I think that Hinton left the word “outsider” out of her novel because there are so many outsiders in the book it would get confusing for the reader. An outsider is someone who doesn’t fit in with a certain group. The greasers are the outsiders in the Socs eyes‚ but to the greasers the Socs are the outsiders because they aren’t like each other. The Socs have a lot of money and can be pointed out because of their blue madras shirts and their fancy corvairs. The greasers are known because they are “criminals”
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Compare and Contrast Essay There are many differences between the book and the movie “The Outsiders”. It is surprising how many differences and similarities one can find in between the book and the movie that is what I will be doing today. Hope that you enjoy. Now let’s talk about the differences in the book there were plenty of differences but for this paragraph I will only be listing four differences. One difference was that kid’s were playing 52 Card Pickup and Dally and Pony and Two-Bit chase
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what many of us live by. The people who do not meet these qualifications are cast out by society. The novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ demonstrates what being on the outside is like. The Greasers‚ labeled as outsiders‚ are viewed by their community as hoodlums and criminals; the only reasons being that they are not well off‚ put grease in their hair‚ and dress differently. Reading this book made me think of a very important lesson everyone should live by: you should not judge or treat a person differently
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The book I have chosen to do my research paper over banned books week is Paper Towns. I used three articles for my research paper. The three articles are named: Tampa Bay Times‚ LA Times‚ and Banned Library. Tampa Bay Times told me why Paper Towns was banned. LA Times told me what age level Paper Towns was banned for. Banned Library told me what year Paper Towns was banned in. According to Tampa Bay Times‚ Paper Towns was banned because Pasco County‚ Florida Middle School had a parent that had
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INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS In Harper Lee’s book‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ social differences determine insiders and outsiders. The social status of someone in Maycomb County has very different points. Your families reputation is a main factor in determining your place in Maycomb. Due to the factor that the men and women try to marry other respectable families to keep themselves on the inside. Wealth is seen as another factor. Also‚ the people that characters associate with makes them perceived as insiders
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The novel The Outsiders explained this when it was released in 1967. Then‚ the movie The Outsiders was released in 1983. They both show the hardships of a group of boys in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. The movie was based off of the novel and they did a good job of recreating the novel‚ but there are still many differences that separates these two. The book and the movie are very similar‚ but there is some very large differences. The major plot points are the same in both versions of the Outsiders. They both have
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Francisco Daboub Ela 9 S1 Unit 2 Narrative Essay My Outsider Life Within this essay I am going to be comparing my life to a book I have read numerous times in school “The Outsides.” It is a favorite book of mine and I am going to compare my life to the main characters of the book. My main topic is to describe my life and how it is is similar to the life of the Ponyboys’ in the book. Ponyboy is the youngest child out of three brothers‚ who have unfortunately lost their parents. Now here is a brief
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otherwise known as Cherry because of her bright red hair is the only main female character in The Outsiders. She stands as a link between the greasers and the socs. In the following paragraphs‚ I will be talking about the importance of her character‚ how the character stands as a link between the gangs‚ and how her character helps to solve the problem. I would say that Cherry is a big character in the book. In some ways‚ Bob’s death was Cherry’s fault. If she and Marcia hadn’t asked Pony and Johnny
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The Outsiders Critical Lens Essay The quote in question is “All good is destined to be defeated.” The quote means‚ for every good guy‚ there is a bad guy. For every hero‚ there is a villain. Everyone who has ever tried to do something good has been destined to be stopped. The quote not only speaks for literature‚ but for everything. If you look from now‚ all the way back to ancient times‚ you will see examples of this in many works of literature. The book The Outsiders is a good representation
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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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