“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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LOTF Literary Analysis Essay “Inside each individual there is the seed of both good and evil. It’s a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.” This quote by Eric Burdon epitomizes the main idea of Lord of the flies by William Golding‚ that mankind possesses the quality of dualistic natures but these sides can have a good or negative impact on society. The book‚ Lord of The Flies‚ is about the pack of British school boys are stranded on a deserted island
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Hannah Skidmore Mrs. Dorman Engl II Honors 15 February 2013 Lord of the Flies Literary Analysis In Lord of the Flies‚ a group of English boys are marooned on a deserted island without any adults to control them. Initially‚ this freedom seems pleasing and exciting to the boys‚ but they soon turn into uncontrollable savages with no desire for order and no civility. In the last chapter of the novel after being on the island and seeing what lack of law and order can do‚ it says that “Ralph wept
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Is Literary Bond Superior!? The epitome of secret agent‚ the British spy James Bond‚ is adapted from the literary spy novel which to many of his true fans like me is superior to the movie adaptations. This spy was made popular among crowd by the Bond movies. Unlike other adaptations‚ the historic Bond movie versions have next to no affinity with the adapted text. In my opinion‚ the books are exciting‚ has more depth to it and has way less loopholes compared to movie instalments.
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Literary Analysis Essay One theme demonstrated in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ is ignorance versus knowledge. It is a certain kind of knowledge that most people in this future-set world lack. Not the knowledge that is about facts and how well you retain them‚ but the knowledge that is awareness‚ consciousness‚ and realization of what is going on around and using it to good use. Knowledge has power. Guy Montag slowly starts gaining this intelligence throughout the book‚ and strives to find other
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A Candle Looses Nothing “Every man must must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. It is human nature to search for optimism when faced with great challenges and atrocious conditions. For many‚ optimism was the only thing they had‚ but in some situations‚ hopefulness can falsely rase the hope of others and lower suspicions. During the Holocaust‚ people had faced the demons of hunger‚ loss‚ and general
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Kensit‚ an actress‚ once said “Once a child is confronted with the concept of death‚ there’s a certain innocence that goes.” Kensit means once oneself has familiarized themselves with death‚ part of one’s innocence is taken away. In the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade‚ lose innocence by experiencing death. Hinton proves that losing innocence mentally at a young age has terrible effect through both Ponyboy and Johnny. Ponyboy’s experiences in life shows the devastating
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No parents. Two brothers and a gang that describes brotherhood. These are the three aspects that define the novel The Outsiders. With thoughts swirling in his mind‚ fourteen year old‚ Ponyboy Curtis steps out of the movie house. Ponyboy‚ a greaser‚ with Johnny Cade‚ kill Bob Sheldon‚ a Soc‚ in self defense. In the attempts of not getting caught Pony and the gang lose some of their valued members of their crew by the Socs‚ who believe having money equals superiority. After this occurrence and facing
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The Outsiders written by SE Hinton continue to be a literary influence on the lives of many teens. This novel has been translated into 30 languages and many fine personal connections with either the plot for the characters themselves. My connection in the novel outsiders is when pony boy tells us that his parents died in a car crash and my dad died in a boat crashing that is kind of the same thing. My favorite quotient from the book the outsiders is when Johnny is about to die and he says to pony
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Those who have encountered Sirus would describe it with a single word: esoteric. To an outsider it would be unfathomable‚ driven by some strange motive that is known to it and it alone. In truth‚ there aren’t any words to truly capture exactly what Sirus is. The more it is defined the more it evades description. How does one go about attaching words to something so viciously unhuman? No true empathy and no true morality to bind its actions to any sort of code‚ allowing it to act on pure‚ ravenous
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