Miss. Rivers ELA 4/5 Outsiders Essay Did you know that rival gangs have faced many of the same struggles? In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers live on the Eastside of town and don’t have a lot of money. The Socs live on the Westside of town and are very wealthy. There are three problems that both gangs face: drinking and smoking‚ having parents who do not care about them‚ and rivalry with the opposing gang over a variety
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MISUNDERSTOOD STRUGGLE Do we really have a great understanding of our past‚ to understand our future? As stated in Lerone Bennett’s “Black History/Black Power”‚ “History is not something added to life; it is not something you read about in textbooks and view from afar as a spectator”‚ the main truth about history is the specific knowledge from relationships of our people. Black people and black history have always had a middle blockade when it comes to the past and the future. Of course the
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Abigail’s Conscience I can’t believe all of this has happened. I feel so guilty‚ but I don’t really care‚ I know I’m more important than any of those old people. Besides‚ John Proctor deserved it! How dare he use me just because he was lonely and having marital problems! I had all the rights to destroy his marriage. However‚ I can’t help but feeling awful when I think about those two boys that have no father anymore. Its all my fault! I started this nonsense of witchcraft just because I was scared
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The character Jem‚ Scout‚ Atticus‚ and Mrs. Dubose all run into unavoidable conflict that they overcome or try to overcome‚ from it being Jem and Scout struggle with Mrs. Dubose or Atticus’s struggle to protect Jem and Scout from the madness that surrounds them. Jem and Scout hatred for Mrs. Dubose‚ who would call them vulgar names and in all‚ tell them that everything they were doing was wrong‚ grew more and more as the chapter went on. The pressure starts to take build when‚ Jem and Scout have
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The title The Namesake reflects the struggle of Gogol Ganguli‚ son of Ashoke and Ashima‚ Indian immigrants to the U.S.A. to get identity in the culture where he is born and brought up with his unusual name. Names do have some meaning in India. A lot of practice is done when a child is named in India. An Indian child generally carries two names‚ a pet name and an official one. Pet names are for the family and neighbours and acquaintances. They carry or may not carry meaning. But official names are
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THE LIVILIHOOD STRUGGLES OF ARTISANAL FISHERFOLK OF KERALA Russel Ignatius . L. Abstract: In this article an attempt is made to study the peculiarities of artisanal fisher folk of Kerala and their livelihood issues‚ in the changing scenario of modernization of fishery sectors with the introduction of trawling and other artificial methods of fishing which endanger their very ethos and livelihood possibilities. We travel through their rough tides of struggles to protect their livelihood and suggesting
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The Up Hill Struggle The Uphill Struggle of life is a struggle/climb that is inevitable. People all over the world are faced with Many Struggles. Everyone are faced with struggles regardless of race‚ color‚ background neither your status. We are all faced with some kind of struggle. People all over the world including our Bahamian people face struggles that seem impossible for one to overcome‚ but it is what makes us human‚ and makes us appreciate our lives and the things we do have. It is easy
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Internal struggles of Santiago in Old man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway I agree with William Handy in his quote‚ “ In the portrayal of Santiago in the Old man and the Sea there is no uncertainty of being‚ no confusion of self and values. …rather it is concerned with the depiction of conflicting values‚”(Handy 2) The Old Man has respect toward nature to make his decisions. Santiago also respected the marlin because he has finally found his match He knows the marlin can beat him nonetheless
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Odysseus’s Struggles Odysseus faces many conflicts in The Odyssey. He faces both internal and external conflicts. He has many different decisions to make‚ such as to face Scylla or Charybdis with is crew. In my opinion‚ the three most important conflicts are when Odysseus’s men refuse to listen when he tells them not to eat the cattle‚ the fact that he was pulled away from his wife‚ Penelope‚ and their newborn son‚ and when Odysseus faces the Cyclopes. One thing that I learned while reading
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live another day. Whether she is struggling to find her family’s next meal in the woods or resorting to violence to save herself in the Games‚ all of Katniss’s actions are motivated by her struggles to help herself and her loved ones survive.
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