In the book The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton‚ the author highlights the struggles of growing up in poverty while also in battle with a rival group‚ the Socs. The main character Ponyboy Curtis belongs to a gang named the Greasers. The Greasers and Socials are mainly divided by their socioeconomic status. After Ponyboy and fellow gang member Johnny are jumped by a group of socials‚ resulting in one Soc being stabbed and killed by Johnny in self-defense‚ Johnny and Ponyboy go into hiding. After a week
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In the book The Outsiders‚ written by S.E Hinton‚ Ponyboy counts on his friends to be there for him as he gets into trouble on his path to adulthood. The book which is fiction focused on the main character‚ Ponyboy and his two brothers as they struggled with the socs and gangs. Ponyboy learns what it means to be a hero and the value of friendship. The three topics addressed in this meaningful novel are the power of friendship‚ what it means to be a hero‚ and the fight between rich and poor.
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Subject: Analyse the factors that affected the spread of industrialisation during the 19th century. Introduction This essay covers the factors that affected the spread of industrialisation. Its chronological focus is the period from 1800 to 1899. Starting with Britain ’s eighteenth-century pioneering role‚ it then traces the diffusion of industrialisation in north-western Europe during the nineteenth century and relates it to international trade and especially market-friendly institutional
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SIM5202 Advanced Software Engineering Mini Project 1.0 Project Overview Software engineering is concerned with theories‚ methods and tools for professional software development. The fundamental themes of process‚ dependability requirements‚ management and reuse are important concerns in software development. Software engineers always try to discover solutions to problems using applicable theories and methods (and sometimes discover new ways) to help organisation develops more effectively
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In the book‚ “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two main social groups‚ the Socs and the greasers. The Socs‚ and the greasers are enemies in the town of Tulsa and often get into fights just because they are different. Socs and greasers often stereotype each other just based on one experience with one their friends. To start off‚ there are many instances of greasers stereotyping Socs but here are just a few examples. First‚ when Ponyboy was looking through Sodapop’s yearbook he stumbled upon
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I believe that‚ in the book "Ponyboy‚" the Socs‚ socialites or social rich kids from the west‚ are more of a disgrace and menace to society than the "greasers‚" the poorer students from the east. The Socs’ idea of fun is throwing big parties‚ including beer blasts‚ and jumping greasers. They drive Mustangs‚ Corvairs and Corvettes. "Greasers are almost like hoods. They steals things‚ drive souped- up old cars‚ hold up gas stations and have gang fights once in a while." Page 3’. Socs wear madras shirts
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In Se Habla Espanol by Tanya Barrientos presents a memoir of a women who was born in Guatemalan and was brought to United States at the age of three. She was having difficulty on identifying herself in her native culture. In Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie presents a literacy narrative of a men who learned how to read in a very young age despite having very limited resources on the Native American Reservation where he grew up. These authors described how Americans were not culturally tolerant‚
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October 8th 1969 Tulsa Times October 8th 1969 Tulsa Times Newsletter Title Wanted for murder if seen please contact the police PonnyBoy Curtis 100 dollar reward if found Wanted for murder if seen please contact police Johnny Cade 100 dollar reward if found Wanted for murder if seen please contact the police PonnyBoy Curtis 100 dollar reward if found Wanted for murder if seen please contact police Johnny Cade 100 dollar reward if found A student who attends Jay Mountain
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Before Reading The Sanctuary of School Essay by Lynda Barry Why do we need SCHOOLS? READING 9 Analyze‚ make inferences and draw conclusions about the author’s purpose in cultural‚ historical‚ and contemporary contexts. 11 Analyze‚ make inferences‚ and draw conclusions about persuasive text. RC-8(E) Paraphrase texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts Traditionally‚ a school’s most basic function was to teach the “three Rs”: reading‚ writing‚ and ’rithmetic
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being judged as an individual. Here are some examples of groups and individuals that learned the hard way. In The Outsiders the author‚ S.E. Hinton‚ shows regardless of social class a person should be judged as an individual rather than the group they are associated with. *Everyone seems to be perfect in each others eyes but the whole world is polluted with issues. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is novel about social classes. The two main classes are the Greasers and Socs. Greasers are knowns as the poor
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