3). From her father dying of cancer to ____‚ Hinton is a victim of circumstance. Her contemporary writings have been the portrayals of all of the unfortunate circumstances that she has survived. Many know that she found herself while writing The Outsiders‚ but through Rumble Fish‚ Hinton strengthened her writing in both voice and appeal. On July 22‚ 1950‚ Susan Eloise Hinton was born in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. Growing up in such a small town‚ there was not much for a young girl like Hinton to do. Her interests
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Struggles of an Outsider Can two drastically different groups of kids face similar problems? In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton two classes of kids‚ greasers and socs‚ share many similar problems. Greasers come from rough neighborhoods and create gangs to have a sense of belonging‚ socs live in wealthy neighborhoods and gang up on greasers. Although‚ both groups are so different they have many similar problems such as fitting in‚ developing romantic relationships‚ and getting approval from
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The Outsiders Theme Paragraphs Many times in society‚ people are judged by their appearance and social class. This has happened since the dawn of time. For example‚ the holocaust‚ civil rights‚ slavery‚ and so many others. In the story the outsiders‚ people are targets by how they dress‚ and how much money they have. S.E. Hinton Shows us that these exterior traits do not signify our true personality. Ponyboy is often segregated based on how he dresses. Many people will assume that he is a
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The movie and the “outsiders” are interesting. Johnny kills‚ bob in the book and in the movie.There’s only one socs in the book and in the movie there’s way more. The movie and the book “outsiders” are like in some ways.All the characters are the same way in their personality.Dally is mean and cool liked described in the book in the movie. The grocery store that dally robbed Thoe he got killed. Thoe they share similar things the book is still different from the movie. The book and the movie
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Literary Analysis: Johnny Cade SE Hinton’s novel‚ The Outsiders conveys the true dilemmas and struggles that all teenage kids go through. One of the inevitable struggles that teenagers go through is dealing with change. From weak and afraid to courageous and bold‚ Johnny Cade’s personality evolves throughout the novel. His changes separate him from the rest of the characters who remained constant throughout. Johnny undergoes many struggles that made him emotionally and physically unstable. But
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My view on things has changed a lot since I read this book. A movie‚ a death‚ a church and friendship‚ "The Outsiders" has it all. A story of brotherhood‚ friendship‚ and of a murder‚ a boy and his friend are caught in a murder‚ they have to escape form getting caught by the police‚ and so they run away‚ starting their journey of friendship and hardships. After reading the novel and watching the movie I noticed some differences‚ I’ll start with Ponyboy‚ in the novel pony boy is slapped by his brother
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Inna Lyvytska 10-23-13 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Character Analysis Essay Johnny Cade Ponyboy and his friends are caught in a hurricane of dramatic events that start after the night
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to readjust to my new environment. Moving taught me how to adapt socially ‚ but always starting out as “the new girl” or an “outsider” was burdensome. Repeatedly leaving people I cared about hurt me emotionally‚ but I also knew that I couldn’t linger in my feelings or else I would miss out on other life opportunities. In order to overcome the feeling of being an outsider‚ I joined school clubs‚ participated in extracurricular activities such as soccer and track‚ and volunteer at church. Mentally
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Dally presents himself as tough and intimidating‚ however‚ that is not quite how he is on the inside. He has a soft spot for all his friends because they are the only good things he has in his life. Dally especially loves Johnny. Johnny was what kept Dally sane and gave him something that no one else could give him‚ happiness and the will to keep on living. After Johnny died‚ Dally had nothing. He was absolutely and purposeless without him. Dally was mad at Ponyboy for not telling Johnny to stay
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Greasers or Socs? How do you know weather the Socs or the Greasers have it tough? Trying to decide is difficult. You may think you know but unless you see it through their eyes then you can decide who has is tougher.Greasers and Socs are people too. They do have other lives. They both have problems and tough times.It would be way better if there were no Socs or Greasers‚just normal people. Socs pick on Greasers sometimes and want to start fights. Some Greasers are childish and do not care
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