One of the main characters of the story The Outsiders‚written by S.E. Hinton‚ is a 14 year old boy named Ponyboy. Ponyboy is a strong boy who lives on the east side of town. He feels that it is unfair how everyone is against the greasers and thinks they are garage just because they do not have nice things like the west side socs. Throughout the story‚ Ponyboy was caring‚ smart‚ and determined. He helped people and never gave up. Ponyboy is known for being smart because of many reasons inside the
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Eh‚ I’d Rather not do it for Johnny The Outsiders‚ directed by Francis Ford Coppola was released in 1983. Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell) is a greaser whose parents were killed in a car accident. He and his friends: Johnny (Ralph Macchio)‚ Dally (Matt Dillon)‚ Two-Bit (Emilio Estevez)‚ and Steve (Tom Cruise)‚ and brothers‚ Darry (Patrick Swayze) and Soda (Rob Lowe)‚ are always getting in fights with a gang called the Socs. One night‚ best friend Johnny‚ are attacked by Socs. The Socs almost drown
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Virginia schools “To kill a Mockingbird” is banned for the racial slurs it uses. One of the high school students parents said that her child had a very hard time reading the content that was in the book. She says “I’m not disputing this is great literature‚ but there is so much racial slurs in there and offensive wording that you can’t get past that‚ and right now we are a nation divided as it is." Allen‚ Nick “To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn banned from schools in Virginia for racism” The
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Another main factor of his transformation can be blamed on his attempt to unnaturally block emotion and‚ most importantly‚ anger. In chapter seven of book one in Seneca’s “On Anger” he states‚ “Some think that the best course is to control anger‚ not to banish it‚ and by removing its excesses to confine it within beneficial bounds‚ keeping‚ however‚ that part without which‚ action will be inert and the
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The Outsiders: Character Development From the moment of your birth to the day of your death‚ a person never stays the same. Some change for good others change for bad. Changing all depends on you‚ you choose how to change based on hard situations. In this story ‘The Outsiders’ many characters change throughout the story. Some of them change slowly‚ some change till they reach their death. Dallas one of the characters who changed in the last moment of his death. “He had an elfish face‚ with high
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human nature’ The Outsiders – Text response essay In the novel ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton‚ we see how hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature. Human nature is basically what people are like deep down. As the characters change and their life grows and gets harder‚ we are shown their true colours. Some of them change for the best‚ and some for the worst. Hard times include a large variety of matters. Based on the novel that we are working on – ‘The Outsiders’‚ some of the issues
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A banned/challenged book is material that has been removed because people believe that it is too inappropriate to read. Especially in schools. The reason books are challenged or even banned is that the topics the book covers are sensitive for people to handle. Such as racial themes‚ profanity‚ and violence. The novel The Catcher in the Rye would be challenged because it showed a child going through an adult life with vulgar language‚ sexual references‚ and underage drinking. After all the reasons
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The Great Gatsby Books are banned or challenged because they have capacity to “corrupt” a reader’s mind or influence. Banning a novel is actually one of the greatest things that can happen or be “awarded” to a book. The Great Gatsby is an example of one of these great books that was banned. The book was banned in 1987 by a Baptist college in Charleston‚ yet it is considered of one the “Great American Novels” and a literary classic. The book was banned for language and some sexual content. By examining
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Should Catcher in the Rye be Banned? Throughout the years many schools have banned or taken the novel Catcher in the Rye. There are various reasons as to why some schools have banned the book‚ a few are “too vulgar”‚“too sexual”‚ “anti-white”‚ “morals”‚ “too much violence” and “having to do with occult”also it is considered a symbol for teenage angst. But when thinking about it‚ is a type of language and imagery enough to ban a book? The book is also considered a valuable lesson and experience for
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firefighter means that they burn books and the property of those who own them. In America‚ books are banned because some people get offended by certain so to keep everyone happy‚ they have been banned. Since this is based in America‚ the author seems to convey that this could happen. I don’t think that it would ever end up where books are banned in America. If it did happen‚ this would go against the first amendment. Even though it said in the book that the books being banned were in the Constitution‚ we
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