internal struggle‚ Johnny Cade’s choices impacts Pony’s life‚ self-concept‚ and relationships with his peers the most. A choice made by Johnny affects Pony because Johnny killed the soc Bob. This is perhaps the least impactful of Johnny’s choices but it still had a big affect on Pony. While Johnny and Pony are at the park the Socs attack them and try to drown Pony. Then to save Pony‚ Johnny kills Bob. After Pony
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that set a blaze to the cigarette caught a sparkle of blue reflection in Ponyboy eyes‚ as chills ran down his spine. The “Socs” a gang Ponyboy and his gang “The Greasers” feared the most the “Socs” oh‚ the fiercest‚ fearless‚ gang they were not afraid to pick a fight. Then the flash of sparkling blue came again but seemed closer. Pony and Johnny stood their ground‚ then the “Socs” began tumbling out of the car one by one there possibly could have been four or five. Suddenly a chase began Johnny caught
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his friend Ponyboy from a group of Socs that had jumped them. Johnny may have had killed one of the Socs‚ Bob‚ but he saved his friend Ponyboy from drowning. Just like in super hero movies where a hero may have killed a villain‚ but saves others’ lives from the danger the villain was causing. Another way Johnny shows courage was by talking back to Dally‚ a mean vicious greaser who was harassing
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Hinton‚ is a coming-of-age story that compels readers to question society’s stereotyping of people and expresses the need for people to always have hope. Based on two rival teenage gangs‚ the poor‚ east-side Greasers‚ and the rich‚ west-side Socials (Socs)‚ The Outsiders is told through the eyes of sensitive‚ 14-year-old Greaser‚ Ponyboy Curtis. The novel explores the choices people make when faced with adversity‚ sending an important message to readers that everyone is an individual‚ regardless of
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78(2): 199-221. 14. Macaro‚ E.‚ S. Graham and R. Vanderplank‚ 2007. A review of listening strategies: Focus on sources of knowledge and on success. In: A.D. Cohen and E. Macaro‚ Eds.‚ language learner strategies. Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ pp: 165-185. 15. Teng‚ H.C.‚ 1997. An investigation of EFL listening strategies by Taiwanese college students. Proceedings of the sixth International Symposium on English Teaching‚ 6: 509-520. 16. O’Malley‚ M.‚ A.U. Chamot‚ g. Stewner-Manzares‚ L. Kupper and P
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hero‚ Dally. Although he was nervous when he said it‚ Johnny is not afraid to stand up for others‚ even it meant going against your hero’s wishes. Another incident is in the park‚ where he and Ponyboy are jumped by the Socs. Johnny takes out his switchblade not to threaten the Socs‚ but actually to kill their leader‚ Bob. This is a real turning point for Johnny in the book because Johnny never killed anything‚ but he intentionally took out a person’s life! Additionally‚ it is not Johnny that goes
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Darry could have gone to college‚ get a high-paying job‚ and he could have either been middle-class or even a soc. I think Ponyboy is an outsider to the greasers because he was more of an emotional person and had more knowledge than the others in the gang did. He was still in school‚ he watched sunsets‚ and he also had a writing talent to him too. He was also friendlier to the socs than anyone else in the novel. He was also one of the heroes in the story when his “kind” was not common for being
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e SOC 1502 Unit 5 332016 Written Assignment Unit 5: Global Inequality Global inequality is analyzed by sociologists in terms of three different theories: modernization theory‚ dependency theory and the theory of globalization. The dependency theory is viewed as a revolutionary ideology of Eurocentrism that is best expressed by modernization theory. Modernization theory is regarded as equally Eurocentric and has been so from the start of its implementation. With the failure of national development
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clothing. The clothing that the Greasers wore were old clothes which were dirty; their outfits typically included jeans and jean jackets. The clothing the Socs wore was very nice and clean clothing. They mostly wore
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An Important idea in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is the idea of friendship and loyalty. This idea is shown through the members of the gang The Greasers. They teach us the value of real friendship. We see friendship and loyalty is important because it gives people love‚ security and the opportunity to be themselves and not be judged for it. We see the how friendship and loyalty can make someone feel loved and wanted in the chapter when friends are special and having one is good. In this chapter
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