person? That sounds like the greasers‚ poor hoodlums. Even though they that’s what people assume automatically they are actually good hearted and caring. Then there’s the rude‚ rich‚ spoiled socs that have everything handed to them and they don’t care about anyone but themselves. The outsiders is a teen fiction novel written by S.E Hinton. The greasers struggle more than the socs because they don’t have alot of money and they feel unsafe everywhere they go. The greasers are known as the low class
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“Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.” The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about a group of greasers from Tulsa‚ OK during the mid-1960’s who battle with rich Socs and about the main character/narrator Ponyboy growing up. One character that stands out in the story is Johnny because he greatly impacts the plot. He is a dynamic character that has an ironic change in the way he acts and is a round character who shows multiple sides of his emotions. Three characteristic traits about Johnny are
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Martin Lynch 7/12/2013 SOC 3620 Criminology The Untouchables The year is 1930 in the beautiful yet corrupt city of Chicago‚ Illinois. The entire United States is right in the thick of prohibition and the face of the corruption leads directly to Al Capone. Capone has the entire city of Chicago in the palm of his hand. Including the mayor himself‚ William Hale Thompson. The United States government finally decides to intervene and take down Capone with the hiring of a member of the US Treasury
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of a Greaser gang. Johnny is the youngest of the gang other than his best friend Ponyboy Curtis. Johnny is the child of alcoholic‚ abusive parents. Johnny is also very nervous and sensitive especially compared to most greasers and the rest of his gang. Since Johnny’s parents do not care for him‚ he sees the greasers as his true family. The rest of the greaser gang loves Johnny very much‚ the gangs nicknames for him are their “pet” or “Johnnycake”. Johnny was once very badly beaten by some Socs Robert
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Writing Assignment 1 on the Sociological Imagination Due Date: 7PM‚ Saturday‚ June 29th‚ 2013 The blackboard website will be unavailable between 7PM to midnight on June 29th for maintenance‚ so please make sure you upload it before 7 PM. Do not wait till last minute. Late assignments will result point deduction or even a zero essay grade. Format: Please submit an electronic word file named “your full name essay 1”‚ such as “JohnSmithessay1”‚ through blackboard on time. This essay
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After Darry’s parents passing‚ he had to drop out of school‚ and get a job‚ to pay bills‚ and to raise his brothers. Darry is one of the main characters in the book “The Outsiders” written by S. E. Hinton. He takes care of his brothers‚ house‚ etc. Darry helps with the gang and their troubles against the Socs. He helps Ponyboy through his dealing with the murder. Darry is a responsible person‚ he is a mature‚ caring‚ hard worker‚ and a stern person.
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life and should be focused on vigilantly. In S. E. Hinton’s novel‚ The Outsiders‚ it features a young Greaser dubbed Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy‚ the protagonist in The Outsiders‚ has matured since the ending of the novel‚ and is now ready to graduate from high school and enter into the real world. Although‚ he must make the decision of whether he would prefer to remain as a greaser‚ and stay in his comfort zone‚ or change to a Soc‚ and live a more luxurious life‚ but not be true to himself. Judging by
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The character Sherri Valance‚ otherwise known as Cherry because of her bright red hair is the only main female character in The Outsiders. She stands as a link between the greasers and the socs. In the following paragraphs‚ I will be talking about the importance of her character‚ how the character stands as a link between the gangs‚ and how her character helps to solve the problem. I would say that Cherry is a big character in the book. In some ways‚ Bob’s death was Cherry’s fault. If she and
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of opportunity. We experience a good deal of social mobility‚ where people through generations or in their own lifetime can move up or down the social scale. By examining the many different perceptions of social class along with S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders‚ it is illustrated that social class has an impact on people while they are growing up‚ and will usually deny them from rising above adversity. Many people have tried to figure out exactly what it is that makes up a particular social class. In Medieval
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discussed is The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Within the novel many characters contributed to the novel’s plot in some shape or form. However there are two characters that truly stand out and are of true importance for the plots development. Those two characters are as follows‚ Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade. Both characters go through a lot of personal experiences within the story. They have similarities and differences that are critical to the development of the plot for this novel‚ The Outsiders. These two
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