1985 to 1994‚ the rate of murder committed by teens‚ ages 14-17 increased 172 percent. So why do teenagers join gangs and become involved in risky behavior that can ultimately lead to incarceration‚ great bodily harm‚ or even death? What can they possibly gain from such a risky endeavor
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E Hinton‚ author of The Outsiders tells a story about two kids named Johnny and Ponyboy who are in a gang called the Greasers. They live in a wrong doing world of gangs and fights. After Johnny protects Ponyboy by killing a rival gang member named Bob‚ the two boys run away. A young criminal named Dally helps them escape. After an incident with a burning church Johnny dies and Dally dies soon after because of the sorrow Johnny’s death caused him. In the novel The Outsiders‚ S.E Hinton demonstrates
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heroic is strange‚ but for Dally Winston and Johnny Cade‚ sacrificing everything for their closest friends and community is a daily ordeal. Throughout H.E. Hinton’s fiction novel‚ The Outsiders‚ Dally and Johnny are constantly portrayed as dangerous and tough kids involved in illegal activity spouting from their street gang. Although this is true to an extent‚ they are simply trying to protect their family of other traumatized kids. Their capability to look past the social class system of Socs and Greasers
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innocence. In The Outsiders‚ the author‚ S.E. Hinton‚ suggests that Ponyboy and Johnny are trying to keep hold of their innocence. They go through many challenges and obstacles and in the end they realize that innocence can be cherished but there is a time when you have to grow up. Oddly‚ Hinton proves just the opposite; she proves that innocence doesn’t need to be lost. In the beginning of the novel‚ Hinton creates Ponyboy as a different person and almost better than his Greaser gang. For example‚
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Abstract Youth gangs pose a considerable problem to contemporary society; a notion which is substantiated by the government who have invested £4m from 2011-2013 in an attempt to tackle the issue. Research into why young people engage and desist from gang activity has been sparse‚ suggesting that further research into the topic is necessary in order to prevent and deter young people from engaging in gang activity. The main aim of this research is to examine the central research question: „Why do young
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the word “outsider” out of the book to let readers pander to the meaning of that word after completing the novel. To me‚ an outsider is Someone who is different from the crowd‚ but not in a favorable way. for example‚ an unintelligent person would be excluded from most social groups due to their negative trait that a majority of others do not have‚ this‚ of course‚ does not necessarily mean that many people are intelligent‚ rather‚ that most are not unintelligent. The word “outsider” in Hinton’s
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Outsiders theme Essay The outsiders is a book with an amazing theme which is to stay gold. The title is one way to show how to stay gold. The title shows that by being someone different you can stay gold. Another way the theme goes out is through the conflict. The conflict in the story was that the two rival gangs go up against each other but one gang goes to far. That shows how to stay gold because you have to look past all of the mayhem and keep moving forward. Lastly the way the the theme expresses
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Hunger for Recognition Since the time of the biblical narrative‚ Jews have been typified as outsiders. As a result‚ the role of the outsider is a motif central to Israeli literature. Looking through the lens of the outsider‚ not only demonstrates a unique component in Israeli literature‚ but also serves as a universal message and adds another dimension on the Israeli Cultural Identity. Using the motif of the outsider‚ “The Way of the Wind” from Amos Oz’s Where the Jackals Howl‚ combines a number of aspects
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Introduction Gangs in prison developed for a various reasons including for solidarity‚ power‚ and self-defense. They were all established by inmates with a complex and highly organized structure. These organizations inmates related with each other according to gang affiliation instead of as an individual. Prisoners were therefore absorbed in the prisons gang structure. There large numbers and solidarity made it difficult for staff to
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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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