“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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“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren’t looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.” ― S.E. Hinton‚ The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a narrative about two gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. They are gangs that fight each other and in worst cases sometimes they fight to the death. The tale is from the perspective of a Greaser boy named Ponyboy and his best friend Johnny. A couple of Socs had attacked Johnny and Ponyboy and since Johnny panicked‚ he killed one of the Socs named
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The different types of conflicts help shape the book because the conflicts help deepen the story and the characters in the book. In ‘The Outsiders’ the main conflict is person vs society. Since Ponyboy is a greaser he is looked down upon in society because he is poor. One example of a plot is person vs person‚ of Darry and Ponyboy. A lot of times Darry and Ponyboy don’t get along and get into a lot of arguments‚ by yelling and shouting. This would be an example of person vs person because one character
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Howard Gardner‚ Multiple Intelligences Who knew that a young boy born in 1943 in Scranton‚ PA‚ would become one of the main well known theorists in today’s society (Multiple Intelligences‚ 2002). Growing up‚ Howard‚ really enjoyed being studious and doing well in school‚ however‚ he enjoyed playing piano the most. He claims that music has always been a very important aspect in his life. Majoring as a developmental psychologist and neuropsychology‚ Gardner started his research towards what is today
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Question 1: What management skill do you think would be most important for Howard Schultz to have? Why? What skill do you think would be most important for a Starbucks store manager to have? Why? Conceptual Skill would be the most important skill for Howard Schultz to have and as we can see Schultz already had those skills. When he went to Italy and saw espresso bar it was his conceptual skills that led him to the idea of introducing coffee bars in America. It was his conceptual skills that led him
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Solutions Chap 8 Suggested Exercises 2. Howard Bowen’s cotton farm analysis appears below. a. Accounting profits: Revenues $5‚000‚000 Less: Variable operating costs 4‚500‚000 Less: Depreciation 40‚000 Less: Wages 50‚000 Equals: Operating Income $410‚000 Less: Interest expense 400‚000 Accounting income before tax +$10‚000 b. Economic profits: Revenues $5‚000‚000 Less: Variable operating costs 4‚500‚000 Less: Opportunity
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Power Play for Howard “Successful negotiation involves the management of tangibles (e.g.‚ the price or the terms of an agreement) and also the resolution of intangibles”. (Lewicki‚ Sanders‚ and Barry 2005 p. ) With regard to Juwan Howard‚ the Washington Bullets all-star free agent forward went into negotiation with David Falk over a $100 million contract that was offered by NBA. The negotiations that took place were complicated as all parties involved had to decide what the others move was
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of individuals. In 1957‚ Camus was awarded with the Nobel Prize in literature “for his important literary production‚ which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times.” (Novel Prize Literature) The Outsider concentrates on the rational meaning of human existence and the lives of individuals. This written work follows the life of our Algerian protagonist‚ Mersault‚ who becomes involved with a violent murder after his mom demises and is indifferent by
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Juwan Howard Case Study Chad Holliday August 30‚ 2010 MGT/445 Adam Morris Juwan Howard Case Study This case discusses a decision to be made between two professional National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. The two teams are the Washington Bullets and the Miami Heat‚ who is negotiating over a player‚ Juwan Howard‚ who has become a free agent and available to make a team move if so desired. The two teams have to work out a deal and do what is morally right and in the best interest
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“Stay gold‚ Ponyboy‚ stay gold‚” Those are the words that Johnny wrote to Ponyboy before his tragic death. Johnny wanted to let Ponyboy and his best friends know that life goes on and just because there is hardships‚ there still is happiness in the world and that the grass is always greener on the other side. I believe that if Dally had not been killed then all of the gang’s lives would go on living the motto of Johnny. Dally would be alive and still heartbroken from Johnny’s death but he would know
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