Many people think that Socs are different from greasers. Socs are wealthy rich kids who live on the west side of town and like to jump greasers and ride in their mustangs and corvairs. Greasers on the other hand are tuff and ride in souped up cars. They usually carry a switchblade or some other weapon and they are poorer and usually don’t learn as well‚ plus they put tons of grease in their hair thus the name greasers. Sherri Valance or known as Cherry for her bright red hair is a different type
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The differences in values between the Greasers and the Socs were Greasers cared about other’s feeling. Greasers were more emotional. Furthermore‚ Socs were more careful about their emotions‚ they always not show their real emotions. Socs had only few feelings‚ they had cold hearted. Socs could have whatever they want‚ they would have more than they want. Socs were never satisfy about what they want. Socs could not said what they wanted to say as Dally. They did not doing things meaningful‚ when they
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My favorite characters are Two-Bit‚ Dally‚ Ponyboy‚ and Johnny. I like these characters because I can either relate to these characters or I find these hilarious characters in this book. My least favourite characters are the rich kids. Mainly the ones who beat up Johnny and left him on the street. The thing I hate about this is that these kids left him like it was nothing‚ they didn’t care if the injuries they gave him were going to kill Johnny if the other greasers hadn’t found him. Johnny is not
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Albert Camus‚ in his 1942 novel The Outsider‚ makes use of many techniques in an attempt to convey his themes concerning individualism‚ philosophy‚ and death; indeed‚ the very title of the work highlights a central theme of the novel‚ of society casting out those who refuse to conform. A notable method by which Camus does so is the use of his minor characters‚ as reflections of or parallels to his protagonist’s actions. Meursault is often defined by his apparent lack of emotion or desire to justify
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‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton shows the challenges of teenagers in America during the 1960’s. Many of the characters in the novel are ‘heroes’ as they face their fears and become better people. Johnny was a character to remember. He overcame his own fears to save the lives of pony-boy and a group of young children. Darry was courageous due to the sacrifices and choices he made to his family. Cherry Valance will be highly remembered for all she stood up for and all she believed in. Although all these
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The Outsiders is a novel by S.E Hinton that is set in the 1960’s in a city close to New York. It is about the conflict between the rich people‚ the upper-class‚ the west-side kids‚ called the Socs and the lower class‚ poorer people‚ called the Greasers. The conflict between the two social groups occurs because the Socs are too real and too demanding for things. The Greasers are being jumped by the Socs and that creates conflict and hatred between the two groups who aren’t really that
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The Outsiders Alienation The Outsiders is a story that has motley of alienation. Alienation isn’t being taken by aliens. Alienation is uniqueness and someone that is different from another person or group of people. But through the whole story of the Outsiders there is alienation. One symbol of alienation in this story is money between the Greasers and the Socs. The Socs always show the characteristics of being rich because they’re always wearing madras shirts and pants. Like
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English A1 Higher Level World Literature Assignment 2c: A detailed study of an extract from pages 14 to 15 from The Outsider by Albert Camus Word Count: 1‚378 I have decided to focus on an extract from chapter 1 of Albert Camus’ The Outsider as I feel this extract is highly significant as it serves as a device of exposition to develop Meursault’s‚ continuously judged‚ character and provides foregrounding for the rest of the novel. The prose style
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WINDRIXVILLE‚ OKLAHOMA- Brave two young men rescued children from a burning church at last night in Windrixville‚ Oklahoma. Yesterday afternoon‚ the church began to burn and continued throughout last night. Unfortunately there was children inside the church. Then Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade were close to the church and they heard screaming from inside the church. They went into window of the burning church to search for children. They rescued all children and took safety place before the roof
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As I gave Ponyboy the rubric for the essay and watched him walk back to his seat‚ I saw a young child that has seen to much more than an adult should ever see. The memories of pain and loss still stuck deep down in his young brain. The words of his last essay where repeating in my head. “When I stepped out into the brightness from the darkness of the movie house‚ I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home…” After receiving Pony’s essay‚ as a teacher‚ I appreciated the insight
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