You see your kids looking around in fear and sadness as they get into the police car going downtown. The Outsiders is a novel about a 14 year old boy who has troubles with friends and family. Curfew is a time that minors must be inside by or else they are in trouble. Even though no curfews may allow for more fun sometimes‚ there are many more reasons why having curfews are better. Curfews over the years have lowered teenage crime rates by 23 percent around the world. Some people believe that Curfews
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The Outsiders – The Greaser Gang Ponyboy Curtis - The youngest Curtis brother‚ 14 years old. He is the narrator of the story. Ponyboy is very smart and interested in culture and movies‚ different from his other brothers. Ponyboy gets good grades and due to that he doesn’t get along with Darryl (Darry) his older brother because Darry wants to push Ponyboy to be good in school unlike him and his other brother Soda. He loves his brother Sodapop more than he even loved his own mom and dad. He is the
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for war are fighting for freedom‚ liberty‚ and democracy. Another reason is fighting for the honor of the country. Throughout the years‚ many writers and artists have created unique pieces that portray the reality of war. This is shown in one novel‚ Johnny Got His Gun written by Dalton Trumbo‚ which tells the story of a young soldier‚ Joe‚ who suffers physical and mental consequences from being in a war. Towards the end‚ he figures out that his physical and mental state post-war was caused from the
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Trumbo’s novel Johnny Got His Gun‚ the reader learns about the relationship between the young man and his father. Trumbo tells the story in third person limited‚ letting the reader know the thoughts of Johnny‚ the main character. This makes it even easier to analyze the father-son relationship. The seemingly minute‚ yet numerous details recalled by the young man also give the reader insight into how important the time spent with his father was to the son. This passage from the novel Johnny Got His Gun
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“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Johnny Tremain‚ a very talented young silver smith living in Boston‚ dreamed for years of being a master metal crafter. However‚ one fateful day‚ Johnny was at work crafting a beautiful piece of priceless china for the one and only John Hancock (the richest man in Boston). As Johnny was toiling away‚ he requested Dove‚ one of the assistants‚ to fetch a tool. As a cruel joke Dove pulled out one with a fractured handle
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In the book The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy had a few things similar to me. For example‚ we are honest to our friends. We both go to a good school that will give us a good education. And the last thing is we both have a brother. I will also be talking about how we are different in these paragraphs. I do not smoke and Ponyboy does. Ponyboy lost his parents in a car accident. And Ponyboy is in a gang‚ and I am not. Even though Ponyboy and I have several differences‚ we still have
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hypocritical houses of God‚ against people whose minds are closed to others’ ideas (A-Z Quotes).” Johnny Cash‚ also known as the Man in Black‚ was a singer‚ songwriter‚ and guitarist whose music and mysterious personality was admired by millions of fans all over the world. In 2005‚ the movie Walk the Line was released portraying Johnny Cash and his romance with June Carter. Walk the Line and the real life story of Johnny Cash are comparable due to their similarities and incomparable because of how the truth
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of individuals. In 1957‚ Camus was awarded with the Nobel Prize in literature “for his important literary production‚ which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times.” (Novel Prize Literature) The Outsider concentrates on the rational meaning of human existence and the lives of individuals. This written work follows the life of our Algerian protagonist‚ Mersault‚ who becomes involved with a violent murder after his mom demises and is indifferent by
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The main character in the “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton is about a fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy who lives with his brothers. His problem is that he is an outcast because he is a greaser‚ but he is also very kind for a greaser. He goes to high school with another social group called Socs‚ short for Socials. The greasers and Socs fight a lot‚ and when Ponyboy’s brother hits him‚ he runs away. So Pony has to survive using only his brave and intelegent traits while dealing with problems inside
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thing in the end? This happened to Dove in the book Johnny Termain. Sadly‚ in the book Johnny Termain‚ Johnny was always correcting Dove and judging him on his work. This led to hatred‚ wanting to take revenge on Johnny‚ then one day Johnny was breaking the Sabbath‚ and Dove had a chance to take revenge on him. Having so much hatred towards Johnny Dove chose to do a terrible little trick on Johnny. Dove did not mean to make his revenge for Johnny to go so far as to cripple Johnny’s hand but it did
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