Anyone can be a hero? Are you one? A hero is someone who helps others and puts them before himself and would risk his life to help them. Ponyboy is not a villain. Johnny kills someone‚ but to protect his friend. Dally could be a hero‚ but he chooses not to be. Who will be the hero in the Outsiders? we shall find out? Pony is a good guy. He is a hero. Pony doesn’t like to be harassed‚ but he doesn’t like seeing anyone else being harassed either. “Leave her alone‚ Dally(page 24). He didn’t want the
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Johnny and Dally: Two Friends that are Similar and Different True friends‚ are always similar and different. In “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton‚ the characters Johnny and Dally are two buddies that have similarities and differences between them. These two boys both have neglectful and abusive parents and place little value on their lives. Although Johnny and Dally are somewhat similar‚ they also have differences between the type of character they are and the image they have after they die. Johnny
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Satire should‚ like a polished razor keen‚ Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen. Satire is a literary manner which blends a critical attitude with humor and wit to the end that human institutions or humanity may be improved. The true satirist is conscious of the frailty of institutions of man’s devising and attempts through laughter not so much to tear them down as to inspire a remodeling The best satire does not seek to do harm or damage by its ridicule‚ unless we speak of damage
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confidence that Aaron will succeed in his life. However‚ when it comes to Cal he isn’t really sure who he is. The story takes a dramatic twist and Cal shows that even the “baddest” have some good in them. The recurring theme within the story is the comparison between good versus evil. While Aaron represents everything good‚ Cal believes he was born “bad”. He believes that Aaron got his fathers side while he obtained his mothers personality. When he finally meets his mother‚ Cal learns that she shot
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Essay Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is an amazing book. When I first looked at it I told myself I would never be able to read it because it was so big‚ but I knew I had to. By the title I thought it was going to be about the Civil War. When I began reading Yali’s question I realized that it was about early civilizations and their advancements. When I started reading the book it was very boring and I didn’t know how I was going to finish it. As I got to around page 75 I began to
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Religious Satire: Laughter Silenced The world enjoys laughter; they say it is the best medicine. In every part of the world there are comics‚ jokes‚ and satire. Most of them are all in good fun‚ but sometimes the jokes get taken too far. The recent uproar over a political cartoon in the Middle East has sparked a lot of interest with religious satire. Why does religion get attacked so frequently? How far is too far? When are the jokes no longer funny‚ but hurtful? Whenever someone’s religion
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my work mate Johnny Warver. He was one of the nicest people that I ever did meet.” “Did you ever have any personal relations with his family?” “Well‚ there was that one time when I did find out that he got the big monthly promotion and I was left behind all by myself. It was very disturbing and lonely if I do say so myself.” “Did you know that this image that was taken shows you right there. It also shows the gazebo that blew up. Are you not aware that Johnny Warver and all of his family besides
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This a satire all about rap and I’ll explain to why it’s all a bunch of crap. Word! (ment to be rapped). Rap is not music for the soul. In fact it shreds your soul. Rap does more harm to society than good. Rap in recent and past years made some controversial songs and introduced many controversial topics to songs such as many of the lyrics‚ music and sound as well as the references in the song makes rap so controversial. Rap was introduced around 1970 and became a big sensation in the 1990s
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make sure that his country is not democratic. He oppresses people‚ with his eccentric desires. In the last one year‚ the movie has received both negative and positive reviews from viewers. It has been described as funny‚ obscene and disgusting. Despite the negative criticism‚ the movie plays a major role in presenting political satire. Satire is a form of comedy‚ that ranges from drama to prose narrative (Oliver and Stewart 12). It is amusing and humorous. In most cases‚ satire attacks someone
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one person left was named Reggie and he did not know how to run a phone the only thing he new what to do was SWIM. So he got the idea to swim to safety and he was going to start but it was getting dark and he didn’t want to start yet he wanted to wait till morning. But he had to stay safe from the eater or he would die. So he had to make a plan to stay alive for the night so his plan was to make a shelter and stay in that for the night so he did. So he might survive the night but it is going to be
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