Dear Megan‚ I am currently reading the book The Outsiders‚ and while reading I concluded that it would be the perfect fit for you. I have known you for the greater part of my life and you have been in all of my reading/LA classes (up until this year)‚ therefore‚ I know what kind of books you enjoy and I expect this would be one of them. I trust you would enjoy this book because it has segregation‚ high stakes‚ and strong friends and family bonds. I know these are specific qualities that you have
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The Comparison of Danger in ’Disabled’ and ’Out‚ Out’- This is a comparative study‚ which will talk about the theme of danger in the two poems “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen and “Out‚ Out-“by Robert Frost. “Disabled” is based on an injured solider who discovers joining war does not give him full respect and be counted as a hero when returning back to the country. “Out‚ Out-“ is based on the young hearted child doing a man’s job. The two poems deal with the common theme of danger. ’Disabled’ starts
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I decided to select‚ Johnny Tremain‚ for my book report because of the fundamental and universal ideas the author‚ Esther Forbes‚ employs. Throughout the book‚ Forbes displays the dynamic of his characters and how the American Revolution transformed these boys into men. I appointed this book over others because of its underlying messages about Family‚ Friendship‚ and Patriotism. The cover of the book is nothing special‚ but displays the Revolution as a coming of age. The story begins by describing
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Johnny the Leader One peaceful afternoon all things were calm and everyone was singing and happy. Then out of nowhere a jet zooms past Johnny’s house and he watches it crash into the Twin Towers. “Woah‚” Johnny says in awe‚ “I want to do that! That looks like fun.” Thus‚ the leader of ISIS was born. When Johnny was a little fella‚ he thought hurting people and being mean was fun so now that he is older he can get a group together and do all of what Johnny loved to do as a child. When he was a kid
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and THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton‚ which both fit the theme of optimism in the face of despair. The lesson to be learned today is to always keep hope‚ no matter what… Ponyboy was a teenage boy who was part of the greaser gang. He lived alone with his brothers Darry and Sodapop‚ who were also Greasers‚ ever since his parents passed away. The brothers lived in "the bad part" of Tulsa‚ Oklahoma in the mid 1960’s. Ponyboy was a good kid and never got into any trouble‚ until one night‚ when Johnny‚ a fellow
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The Outsiders‚ by S.E Hinton is about two gangs who are considered outsiders. These two gangs are outsiders because they do not fit in with society. Particularly‚ there are three characters who do not only not fit in society because of what gang they are in but they are considered outsiders in there own gang; these three characters are Ponyboy Curtis‚ Johnny Cade‚ and Cherry Valance. One character that would fall under the title of the outsider would have to be Ponyboy Curtis. There are many reasons
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The Outsiders - Final Essay Is Johnny Cade a Hero? With outstanding level of integrity‚ as well as rectitude despite a distressing home life‚ it would be justifiable to identify Johnny Cade in The Outsiders‚ as a hero. Although some may disagree with this statement by stating that Johnny could never be a hero simply because he killed Bob. However‚ we must remember the salient fact that when Ponyboy was being drowned in the park fountain by David‚ Johnny stabbed Bob on behalf of Ponyboy’s protection
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The speaker of the poem “Frankie and Johnnie” is telling the story of two people that were in a relationship‚ where Johnnie was cheating on Frankie‚ and then Frankie kills Johnnie. The poem starts out telling the readert he backstory of Frankie and Johnnie. The speaker says that “Frankie and Johnnie were lovers...They swore to be true to each other/ As true as the sky above;” (ll.1‚3-4)Then it goes on to say that Frankie bought Johnnie a lot of nice‚ expensive things and gave him a lot‚ if not all
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Johnny Tremain Pride Essay Pride is an emotion that has two meanings. With a negative meaning‚ pride is an exaggerated sense of personal status or accomplishments. With a positive meaning‚ pride is a pleased sense of attachment toward one’s own or another’s choices and actions. Johnny Tremain is known to be an extremely prideful person. Johnny has both positive and negative prideful traits that affect him throughout his life. His pride played a large role in his accident‚ and benefited him and other
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“Not Guilty” Story assignment ENG3U1 Teacher: Ms Lopes Period: 3 Date: 20th September‚ 2012 North Albion C.I. By: Sehab Shaikh Guilty or not guilty? A person who sacrificed lives of fifteen officers including him and saved five lives‚ should he be condemned? Lieutenant-Commander Oram and his crew of nineteen soldiers are under threat of losing their lives as there submarine has got a blast and they have air only enough for two days in submarine. As an in charge officer it is Oram’s call
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