Kensit‚ an actress‚ once said “Once a child is confronted with the concept of death‚ there’s a certain innocence that goes.” Kensit means once oneself has familiarized themselves with death‚ part of one’s innocence is taken away. In the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade‚ lose innocence by experiencing death. Hinton proves that losing innocence mentally at a young age has terrible effect through both Ponyboy and Johnny. Ponyboy’s experiences in life shows the devastating
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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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Appearance and Character “Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset” (41) ponders Ponyboy‚ a Greaser‚ when he realizes social class does not define a person. S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders tells of a town where social class splits the citizens into the lower class Greasers‚ who others view as horrible‚ selfish‚ tough‚ trouble-making criminals‚ and the upper class Socs or Socials‚ who the townspeople view as the privileged‚ wealthy‚ law-abiding people. Throughout
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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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Conclusion: (Identity‚ % error‚ other evidence‚ how to improve) The identity of Unknown A is the compound cobalt(II) chloride hexahydrate (CoCl₂•6H₂O).This is justified by the similarities in color of red-purple crystal like grains‚ which is significant in identifying the product out of the eight suggested identities. Only two had similar characteristics which were CoCl₂•6H₂O and CoSO₄•6H₂O. Before unknown A was heated‚ there was a notable common physical property of the substance being red crystal
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Results and Conclusion of the Research Process HCS/465 Results and Conclusion of the Research Process The title of this research study is Stressful life events and the tripartite model: Relations to anxiety and depression in adolescent females. The study was investigated by Jeremy Fox‚ Leslie Halpern‚ Julie Ryan‚ and Kelly Lowe (2011). This paper will expand on previous information reported‚ which included the background and methodology of the research study
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I feel a great amount of pity towards all of the newcomers here. They all have a tremor quaking through their bodies‚ their eyes pooling with tears‚ and their throats tearing themselves raw. As the guards drag the three outsiders through the halls‚ I catch quick observations of the three. All three of them are male‚ each with strange features that attract my attention. The largest - in every sense of the word - of the group has neon pink streaks that greatly contrast with his gray-brown hair. A shorter
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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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Results and Conclusion of Research Process HCS 465 June 3‚ 2012 Results and Conclusion of Research Process The purpose of this paper is to further analyze the study done on trends in teen pregnancy rates from 1996-2006‚ a comparison of Canada‚ Sweden‚ United States‚ and England. The items of discussion include data collection methods‚ data analysis procedures‚ qualitative‚ quantitative data‚ and study findings. Results: Data Collection Methods The data collection methods used in this
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