Cigarette smoking‚ alcohol drinking‚ vicious and abusive‚ is how upper class snobs see Ponyboy Curtis through their eyes . But how you define someone’s character is all about the perspective you look at that person from. Ponyboy Curtis is a 14 year old boy who grew up on the wrong side of the block‚ he has the potential to grow up to be someone extraordinary but has great disadvantages that he pushes through and that makes him persistent. Ponyboy has encountered many big problems for the short life
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een ander heeft in een straat met rijwoningen een bijzondere tuin. Dit zijn eenvoudige voorbeelden van deviant gedrag waardoor mensen in bepaalde situaties bestempeld kunnen worden als buitenstaander. Het volgende essay is gebaseerd op het boek ‘Outsiders’ van Howard S. Becker (1997). In dit boek wordt Beckers onderzoek (1963) over buitenstaanders beschreven. ‘Deviantie’ is een bijzonder belangrijke term in zijn boek. Hij definieert deviant gedrag als volgt: Het door een persoon uit een bepaalde groep
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The Outsiders Essay – Describe an interesting theme from a text you have studied. Explain why this theme is interesting. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton an important theme is family and friendship. This theme is interesting because it shows us how when you’re family you come together to look after each other no matter what. The theme of friendship is also interesting because when your friends you support each other through everything and anything no matter what the consequences are
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In the book The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton‚ the author highlights the struggles of growing up in poverty while also in battle with a rival group‚ the Socs. The main character Ponyboy Curtis belongs to a gang named the Greasers. The Greasers and Socials are mainly divided by their socioeconomic status. After Ponyboy and fellow gang member Johnny are jumped by a group of socials‚ resulting in one Soc being stabbed and killed by Johnny in self-defense‚ Johnny and Ponyboy go into hiding. After a week
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Chapter 1/2: Ponyboy is a greaser‚ a greaser is a person in the greaser gang. He lived with his brothers Sodapop and Darry. Darry was always tough on ponyboy‚ his parents died in a crash‚ he was beaten up by the socs. The socs(socials) are the greasers rival gang. Johnny was beaten up by the socs and it made johnny very grievous. Chapter 3/4: They were hanging out with soc’s girls‚ and they found them hanging out with the girls. The socs are irascible and that makes them very dangerous. Johnny
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stripped away from their families because of drugs? Ponyboy would be better off in the system because him and Darry keep on fighting with each other. Ponyboy in the system ‚with Soda‚ would be great. Ponyboy really likes Soda and he barely likes Darry. Other people say that Ponyboy should be in the system. Others say that he should be with Darry. Ponyboy should be in the system because he would obtain a better family and he will be very healthy. Ponyboy should be in the system because he would have a
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Ponyboy Curtis He’s the main character of the book who is the youngest of the Greasers. His interests and academical accomplishments are way too good compared to the rest of the gang. Even though he’s 14‚ he understands how social groups function and he tries to adapt as much as he can. He has two brothers‚ Darry and Sodapop‚ who are also in the gang. Their parents have died in a car accident. Darrel(Darry) Curtis He’s Ponyboy’s oldest brother. He has had to quit school to take care of the rest
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S.E. Hinton wrote an amazing book called The Outsiders. This book has many amazing characters. So many of these characters are heroic. Darry has strength‚ Two-bit has loyalty‚ Dally has courage‚ Johnny has kindness‚ Soda has charm‚ but Pony has loyalty‚ courage‚ and kindness combined. That is my personal definition of a hero. Towards the middle of the story‚ Ponyboy displays loyalty. The author establishes this when Johnny stabbed Bob and wanted to run away. Johnny says to Pony‚ “We gotta get out
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In the book‚ “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two main social groups‚ the Socs and the greasers. The Socs‚ and the greasers are enemies in the town of Tulsa and often get into fights just because they are different. Socs and greasers often stereotype each other just based on one experience with one their friends. To start off‚ there are many instances of greasers stereotyping Socs but here are just a few examples. First‚ when Ponyboy was looking through Sodapop’s yearbook he stumbled upon
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Outsiders theme Essay The outsiders is a book with an amazing theme which is to stay gold. The title is one way to show how to stay gold. The title shows that by being someone different you can stay gold. Another way the theme goes out is through the conflict. The conflict in the story was that the two rival gangs go up against each other but one gang goes to far. That shows how to stay gold because you have to look past all of the mayhem and keep moving forward. Lastly the way the the theme expresses
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