From reading the book it was pretty clear that Ponyboy had a rough family life. It is a huge part of Ponyboys growth realizing his family was the most important thing to him but hadn’t realized this until it was too late. Ever since his parents died he has been under the care of Darry. Ponyboy always felt like Darry never loved him because he could never please him. "He’s as hard as a rock and about as human...he thinks I’m a pain in the neck. He likes Soda--everybody likes Soda--but he can’t stand
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Johnny Cade‚ the sympathetic and lovable character from the classical realistic fiction novel “The Outsides” by renowned author S.E. Hinton is one of the most complex and confusing characters in the novel. Johnny is a very special character because he is so different in so many ways to the other protagonists in this novel. He himself who is both quiet and passive is forced to take refuge with the violent and active gang of the greasers by his abusive family. Throughout the novel he is the main catalysis
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and watched the Outsiders and now I think about it sometimes and the first person who comes up in my mind is Johnny. Johnny‚ a character in the “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton has to get through hard times in the bad streets and gangs of Tulsa‚Oklahoma. He was unfortunately unable to survive the hard times and ends up passing away. He was happy for what he died for after saving kids in a burning church. Johnny scared‚uneasy‚ and intuitive ways make him forever remembered in the Outsiders. After reading
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English Emma Jane marks The outsider‚ Holden Caulfield is responsible for his own alienation. How far would you agree? Focus on chapter 1-7 Define outsider -3 lines Every paragraph - A03 argument A02 methods and terms A04 context Quotations Holden Caulfield from the outset is an outsider and alienated from society. The technical term for an outsider is a person or thing excluded from or not a member of a set‚ group. We see that Holden is not really part of the society around him‚ from Pencey Prep
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Darry At twenty‚ Darry is the oldest in the gang and the oldest of the Curtis brothers. Darry is extremely intelligent and very athletic. Additionally ‚ he does all the cooking and housework. He is very strong‚ principled and grumpy. Pony tells us that before their parents died‚ Darry “had been real popular in high school; he was captain of the football team and he had been voted Boy of the Year”. Darry could have been a Soc any day. Darry had sacrificed going to college and working to make sure
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INTRODUCTION Me: Today we are going to be interview Sodapop Curtis! Soda: Hello everyone! INTERVIEW 1. Me: Now we are going to start with the interview. What was it like after your mom and dad passed away? Soda: It was hard for Ponyboy‚Darry‚ and I. We got through it by leaning on each other. Now Darry and I have to Take care of Ponyboy. 2. Me: What happened to make Ponyboy run? Soda: Well Pony got home late because he fell asleep in the lot. Darry and I were worried sick about him
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MURDER IN THE PARK On the 8th of October‚ a murder was committed in a park on the outskirts of Tulsa. The victim was a 17-year-old boy named Bob Sheldon‚ who was found lying in a pool of blood at 5pm. A woman was taking a walk through the park when she discovered the bloody corpse. She contacted the police immediately. A witness known to be a friend of Bob Sheldon said that his friend had been brutally murdered by a knife-wielding maniac. This may be biased information due to a variety of
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I remember the time when I had locked myself in my room for hours; peeking through the small keyhole‚ I could see the guests moving around the hall and I decided not to go out. However‚ my mom kept knocking my door‚ insisting me to come out. I pretended to ignore her‚ but when the guests started calling out my name along with her‚ I had to open the door reluctantly. Instead of having any conversation with them‚ I thought it would be a better idea for me to just go for a quick handshake and walk away
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Stephen Curry kill on the opening night of the season he play for the Warriors. Stephen is so fast with the ball he can almost do it all he really can’t be stop by nobody in the NBA. He showing everybody in the NBA why he is the M.V.P you just have to give respect where it’s due in Stephen Curry deserve the respect he really earn it he is so humble. The opening night game Curry almost past Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in points for a M.V.P in a opening game he had 40points Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had 41points
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In “Outsiders Defining Deviance” The author Becker talk about how when someone does not follow the rules they become an outsider and are deviant. People are see this way because our society set it up that if you don’t do what everyone is doing or what your are supposed to do you are the odd ball out. This is just how when someone has the choice to go to college and doesn’t take it they are looked down upon because they don’t meet the society’s requirements of education. And then that one choice can
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