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    The name of the movie I have chosen is The Outsiders. The reason why I chose this movie is because it was one of my favorite movies to watch when I was in middle school. I remember in middle school that I was in a reading and writing class where the teacher provided students several books to read together as a class and The Outsiders was one of the novels. I always had an issue with reading since I was kid even today in college because I have a reading comprehension disability where I have a hard

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    Inna Lyvytska 10-23-13 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Character Analysis Essay Johnny Cade Ponyboy and his friends are caught in a hurricane of dramatic events that start after the night

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    Overall‚ three macro factors that influence teenagers to associate themselves with gangs are the community‚ education and poverty. Using the social disorganization we can see how these causes actually aid in criminal behaviour. The four aspects that were particularly looked at from social disorganization theory were; low income status‚ which can be associated with poverty and the community‚ and if people tend to grow up in a neighbourhood with low income status or have low income families‚ they are

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    The Outsiders S.E. Hinton “No rival gangs‚ only Socs. And you can’t win against them no matter how hard you try‚ because they’ve got all the breaks and even whipping them isn’t going to change that fact.” The Outsiders a novel that was first published in 1967 by the author S.E Hinton is not only a novel about gang mentality and gang rivalry but is also about how a person could feel like ‘an outsider’ based on where they live or how much money they have. In Pony Boy’s case it was his grades that

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    The Outsiders Alienation The Outsiders is a story that has motley of alienation. Alienation isn’t being taken by aliens. Alienation is uniqueness and someone that is different from another person or group of people. But through the whole story of the Outsiders there is alienation. One symbol of alienation in this story is money between the Greasers and the Socs. The Socs always show the characteristics of being rich because they’re always wearing madras shirts and pants. Like

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    THE OUTSIDERS [pic][pic][pic] Packet Due Dates Chapter 1 & 2: Thurs. 3/10/11 Chapter 3: Fri.‚ 3/11/11 Chapter 4: Mon.‚ 3/14/11 Chapter 5: Tues.‚ 3/15/11 Chapter 6: Wed. 3/16/11 Chapter 7: Thurs. 3/17/11 Chapter 8: Fri. 3/18/11 Chapter 9: Mon.‚ 3/21/11 Chapter 10: Tues. 3/22/11 Chapter 11: Wed. 3/23/11 Chapter 12: Thurs. 3/24/11 Poetry Page:

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    The outsiders by S.E Hinton should be taught in school. This book should be taught in school because it is very much like real life today so it could teach kids what not to do. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a story about a boy named Ponyboy and his friends who are constantly getting in trouble and being judged for being “greasers”. Ponyboy is an interesting character because he is different from his friends‚ but gets caught up in gang conflicts. There are many examples in The Outsiders showing

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    If you don’t know anything about Johnny Cade now is your time to learn something about him. The novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about two gangs who have a rivalry with each other. Johnny Cade is very nervous‚ He doesn’t feel loved‚ and he is a very brave kid. First of all‚ Johnny Cade is nervous he was a social person but he was nervous around people that he didn’t know. “He was nervous‚ though johnny was always nervous around strangers’’ (page 22). Johnny might have really nervous but he did

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    Banned Book Report The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton was written in 1967. This novel tells the story of the conflict between two different social groups‚ the greasers and the socs. The socs were the socials who lived in the rich part of town‚ and the greasers were the lower class youths. This novel tackles issues such as violence‚ class conflict‚ and prejudice. The novel takes place in the early sixties. The Outsiders examines how two different groups compete‚ and unite for survival‚ which is often

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    The Outsiders Why do people fight? In the fictional book The Outsiders‚ written by S.E Hinton‚ a 14 year old boy learns the way of street life by getting hurt. The story takes place in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma during the 1960s. There are two gangs that live in Tulsa‚ the Socs and the Greasers. The characters Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ Darry‚ Sandy‚ Steve‚ Evie‚ Two-bit‚ Johnny‚ and Dally are all part of the Greasers gang. Cherry‚ Marcia‚ Sylvia‚ Bob‚ and Randy are in the Socs gang. Ponyboy‚ the main character

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