Paragraphs Johnny Johnny Cade is a sixteen-year-old loveable greaser with long black hair . The child of alcoholic‚ abusive parents‚ he is nervous and sensitive. Since his parents do not care for him‚ Johnny sees the greasers as his true family. In turn‚ the older boys‚ particularly Dally‚ are very protective of him. This is probably why he is known as the gang’s pet. He was jumped once by the Socs and beaten very badly. Since then he has carried a blade and has become even more suspicious
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What do you think defines a hero? Heroes in S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders help people a lot. Johnny‚ Darry‚ and Dally are all heroes because they help people in different ways. Johnny is a hero in The Outsiders because he has helped people. The first way he has helped people is when he killed Bob to save Ponyboy from drowning. This helps people because that way Ponyboy survives and does not die. The second way he has helped people is when he decided to turn himself in. This is an act of heroism
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OUTSIDER The story I am going to tell you is about my experience when I felt like an outsider. Being isolated from others can be difficult and frustrated. Sometimes people would treat you different because you are not the same as them. In life‚ there is a point where someone would feel like an outsider. Getting used to the isolation feeling can take a while‚ but you can overcome it by getting involves. You may feel like an outsider at the beginning but then later on things will eventually change
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Effects on someone who is perceived as an outsider “If you feel like an outsider‚ you tend to observe things a lot more.” Anderson Cooper. Being an outsider is generally perceived as a negative aspect‚ although it’s not all that bad. Of course it depends on what kind of person you are but commonly outsiders or outcasts are very strong willed people with a kind of grit and perspective people admire. On top of that‚ they have a freedom that most don’t. They don’t have all those extra relations and
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The Outsiders The outsiders was a good book and movie‚ although it had many similarities and differences. A difference is in the book it says that Pony-boy gets a cut on his head but in the movie he gets no injury. Johnny was the one that was getting hurt like he got hurt when he went into the burning church to save the kids and piece of the burning building dropped on his back. But pony boy never got no injury in the movie. A similarity that happened in the book and movie would be that Johnny
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After reading‚ “Rest in Peace‚ Doc‚” and‚” The Outsiders‚” I learned that people‚ (especially younger adults) join gangs for a spectrum of reasons. Furthermore‚ some may join because they have limited life options or they may join because they want to. Whatever the reason is‚ no matter what‚ it is an illogical decision to join a gang. People in‚” The Outsiders‚” joined for a few different reasons. One example is‚a partly main character‚ Steve‚ joined from peer-pressure. On page nine‚ it states that
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Outsiders Essay Jerred Niemi Did you ever know how many people don’t love and support other people? Then they get an idea that they’re not supposed to be in this world‚ so they commit suicide. 34‚000 people commit suicide per year in the United States according to Meredith Melnick of the Huffington Post. If no one loves you or supports you would feel the same way and maybe get that idea. In The Outsiders‚ it shows that the kids need love and support and if they have love and support then they can
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In the novel‚” The Outsiders‚” by S.E. Hinton and the poem ‚” Richard Cory”‚ by Edwin Arlington Robinson‚ the authors both develop similar themes. Throughout each piece the theme of ‚” Everything is not what it seems”‚ is reinforced by characters’ or narrative’s thoughts and actions to affect its development. People are judging each other based on appearance and not getting to know the person. The theme is present in both the novel and poem and is developed through the events throughout To begin
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Nick being an outsider and Meursault in The Outsider. Both Nick and Meursault seem to be detached and simply view and describe what occurs around them from a removed position. Both characters also seem to have a love interest with in the book‚ Meursault having Marie and Nick having Jordan Baker. Although there are still some differences between the two‚ Nick is socially accepted‚ and is more engaged with his own beliefs and views than Meursault. Both Meursault and Nick are outsiders due to the different
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they are from the inside and not the outside‚ they differ in terms of personalities. In the novel‚ The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton‚ two groups are introduced. These groups are the Greasers‚ the East-side poor kids‚ and the Socials‚ the West-side rich kids.
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