For example‚ the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ includes many examples of conflict between the upper class‚ “the Socs”‚ and the lower class‚ “the Greasers.” In The Outsiders the main character‚ Ponyboy says‚ “We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class” (Hinton 3). This description shows that social class was a big part of what defined individuals and determined how they were treated in the 1960s
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Outsiders Essay Jerred Niemi Did you ever know how many people don’t love and support other people? Then they get an idea that they’re not supposed to be in this world‚ so they commit suicide. 34‚000 people commit suicide per year in the United States according to Meredith Melnick of the Huffington Post. If no one loves you or supports you would feel the same way and maybe get that idea. In The Outsiders‚ it shows that the kids need love and support and if they have love and support then they can
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Essay As Henry Ford once said‚ “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” This quote relates to Ponyboy’s relationship with Johnny as he makes Johnny a better person through many of the challenges they face together. The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ is a story about a boy who struggles with the division of two gangs‚ the Socs and the Greasers. He faces many obstacles in his life regarding his own family and the Socs. One character in the story is Johnny who is Ponyboy’s best friend
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How can complete opposites of people also have many similarities? How can a law breaking guy have anything similar to a law-abiding person? In most stories this is highly unlikely. However‚ in S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders‚ two characters have these differences. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are similar because they both have abusive parents and they both care about one another. On the other hand they have opposite personalities and have different opinions on the law. Therefore‚ Dally Winston
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Those who have encountered Sirus would describe it with a single word: esoteric. To an outsider it would be unfathomable‚ driven by some strange motive that is known to it and it alone. In truth‚ there aren’t any words to truly capture exactly what Sirus is. The more it is defined the more it evades description. How does one go about attaching words to something so viciously unhuman? No true empathy and no true morality to bind its actions to any sort of code‚ allowing it to act on pure‚ ravenous
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they are from the inside and not the outside‚ they differ in terms of personalities. In the novel‚ The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton‚ two groups are introduced. These groups are the Greasers‚ the East-side poor kids‚ and the Socials‚ the West-side rich kids.
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"Greasers are like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in a while." (Hinton 6) Bob Sheldon‚ a Soc in the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton‚ was stabbed and killed by greaser‚ Johnny Cade. The greasers are considered the menace to society‚ because of the way they look and the actions they make. But what if I told you the only reason why 16-year old Johnny Cade stabbed Bob was because Bob and the others Socs were drowning Ponyboy
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No!" I screamed at him. "I’m fourteen! I’ve been fourteen for a month! And I’m in it as much as you are. I’ll stop crying in a minute... I can’t help it.” the main character in this book “The outsiders‚” Ponyboy Curtis has the innocence and immaturity of a young fourteen-year-old. but as we continue to read we soon see when he reaches the point of no longer being “gold” or is forced to mature causing him to lose his innocence. We quickly learn that Ponyboy wants to understand why the Socs and Greasers
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“ELECTIONS PER SE DO NOT AMOUNT TO DEMOCRACY”: EXAMPLES FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA” INTRODUCTION The democratic process in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is in a state of crisis despite the occurrence of elections. There seems to be a gradual‚ but dangerous reinstitutionalization of autocratic and authoritarian regimes clad in democratic garb (Adejumobi‚ 2000). Elections are supposed to be a hallmark of democracy however in SSA dictatorial regimes are also holding elections resulting in their abuse and a
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Engineering Chemistry III Prof. K. M. Muraleedharan Aromatic electrophilic substitution (Ar-SE) Reactions The special reactivity of aromatic systems towards electrophiles arises mainly from two factors: the presence of π electron density above and below the plane of the ring - making it nucleophilic‚ and the drive to regain the aromatic character by opting for substitution as opposed to a simple addition reaction. Preference towards addition reactions in the case of alkenes and substitution
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