The author S.E.Hinton uses extreme events to make the argument that given a chance; even those labelled ‘bad’ by society can do good. In the novel The Outsiders the characters that are labelled bad greasers who are placed in challenging situations. Those situations demonstrate that people are not always what they are labelled. S.E.Hinton uses her characters and their actions to persuade us that you cannot label someone until you know them and what they have been through. The novel demonstrates that
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een ander heeft in een straat met rijwoningen een bijzondere tuin. Dit zijn eenvoudige voorbeelden van deviant gedrag waardoor mensen in bepaalde situaties bestempeld kunnen worden als buitenstaander. Het volgende essay is gebaseerd op het boek ‘Outsiders’ van Howard S. Becker (1997). In dit boek wordt Beckers onderzoek (1963) over buitenstaanders beschreven. ‘Deviantie’ is een bijzonder belangrijke term in zijn boek. Hij definieert deviant gedrag als volgt: Het door een persoon uit een bepaalde groep
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Search for Self Conflict arises between two incomparable social groups‚ resulting in tragic deaths. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton‚ two separate gangs‚ the Socs and Greasers‚ are at constant contention. The Outsiders takes place in Oklahoma‚ the 1960’s. Hinton uses the character‚ Ponyboy Curtis to explain why it doesn’t matter what social position you are in. The message she is trying to get across to the readers is you are your own person‚ and you don’t have to be classified as anyone
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Banning books over the years has caused lot of controversy. Many people are all-for banning the indecent books‚ but there are some out there that think banning books is completely useless and idiotic. Books should not be banned because of its racial or sexual content. I oppose book banning for one reason. I believe that every person should have the option to read whatever they want. Many schools claim they ban books because they do not want students to act out or feel uncomfortable. Schools are
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community should not have a say in what books are being read in the school. This is because the community already knows about words that are commonly used in books that are banned and they don’t need to learn about it whereas kids need to learn about it because the community hasn’t exposed them to it. Also‚ teachers know the curriculum and know how to turn bad things into learning opportunities. Communities already have knowledge of things that are written in banned books. They have lived longer and therefore
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"The Outsiders" The Outsiders had two poems in them‚ "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost‚ the other poem‚ "Stay Gold" by Stevie Wonder. Nothing Gold Can Stay has a connection to the movie. I think it belongs in the movie. In this poem when they talk about "Natures first green is gold‚" it means natures first green is your youth‚ because‚ when you go to a new place it is gold‚ something good happening. When Johnny and Ponyboy killed the Soc they ran away to Windrixville‚ it was
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heart."- Anne Frank in her banned and challenged book‚ The Diary of a Young Girl. The Diary of a Young Girl‚ is a riveting account of Anne Frank and the perils experienced during the extreme anti-Semitism movements under Adolf Hitler. In R. Wolf Baldassarro’s‚ “Banned Books Awareness: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank‚” several accounts of ban have been witnessed. In 1982‚ it was challenged in Wise County‚ Virginia‚ due to parents who complained of the book being sexually offensive.
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Appreciate the people you have because you won’t have them long. In the book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton a boy that was born on the wrong side of town wishes he was not considered a “Greaser” and less than his brothers. So when he gets a chance to be to feel like a “Soc” he likes it. In the middle of the story he gets close to Dally that he didn’t like that much in the beginning. Ponyboy gets close to people that he thought he’d have for a long time. The whole conflict that lead to Bob dying
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States’ Constitution…” as stated from the text‚ Schools and Censorship: Banned Books. A recent banning of books for having age inappropriate content has been debated‚ but books should not be banned because children will eventually be exposed to the content‚ children need to learn they’re history‚ and children are being deprived the right to representation‚ as stated in the Constitution. Therefore‚ it is illegal to ban books from the people. Children being exposed to what they will eventually learn
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Banned Books Synthesis Research Paper Book banning has stirred many vehement debates and remains a critical issue America since the 16th century. This form of censorship has even taken a hold on high school curriculums which has restrained students from receiving a larger sample of real life situations. Not only is this curriculum censorship unethical‚ it is also unfair to the students themselves. Parents and educators who have supported this practice hope to “protect” their children
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