1: Questions 3 and 4 (p. 21) 3) James says‚ “I feel like an outsider.” How might you work with his statement? As a facilitator‚ this writer would ask James if he could identify anyone in the group he feels he is not an outsider with and how the relationship is different. This writer would ask James to identify what he needs to feel he is not an outsider. This writer would encourage James to continue to express when he is feeling like an outsider and also challenge James to open himself up to others
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There Is No Frigate Like a Book Emily Dickinson There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away‚ Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul! Emily Dickinson foregrounds the simple pleasure of reading an enjoyable book by four striking metaphors: 1. A book is compared to a "frigate" - a light sailing vessel capable of travelling at high speeds. 2. light verse is compared
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At first glance it may seem that Emily Dickinson has written a simple poem in “There Is No Frigate like a Book”. However‚ further analysis reveals that she believes reading is a gift to all. Through observation of the poem we find her fascination with reading and the poem’s ability to take her reader on a journey; as well as reveal how reading can take us on any journey we wish to embark. The theme of the poem is that when we use our imagination while reading anything is possible‚ even travel to
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true for middle school‚ but also life in the 50s. The book The Outsiders focuses on two main cliques‚ the Greasers and the Socs. One might think that the name represents Greasers‚ and what they have to deal with‚ but the real outsiders are specific people. The outsiders are the people who dare to be different from the stereotype of their group‚ who believe people should be judged on who they are‚ not social class. Major outsiders in the book are Darry‚ Ponyboy‚ and Cherry Valance. Darry is the brother
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In the poem “There is no Frigate like a Book”‚ Emily Dickinson uses words with particular connotations to give her poem a more rich and meaningful aspect. Her belief that literature is powerful enough to allow one’s mind to distance itself from reality and its immediate surroundings is enforced in the poem throughout her use of words like “frigate” “traverse” which connate a sense of journey or adventure. Dickinson compares books to means of transportation to emphasize this idea of the power
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The novel The Outsiders by SE Hinton is a novel about teenage boys that are trying to live their lives to be like the rest of the community. These kids feel like they are the outsiders. Atul Gawande once said “Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But‚ precisely because they are the outsiders‚ they are usually in a poor position to fix them.” In this novel the outsiders would be the Greasers because they are poor‚ violent‚ and they don’t have parents
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feeling like an outsider in my own home. Unfortunately I wouldn’t even go as far as considering my current home as “my home.” I live in a house with eight people and two dogs and for some‚ that might not even be slightly overwhelming‚ but for me it is. I try to keep my heart open about the situation‚ but I always end up feeling like I don’t belong. Given the circumstances of my situation‚ I would say life definitely turned out better than what I initially expected‚ but I was left feeling like a “stranger
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doing a new skill for the first time‚ or just practicing for something I’ve done hundreds of times‚ their always there for me. They make practice fun! Another one of my hobbies is piano I play in recitals and in some competitions throughout the year. I like to play piano because I think music is a way to express yourself. I also love to sew in my spare time because I think it is a good skill to have in life. Some of my interests are college football because my favorite sports team plays
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speak; Elisa and Elizabeth were shocked and a little scared too. The echoing voice said “by dawn tomorrow you shall have real magic powers for the rest of your life.” The next morning the girls felt very strange but with lots of energy. They felt like they had a long restful night’s sleep and both couldn’t stop wandering about what they had experienced in the forest the night before. Did they wake up with magic powers? Was that voice of the shadow real? A few hours later‚ the girls went to their
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The Outsiders The Outsiders is both a great book and a great movie. Although they are both very great‚ they are not completely the same‚ or completely different. A book that turns into a movie usually has way more information because the person writing the book isn’t just going to make it a movie line for line. The movie “The Outsiders” doesn’t work like that though. The book and the movie are about as close to line for line as you can possibly get. They have to add some scenes in movie to explain
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