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    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 a major part

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    Study Essay – The Outsiders Essay Teenagers are shown in a variety of texts to be‚ violent‚ disrespectful‚ disruptive and corrupt. S.E. Hinton’s novel ‘The Outsiders’ reveal teenagers to be juvenile delinquents who are violent and whose only interest is remaining faithful to their gang and its members. The theme of the novel ‘The Outsiders’ as the main characters are explained to be represented as juvenile delinquents who belong to a violent neighbourhood and lawless gangs. The gangs that fight the

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    Gridiron Gang

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    GRIDIRON GANG Gridiron Gang is a 2006 American film starring Dwayne Johnson‚ Xzibit‚ L. Scott Caldwell‚ and Kevin Dunn. Sean Porter (Dwayne Johnson) works at Kilpatrick Detention Center in Los Angeles. Frustrated at not being able to help the kids get away from their problems in life‚ such as street gangs and drug dealings‚ he decides to create a football team so the kids can feel like they’re part of something. Porter believes that football will teach the teenage inmates what it

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    a greaser in a bad town like the characters in S.E Hinton’s book The Outsiders. The setting of the book is east/west side of town. There are two groups in town‚ the socs and the greasers. They were a greaser or soc depending on what side of town they lived in. For example the greases lived on the east side and the socs lived on the west side of town. They setting affects the characters by developing their personality based on where they lived. The main characters in the book is Ponyboy. The setting

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    Outsiders Essay Have you ever been looked down at? Being categorized is a problem in schools and communities. Each of us was probably once a victim of categorization by their peers. Sometimes it is because of how much money you own or how you dress or how smart you are‚ but does this really matter. In this book a lot of the characters experience this. But I will only write about the three who were the biggest victims of this Social groups system‚ Pony boy ‚Johnny and Bob. One was a normal boy the

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    city in the world 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

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    Outsiders Essay (#5 Is Randy a hero or a coward?) In the novel the Outsiders‚ Randy Adderson‚ (a Soc) decides not to fight in the rumble against the Greasers. I believe that he is a hero for the following reasons. Randy’s motivation for not fighting in the rumble was not based on fear‚ but rather understanding. He realized that even if the Greasers won‚ the Socs would still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. Randy knew that fighting wouldn’t change anything. Randy states‚ “I’d fight‚

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    Gang violence This report will be discussing the topic “gang violence in the world”. Within this report I will be talking about how gang violence affects a country‚ communities and families. I will also discuss how not only is it dangerous for gang members but how gangs are making it unsafe for everyone else within the community. I have chosen to discuss gang violence because not only do I find the topic interesting but would like to open discussion on what happens within the gangs themselves

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    The Outsiders- Dally

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    personality; excellent fighter; stereotypical “bad boy”. Tougher‚ colder and meaner than rest of the greasers. His parents were very abusive of him Criminal Past:  "The real character of the gang‚" Dally was arrested his first time at the age of ten. He spent three years on the "wild side" of New York and likes to blow off steam in gang fights. He is the most dangerous member of the bunch‚ but he is still a part of their greaser "family. Enjoys breaking laws. Known for robbing a lot of stores. Personality

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    many cases these conflicts are beyond the characters control. These four types of conflicts are man versus another man‚ for example in The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ a major man versus man conflict are the rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. Another conflict is man versus nature‚ where a person is in trouble with a force of nature‚ like a tornado‚ or in this case a fire. Man versus society is where a character has conflicts with society’s views on “outsiders” and people who do not fit in. An man

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