The Outsiders” is a book about two groups of people‚ the Socs and the Greasers. These two groups of people are very different from one another. The story takes place in Tulsa‚ OK in the 1960’s. The Greasers are a group of people in “The Outsiders” that grease their hair and wore t-shirts and jeans with switchblades in their pockets and mosted of them smoked. They are not wealthy people. A few of the characters that belong to the Greasers are Johnny Cade‚ Ponyboy Curtis‚ Two-Bit‚ Dairry Curtis‚ Soda
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When thinking about the United States I feel that we the people are lacking compassion and even I can be guilty of this at times. We’re not all perfect but we should always remember to have compassion. With compassion we can come together to love everyone equally‚ help each other‚ and spread more happiness around our country. Without compassion‚ there’s nothing but ugly hate. Hate is a nasty thing and can lead to violence then lead to pain. Which is something you see very often in our country.
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hair is the only main female character in The Outsiders. She stands as a link between the greasers and the socs. In the following paragraphs‚ I will be talking about the importance of her character‚ how the character stands as a link between the gangs‚ and how her character helps to solve the problem. I would say that Cherry is a big character in the book. In some ways‚ Bob’s death was Cherry’s fault. If she and Marcia hadn’t asked Pony and Johnny to come and sit with her and Marcia‚ the events
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it or not‚ everyone is an outsider; moreover so are you. “The Outsiders”‚ a novel written by S.E Hinton‚ took place in the 1960’s Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. When Hinton was 17 years old‚ out of anger she wrote this book about the differences between two unique teenage social groups: the greasers and the Soc (Doc A). She illustrates that the outsiders are the people who stand out from the rest of society by thought or action. Both the greasers and the Soc can be considered outsiders‚ but as the story goes on
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I quite enjoyed reading Mrs. Hinton’s The Outsiders I forgot how emotionally charged it could be. While I enjoyed reading The Outsiders I must disagree with the authors and here’s why. Firstly Mrs. Hinton’s choice of the main character‚ while I understand her choosing to write about a young man doomed to repeat his mistakes. I just do not agree with this assumption. The main character Ponyboy Curtis was an immature fourteen-year-old who caused much tension in his family and ultimately the death of
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Is Adnan guilty? Adnan is not guilty because it is possible that he did not have enough time to kill Hae. The day she went missing was around Ramadan‚ so he would have had a busy schedule including the holiday which demonstrates he didn’t have time to kill her. He would never have any private moment to kill her since the parking lots at school and Best Buy are always busy. In the podcast‚ Koenig reads an excerpt of the letter she received from Adnan‚ There are 1500 other students filling the hallways
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"Innocent until proven guilty"‚ this saying seems to be quite straightforward and easy to comprehend. However‚ proving that an individual is innocent is not always so easy to understand .For example‚ Sophocles "Oedipus Rex"‚ Oedipus ‚is guiltless. It was not his purpose to kill his father‚ nor did he knowingly breed his mother. It was not Oedipus‚ in fact‚ that ended his father’s life‚ but the Shepherd viewed upon Oedipus with mercy and treason in his heart‚ and gave the monster in swaddling clothes
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Friar Lawrence is guilty because he does multiple mistakes that proves him guilty ‚ and here are his three strikes. Friar Lawrence is guilty‚ but in another article I read‚ I do hear a lot of other opinions‚ but this is what I think about the book. The first thing Friar Lawrence did wrong was he trusted Juliet to take the potion‚ plus she was a minor. Juliet was willing to do anyway‚ and he let her know not to sell to a person to her age‚ and he does it anyway for asking for the poison. “She
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An Tran Professor Nathan Poage PHIL 1301 July 15‚ 2013 Apology: Is Socrates Guilty or Innocent? The Apology is Plato’s accurate depiction of the Socrates’ own defense at the trial provoked by Meletus. However‚ besides current accusers‚ Socrates has to speak out to defense against former accusers who have created prejudices of him for long time. Former accusers prosecute Socrates for “studying things in the sky and below the earth” and “[making] the worse into the stronger argument” (Plato 18b-c)
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The Outsiders Critical Lens Essay The quote in question is “All good is destined to be defeated.” The quote means‚ for every good guy‚ there is a bad guy. For every hero‚ there is a villain. Everyone who has ever tried to do something good has been destined to be stopped. The quote not only speaks for literature‚ but for everything. If you look from now‚ all the way back to ancient times‚ you will see examples of this in many works of literature. The book The Outsiders is a good representation
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