The outsiders have been banned in some public school in the United States. It is considered a “ bad example” for young people because it has characters that smoke‚ drink‚ swear and fight. It even includes a murder. Using examples from the book‚ how can you convince the class that this book actually contains good morals and examples for young people? The Outsiders has been banned in some public schools in the United States because “bad examples” are all throughout the book. I believe the book
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I‚ Mattie Curtis‚ have already done the “unacceptable”. By hitting Rufus atop the head in order to yield his disgusting hands from touching me‚ I have disobeyed my master. This is not accepted in any form during this day and age. I am a Negro and Master Hawkins is obviously a white male‚ making him superior to me. I have set myself up for no good‚ having made such a rash and stupid decision. It is simply that the thought of Rufus and I together makes me utterly sick. I could never imagine being acquaintances
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John Green once said “Just remember that sometimes the way you think about a person isn’t the way they actually are.”They seem to be a different person on the outer side but they are completely different from within.The theme of Outsiders is that Don’t judge the book by it’s cover. To begin with‚we learn that many life-challenging events that occur in this story is that you should not judge people by their appearances.Cherry(Sherri) Valance‚the soc‚ says “We are so sophisticated-cool to the point
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This quote took major themes of The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton. Often times‚ people make judgements upon others by first impression. Those judgements can cause anger. This could lead to fighting‚ in his quote it can often be fatal. Fatal doesn’t have to mean the end of a life‚ but an end to a friendship or a family bond. People do not see that everyone has problems that people hid from outsiders. This paper will discuss the three themes of The Outsiders‚ fighting never solves anything‚ everybody
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The Outsiders‚ by S.E Hinton is about two gangs who are considered outsiders. These two gangs are outsiders because they do not fit in with society. Particularly‚ there are three characters who do not only not fit in society because of what gang they are in but they are considered outsiders in there own gang; these three characters are Ponyboy Curtis‚ Johnny Cade‚ and Cherry Valance. One character that would fall under the title of the outsider would have to be Ponyboy Curtis. There are many reasons
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Who really is the hero in the Outsiders? Is it Johnny‚ He saves the kids in the church‚Is it Dallas? He saved Ponyboy from the church‚ or is it Darry‚ Who stay with his brother instead of becoming a socs.Well Ponyboy is the real hero in the Outsiders. When Ponyboy and Johnny were in the church johnny dropped his cancer stick on the floor and made the church burn. A hero makes mistakes sometimes but this hero burns a church and a hero does not burn churches. Johnny did go in the church to save the
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Looks like we have another Curtis on our hands today. Its about whether to send Mr. Ponyboy to foster care or to stay with his two brothers. He’s been staying with his brothers for the past 8 months‚ and their has been complaints that he has been acting up with the gang which from my point of view he is doing fine. Ponyboy is at the age 14‚ lives with his 2 brothers‚ Darrel Curtis‚ who goes by the name of Darry‚ and is at the age of 20 and Sodapop Curtis who is 16 and happens to be a high school
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Discuss the importance of courage (sacrifice) Books: The Giver and The Outsiders People make many choices for society’s sake. In the book‚ the Giver and the Outsiders‚ one sees the importance of courage through the development of the characters in the book. The number of sacrifices Jonas and multiple characters from the Outsiders make for the benefit of the society is great. Through this story‚ the reader sees the powerful effect of bravery. First of all‚ there are moments in the novel when
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the elites in the front and the poor on the tail. Led by Curtis‚ a small group of the poorest class citizens living at the back of the train are not giving up until they make it to the front of the train and spread the wealth around. They have to battle in order to get through every section on the train. When Curtis reaches the front‚ he meets Wilford‚ the designer of the train. He wants Curtis to take over the train and explains to Curtis what it takes to keep the train running. In the film Snowpiercer
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just depends on the evidence provided? Well‚ in the young-adult fiction novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ there is the argument of whether a boy named Ponyboy should stay with his older brother Darry or go into the system. Ponyboy should stay with darry for multiple reasons. For example‚ Darry cares very deeply about Ponyboy‚ and he makes certain Ponyboy gets all his work done for school and succeeds. Darry might be all tough and hard but he cares for Ponyboy immensely. An example of this being
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