Today I read two articles that have impacted my thought of the millennials era‚ those two articles are The Outsiders: How Can Millennials Change Washington If They Hate It? by Ron Fournier and Millennials: The Greatest Generation or the Most Narcissistic? by Jean Twenge. In the first article they really explained that this generation‚ the people of today are the ones that they younger people are more service oriented than anyone ever was. This is a great thing‚ but whats the link? Nothing actually
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The Outsiders movie was directed by Francis Ford Coppola in the year 1983. The author of the Outsiders is S.E Hinton. I think that the movie was intriguing. It had most of the plot but it was very short and cut out a lot of the scenes that were in the book. If they hadn’t cut out as many scenes as they did‚ it would have a better movie. The actors that were cast for the movie did a very good job; they captured the role of their character‚ and performed consistently. They played the role of their
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Being true to yourself in an important virtue to carry on throughout one’s 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
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horrible thing. The book Johnny Got his Gun defiantly proved that point‚ in the sense that it can leave you as a helpless human‚ or even kill you. If you win a war the outcome of it may be good for you but just think if you are in the position where you may not be able to move talk or even know if you are awake or asleep because your whole face has been ripped off by the shrapnel of the apposing enemy. If that isn’t torture than I don’t know what is! After reading Johnny Got his Gun‚ you will see
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The Outsiders slang vocabulary 1)corvair-A popular sports car in the 60’s. Ex: I about decided I didn’t like it so much though I spotted a red corvair trailing me. Page # 4 2)Hood- A person that is gong that gets in trouble in their own way. Ex-greasers are almost like hoods. Page # 3 3)Tuff-cool or sharp. Ex-Like a tuff looking mustang or a tuff record. Page #12 4)Rumble-To fight between groups of people. Ex-A rumble is sometimes born out of a grudge fight. Page # 11 5)Hacked off-
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In the novel Rite of Passage‚ by Richard Wright‚ the protagonist Johnny is going through several changes. One of those were that his parents weren’t his real parents‚ so he joined a gang. Johnny demonstrates various traits that display what has transpired on his journey. The attributes the character is displaying in his life is belligerent and obedient. Johnny can be described as belligerent due to fighting the gang leader in their hideout. In the text it states‚” The shoe met Baldy’s chin bone
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teach you something in one of his/her’s books. Well that’s what Esther Forbes does in her book Johnny Tremain. There are three big main topics in Johnny Tremain and they are Patriotism‚ Pride‚ and Leadership. One of the main topics in Johnny Tremain is Patriotism. A lot of characters in the book Johnny tremain use Patriotism in their daily life such as Rab‚ Sons Of Liberty‚ soldiers‚ Cilla‚ Johnny‚ Paul Revere‚ and a couple of other people. Some of theses people use Patriotism while taking down
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the movie than there is in the book. Ponyboy Curtis was a fourteen year old greaser who lived in a greaser neighborhood with his two brothers‚ Darry and Sodapop‚ and his greaser gang. His greaser gang consisted of‚ Steve‚ Two-bit‚ Dally‚ and Johnny Cade. They also had friends from another gang‚ that would eventually become real convicts one day on account of they were an actual organized gang. The fact that there are all of these characters and how it introduces all of the characters’ in the
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novel ‘The Outsiders’ to give a voice to the harsh reality for teenagers all over the world. Hinton clearly utilises language features such as dialogue‚ symbolism and characters in a way to specifically explore the issues with finding identity which is still relevant in today’s society. ‘The Outsiders’ novel features two main social classes‚ Socs and Greasers. Socs are born into wealthy families and seem to have it all but Greasers struggle in more ways than just financially. In ‘The Outsiders’ dialogue
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Have you ever been in an argument where both sides make sense and the conclusion to it all just depends on the evidence provided? Well‚ in the young-adult fiction novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ there is the argument of whether a boy named Ponyboy should stay with his older brother Darry or go into the system. Ponyboy should stay with darry for multiple reasons. For example‚ Darry cares very deeply about Ponyboy‚ and he makes certain Ponyboy gets all his work done for school and succeeds.
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