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    “Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.” The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about a group of greasers from Tulsa‚ OK during the mid-1960’s who battle with rich Socs and about the main character/narrator Ponyboy growing up. One character that stands out in the story is Johnny because he greatly impacts the plot. He is a dynamic character that has an ironic change in the way he acts and is a round character who shows multiple sides of his emotions. Three characteristic traits about Johnny are

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    In the book The Outsiders‚ written by S.E. Hinton‚ it tells the story of a young boy named Ponyboy‚ who is a greaser that feels like he is on the outside of society. The book which is fiction focuses on how Johnny killed Bob‚ and how the cops are after him and ponyboy. It also focuses on how they both feel like they are looked down upon by the world. The three topics addressed in this adventurous novel our the fight between the rich and poor‚ the power of friendship‚ and what it means to be a hero

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    In the young adult fiction story entitled Outsiders written by S.E Hinton is an outstanding book that focuses on many themes that eventually become extremely meaningful towards the end of the book‚ and one of those themes are that friends are like family. The reason I say this because in the book‚ a mob of friends stick with each other through thick and thin‚ and what’s significant about this gang is no matter what the situation may be‚ the support and care each one gives is exactly like if they

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    |Related Text Overview: Novel | |Title of novel |The Outsiders | |Author |S.E. Hinton | |Date published

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    ‘The Outsiders’ written by S.E Hinton demonstrates that violence can cause much change to a person on the inside as well as outside. This book became an immediate success when it was written during the 1960’s and was based around the reputation and the stereotypes of that current decade. If you were a kid growing up in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma you either belonged to one of two groups‚ a “Soc” or a “Greaser”. In this book‚ there are many differences between the two groups‚ which tends to cause much violence

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    Have you ever been in an argument where both sides make sense and the conclusion to it all just depends on the evidence provided? Well‚ in the young-adult fiction novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ there is the argument of whether a boy named Ponyboy should stay with his older brother Darry or go into the system. Ponyboy should stay with darry for multiple reasons. For example‚ Darry cares very deeply about Ponyboy‚ and he makes certain Ponyboy gets all his work done for school and succeeds.

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    Brabants accent‚ weer een ander heeft in een straat met rijwoningen een bijzondere tuin. Dit zijn eenvoudige voorbeelden van deviant gedrag waardoor mensen in bepaalde situaties bestempeld kunnen worden als buitenstaander. Het volgende essay is gebaseerd op het boek ‘Outsiders’ van Howard S. Becker (1997). In dit boek wordt Beckers onderzoek (1963) over buitenstaanders beschreven. ‘Deviantie’ is een bijzonder belangrijke term in zijn boek. Hij definieert deviant gedrag als volgt: Het door een persoon uit

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    An outsider‚ a person who wants to fit-in but can’t. Everyone defines themselves and others in their own ways‚ everyone is different‚ but some try to be the same. We are all given the same opportunities but we still rely on others to do those opportunities for us. There is one group that does not rely on others to get them through life and they are often misjudged. These people are often very successful and are idolized later in life. They are not afraid to be different‚ but they are often times

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    If you think about it‚ many other people have a different society than others. These societies have positive attributes and negative ones as well. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton‚ the clip “On the Road: Middle School Football” with Steve Hartman; the poem “The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be” by Nikki Giovanni‚ it gives us positive information about Ponyboy’s society‚ Keith’s society; the society described in the poem. And knowing how their society is positive might change the way

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    in the ways that the story line is similar and both characters in the stories share similar struggles and qualities. To summarize‚ the shared theme of perseverance is illustrated in both The Negro Mother and A Raisin in the Sun through the use of literary devices including characterization. In “A Raisin in the Sun‚” the theme of perseverance is shown through the characterization of both Mama and Beneatha. In Mama’s life‚ she has struggled through years of poverty and constant work day after day

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