Dallas Winston or "Dally" is one of the main characters in the book The Outsiders. He is a very dynamic character. He is the toughest member of the outsiders’ gang. He grew up in New York where he was toughened into a cold hater of the whole world. Dally’s first characteristic is that he is tough. When in New York he was arrested when he was ten. "Man‚ I thought New York was the only place to end up in a murder rap‚ Jesus Christ!". Everyone in the gang knew Dally was the toughest and wasn’t one
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Before You Read Johnny Tremain Chapters 9–12 FOCUS ACTIVITY Do you think that an individual can play an important role in historical events? Do you think that a small number of people who are deeply committed to a cause have the power to change the course of history? Why or why not? Share Ideas In a small group‚ discuss the questions listed above. Challenge group members to support their ideas and opinions with specific examples from history or from the real events and characters described in the
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“Outsiders” Compare and Contrast Essay The Outsiders‚ movie and novel‚ are both outstanding masterpieces‚ both of them loved by millions‚ and even if the actors don’t match up with how the characters are described in the book‚ they still portray the characters outstandingly. Even though there are a myriad of differences there are also a mass of similarities‚ for instance‚ they are both set in the same time frame (The 1960´s). They both keep the technology and clothing relevant to how it was portrayed
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think about the memory that caused this. Johnny was sitting at the kitchen table watching his mother Anita‚ cleaning the dishes. She was wearing her tired blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up‚ beat up denims‚ and her hair in a low pony-tail. Anita’s favorite thing was to do the dishes. She always sang to herself while her blue eyes traveled out the window through the woods. She would think things of leaving and starting over. She never wanted Johnny to see herself that way but he did. He saw her
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something" by the Irish proverb because I can relate it to my favorite book‚"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton which taught me lots of stuff that I did not know about. The book is about a 14 year old named Ponyboy and his two brothers Darry who is 16 and Sodapop who is 20 years old. Darry is in charge of them due to both of his parents dying in a car accident. They are all greasers in a gang and often watch over Johnny ‚who is another greaser‚ because his alcoholic parents abuse him. They also have a
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In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ the main character Ponyboy undergoes several changes over the course of the story. At the beginning of the story Ponyboy has a very negative view of the rival gang the Socs. However by the end of the novel he comes to the realization that the gang he belongs to‚ the Greasers‚ is not much different than the Socs. At the beginning of the novel Ponyboy believes that the Greasers and the Socs are completely different. When Ponyboy was talking to Cherry he
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who is kind‚ loving‚ and understanding‚ but he doesn’t get along with his older brother Darry. He doesnt alway agree with the gangs violent ways but still want that connection. Pony is very quiet‚ shy‚ and thoughful and prefers talking to Cherry and Johnny about sunsets. He doesn’t always know what to do or say‚ but he believes it is important to be tough‚ and to belong. Sodapop Curtis - Sodapop is sixteen and very loving‚ handsome‚ kind‚ and understanding. He hates when Ponyboy and Darry fight‚ but
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“Ponyboy‚ listen don’t get tough. You’re not like the rest of us and don’t try to be…”-Two-bit Matthews Page 171. The Outsiders is a novel written by S.E Hinton in the 1960’s‚ the novel is based on a true story. The story is about Ponyboy‚ a teenager that belongs in the gang called Greasers. There is another gang that opposes the Greasers called the Socs. The two gangs live in two sides of Oklahoma‚ the Greasers being in the east‚ and the Socs being in the west. The Socs and the Greasers often fight
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Methods of Birth PSY - 225 Deciding to have a child is one of the most important choices someone will make in their life. After the decision to conceive and conception takes place the mother will experience the process of pregnancy. During the last trimester of the pregnancy the woman will at some point enter the first of three stages of labor. Regular and frequent contractions of the uterus and dilation of the cervix are indicators of the first stage of labor. The following two stages of labor
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When people lose important things in their lives‚ they generally mourn. An elegy is defined by a poem which mourns the death of a person or laments something lost. Anglo-Saxon poems are often elegies‚ which were written around the late 10th Century. The Seafarer is a poem that has a man who is traveling across the sea‚ but is faced with harsh winter weather. The Wife’s Lament has a woman who has lost her husband and is then tortured by isolation. The Wanderer is about a lone man who is traveling
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