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    What do you think defines a hero? Heroes in S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders help people a lot. Johnny‚ Darry‚ and Dally are all heroes because they help people in different ways. Johnny is a hero in The Outsiders because he has helped people. The first way he has helped people is when he killed Bob to save Ponyboy from drowning. This helps people because that way Ponyboy survives and does not die. The second way he has helped people is when he decided to turn himself in. This is an act of heroism

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    Curtis Flood’s Free Agency Scandal The 1960’s was a pivotal decade in the history of baseball. In the middle of all of this social change was one man‚ St. Louis Cardinal’s centerfielder Curt Flood. Influenced by the chaos of his times‚ Flood started his own social movement‚ a single ball player’s struggle for freedom on the baseball diamond. Flood‚ an accomplished baseball player‚ had experienced twelve years in the Major Leagues‚ a victim of discrimination in a country that was still racist.

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    Outsiders Essay (#5 Is Randy a hero or a coward?) In the novel the Outsiders‚ Randy Adderson‚ (a Soc) decides not to fight in the rumble against the Greasers. I believe that he is a hero for the following reasons. Randy’s motivation for not fighting in the rumble was not based on fear‚ but rather understanding. He realized that even if the Greasers won‚ the Socs would still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. Randy knew that fighting wouldn’t change anything. Randy states‚ “I’d fight‚

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    one to cause the predicaments that the Greasers had to go through?The Outsiders is not a true story‚ but makes the reader feel like it was real. The main character‚ Ponyboy‚ is part of a gang named the Greasers. Conflicts sparked between the Greasers and their enemies‚ the Socs or Socials. Ponyboy‚ Darry‚ Dally‚ Sodapop‚ Two-bit and Johnny went through obstacles and problems caused by the Socs. Throughout the book‚ The Outsiders‚ there were many problems and conflicts that the Greasers had to go through

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    Outsiders Essay- Loyalty‚ it’s not just a word‚ No it is a lot more than that. Throughout the book the outsider’s loyalty is something that holds many strong and lasting friendship together. You need someone throughout your life that has your back. Someone there for you when you mostly wish for it. Loyalty is something that changes PonyBoy Through this piece and makes him see from different angles of life. Flying down the high way of the outsiders you soon feel and believe that PonyBoy doesn’t

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    officials of the law. High school Dropout. Gets angry easily and is mentally unstable. He hardly ever lets any emotion other than anger show. Events: After the Johnny Cade killing a soc incident‚ it was informed that Dallas Winston helped Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny escape and send them to an abandoned church. He also gave them a gun and some money for buying groceries. This also adds up to Dallas crimes by hiding a criminal. Also known to be bugging to so girls earlier that night. He helped the other

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    Eh‚ I’d Rather not do it for Johnny The Outsiders‚ directed by Francis Ford Coppola was released in 1983. Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell) is a greaser whose parents were killed in a car accident. He and his friends: Johnny (Ralph Macchio)‚ Dally (Matt Dillon)‚ Two-Bit (Emilio Estevez)‚ and Steve (Tom Cruise)‚ and brothers‚ Darry (Patrick Swayze) and Soda (Rob Lowe)‚ are always getting in fights with a gang called the Socs. One night‚ best friend Johnny‚ are attacked by Socs. The Socs almost drown

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    Scorpions vs Outsiders In this essay‚ I am going to compare and contrast the two novels ‘Scorpions’ by Walter Dean Myers and ‘Outsiders’ by S.E. Hinton. I will summarize the stories and then describe their differences and similarities. For example‚ both books are about gangs. But in Scorpions‚ there is one gang; in the Outsiders there are two. The Scorpions is about a 12 year old boy named Jamal who lives with his Mama and his little sister‚ Sassy‚ in Harlem. When his older brother Randy ends

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    be characters who don’t fit in either of the groups. The outsiders. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton there are two groups‚ the Greasers and the Socs. Characters fit in these two categories‚ but there is also a hidden category‚ the outsiders. This is a category where characters who don’t truly fit in the groups of the Greasers and the Socs go. However‚ there are rarely any outsiders‚ they are special characters. I believe Ponyboy Curtis‚ Sherri Valance‚ and Johnny Cade all lie in this secret

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    ‘The Outsiders’ is an often studied novel written by S.E. Hinton and follows the story of Ponyboy and his involvement in ‘Greaser’ gangs and gang violence with the ‘Socs’ groups‚ in small town America‚ in the 1950’s. The novel explores the concepts of gang membership and the need for many young people to belong to gangs or groups in order for them to feel accepted in society. Through the novel‚ Hinton strongly portrays the need for the young to be part of a gang to gain acceptance‚ security and a

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