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    The novel The Outsiders by SE Hinton is a novel about teenage boys that are trying to live their lives to be like the rest of the community. These kids feel like they are the outsiders. Atul Gawande once said “Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But‚ precisely because they are the outsiders‚ they are usually in a poor position to fix them.” In this novel the outsiders would be the Greasers because they are poor‚ violent‚ and they don’t have parents

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    just true for middle school‚ but also life in the 50s. The book The Outsiders focuses on two main cliques‚ the Greasers and the Socs. One might think that the name represents Greasers‚ and what they have to deal with‚ but the real outsiders are specific people. The outsiders are the people who dare to be different from the stereotype of their group‚ who believe people should be judged on who they are‚ not social class. Major outsiders in the book are Darry‚ Ponyboy‚ and Cherry Valance. Darry is the

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    Belonging‚ What is it? Why do we need it? Belonging is to be a part of society. It’s the ability to make a conscious decision to be a part of a group of people. A sense of belonging gives a person a sense of strength and security so that they can make the right choices for themselves. Though belonging does have a positive aspect on any person’s life‚ there are some circumstances where people have to give up what they once were to belong to a group. So in the process of trying to belong you lose

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    |Related Text Overview: Novel | |Title of novel |The Outsiders | |Author |S.E. Hinton | |Date published

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    The Discrimination of Outsiders ZZ Packer’s Drinking Coffee Elsewhere a book that consists of many short stories that are very similar in plot‚ however very different in the overall meaning of the story. Throughout her compilations of short stories Packer grasps the idea of being labeled an “outside” in our society. In these three stories “Brownies‚ Drinking Coffee Elsewhere‚ and Geese” all of the main characters of the story receive discrimination from their other peers. In one story “Brownies”

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    ‘The Outsiders’ written by S.E Hinton demonstrates that violence can cause much change to a person on the inside as well as outside. This book became an immediate success when it was written during the 1960’s and was based around the reputation and the stereotypes of that current decade. If you were a kid growing up in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma you either belonged to one of two groups‚ a “Soc” or a “Greaser”. In this book‚ there are many differences between the two groups‚ which tends to cause much violence

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    An outsider‚ a person who wants to fit-in but can’t. Everyone defines themselves and others in their own ways‚ everyone is different‚ but some try to be the same. We are all given the same opportunities but we still rely on others to do those opportunities for us. There is one group that does not rely on others to get them through life and they are often misjudged. These people are often very successful and are idolized later in life. They are not afraid to be different‚ but they are often times

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    Belonging consists of a struggle with opposing pressures. A desire to belong also consists of emotional conflicts and struggles between being acknowledged while also remaining as an individual and retaining personal ideals which may ultimately result in a connection. This is explored in Emily Dickinson’s selected poetry I died for beauty‚ but was scarce and I had been hungry all the years ‚ as well as Scott Westerfeld’s novel Uglies. These texts all depict a struggle between being recognised and

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    Belonging Essay The human quest to belong is characterized by both triumph and failure. Belonging is a human conception; considered a fundamental need to be accepted‚ to have a sense of security and fulfillment. A negative sense of belonging may be found among the displaced‚ marginalized and may lead towards personal issues that may be indomitable for the individual. The short clip ‘Be My Brother’ directed by Genevieve Clay is a short presentation on the qualities of belonging and the quality

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    The Outsiders In class we have been reading a novel called ‘The Outsiders’ by S E Hilton. This book was published forty years ago and is still popular because it has an interesting theme and characters as well. The book was set in the 1960’s in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ America. This book is about a boy named Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers and his gang. Ponyboy is from a gang called the greasers. The greasers are enemies with the socs who are the rich kids. Ponyboy is good friends with Johnny Cade‚ who

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