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    Miss. Rivers ELA 4/5 Outsiders Essay Did you know that rival gangs have faced many of the same struggles? In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers live on the Eastside of town and don’t have a lot of money. The Socs live on the Westside of town and are very wealthy. There are three problems that both gangs face: drinking and smoking‚ having parents who do not care about them‚ and rivalry with the opposing gang over a variety

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    The Outsiders Stereotypes

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    movie‚ such as The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and Akeelah and the Bee‚ written and directed by Doug Atchinson. Sometimes‚ characters in such literature are challenged by stereotypes‚ and their fates are decided by how they react to them. For instance‚ Dally and Ponyboy from The Outsiders are both affected by the stereotype of being troublesome kids‚ as they are poor and come from the East‚ or “bad”‚ side of town. Similarly‚

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    Being An Outsider

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    Yes it is possible for a sociological researcher to be both an insider and an outsider when doing social research. Both being insider and outsider researcher have their own pros and cons. It depends on the research problem‚ how much depth should the researcher go to obtain the necessary information to give a fair justice on social issues. Some kinds of social problems can be studied as being outsider while some can be best studied by being there. For instance anthropologist Elliot Liebow‚ he became

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    Outsider In Othello

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    Venetian army and very respected but is also an outsider because he is a black man. I perceive Othello’s character at this point in the play to be Naïve‚ honorable and honest; he really has nothing to hide. His naïveté’s will cause Othello to make bad decisions and shows that Iago (the villainous character that hates Othello and wants to ruin Othello) can easily deceive Othello through his insecurities and self-consciousness of being a black outsider. We are shown these characteristics

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    Essay On The Outsiders

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    “Gulp Gulp” that’s the sound of you drowning‚ you think your dieing. Then a miracle happens but soon after you realize there’s a guy laying half dead. What happened? As a class we read the “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. Some of us think we should read the story‚ others not so much. Here’s why! The first reason it should be read is it portrays the life of kids that are around our age. It’s a eye opener‚ what I mean by this is it shows you that not only you are going through hardships in your life

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    The Outsiders Quotes

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    “Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold…” (Hinton‚ 126). “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton is a novel about the life of a 14 year old boy and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes he is an outsider. The character Johnny Cade is brave‚ shy‚ and he does not feel loved. For starters‚ Johnny is a brave kid. The text states‚”I swear‚ you three are the bravest kids I’ve seen in a long time” (Hinton‚ 81). This quote explains that when Dally‚ Ponyboy‚ and Johnny went to go save some

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    Identity In The Outsiders

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    The experiences we go through in life help shape our personal identity‚ they better help us understand ourselves and our place in the world. This thought is explored and investigated in the text‚ The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton. A coming of age novel where the character encounters the effect of their decisions and experiences both negative and positive circumstances. This is clear from the content as the experience of fleeing to the country‚ being in a gang‚ facing violence and poverty can shape the

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    Loneliness In The Outsider

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    In the short story “The Outsider” by Lovercraft‚ there are many themes projected. Although‚ the feel that the author is trying to project is in order to prevent loneliness you must accept who you are. There is something that drives us not to want to be lonely‚ and this is where the tone plays in. A clear connection to being lonely is the connection of feeling melancholy. In the beginning of the story the character is lonely to the point he tries every so hard to “cling desperately to those sere

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    Grief of the Outsiders

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    Grief of The Outsiders There are many ways of expressing the emotion grief. The characters in The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ had many bad things happen to them and the ones they loved. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis‚ Bob‚ Johnny‚ and Dally are all characters that die in the book. The characters deal with grief in different ways; Ponyboy denies the fact that Johnny died‚ Dally was in depression‚ and Darry accepted their death. Ponyboy grieves for Johnny by denying the fact that he killed Bob‚ and died

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    Conflict In The Outsiders

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    Clash of Society S.E. Hinton‚ the author of The Outsiders has written many unique conflicts in her book. One of many conflicts in the story are the Socs (the rich playboys) versus the Greasers (the lowlife hoodlums)‚ with the problem being that one is rich and the other being poor. The second accessible one to spot in the book would be Darry (older brother of Ponyboy) and Ponyboy (the main character)‚ just can’t understand each other‚ they’re so different. The third battle is a little difficult to

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