Comparing Freedom Writers and The Outsiders Taking place in Long Beach California‚ Richard Lagravense directed an amazing movie titled “Freedom Writers.” Freedom Writers came out in 2007 and has inspired many teenagers all over the world. Not only do I consider this to be one of my favorite movies‚ but many others do too. Freedom Writers was a movie with many interesting characters. Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell (Mrs. G)‚ a high school teacher who realizes that teaching is her passion
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Meursault‚ the novel’s narrator and protagonist‚ receives a telegram telling him that his mother has died. She had been living in an old persons’ home in Marengo‚ outside of Algiers. Meursault asks his boss for two days’ leave from work to attend the funeral. His boss grudgingly grants the request‚ and makes Meursault feel almost guilty for asking. Meursault catches the two o’clock bus to Marengo‚ and sleeps for nearly the entire trip. When Meursault arrives‚ he meets with the director of the old
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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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and pushes him away‚ causing him to fall out of a window to his death. Kim confesses her love for Edward and shares a kiss with him before leaving to tell the townspeople that Jim and Edward are both dead. 5. What ideas are conveyed about the outsider? In the film‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ Tim Burton reveals to his audience how people who are different are often rejected by society. This is illustrated by the main character Edward who is excluded within the community. Edward is excluded due to
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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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