On November 29th‚ 1964‚ a church in Windrixville caught on fire out of nowhere. It was the afternoon at exactly 3:32 on a calm day until two boys saved these children’s lives. We do not have much information on how this fire started but we do know how juvenile delinquents turned into heroes. Many witnesses say they saw smoke and heard booms. Jerry‚ one of the teachers said two boys went in and came out burnt. Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis were the ones to save the children along with Dally Winston
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Would Ponyboy benefit from his irresponsible brothers and gang? Ponyboy should be in the system because he would be living in a dangerous environment. For example‚ Ponyboy gets beat up by Socs without a valuable reason. In addition‚ Ponyboy also gets hit at home. On the other hand‚ Darry hits Ponyboy which could lead to Darry hitting Ponyboy repeatedly. Many others can argue that Darry was caring for Ponyboy and teaching him beneficial lesson. To emphasize‚ Darry does not provide a safe and reliable
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The police‚ there they are as John was trying to sneak out of school. Johnny has tried this before and successfully done it. He feels as if the cops will catch this time but he wants to try it anyway. These police already know where he lives‚ but they don’t know why he sneaks out of school. He is off‚ Johnny is sprinting away from the school. The cops are chasing him and trying to corner him. John made the biggest mistake of his life‚ he ran into a dead end. The cops are closing in on him.
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On April 7‚ 1965‚ Windrixville‚ Jay Mountain‚ three Greasers saved the life of four little kids from a burning church. One of the greasers‚ named Dallas Winston‚ also known as Dally‚ “has spent three years on the wild side of New York and has been arrested at the age of ten.” (Hinton 10) “If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers‚ you’ll have Johnny Cade‚” (Hinton 11) the second hero. The last hero‚ fourteen-year old Ponyboy Curtis
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External expectations play a big role in the life of a greaser. Things such as appearance‚ speech‚ and behaviour. Things such as clothes‚ hair‚ skin‚ and features‚ influence their first impression. People make first impressions to decide wether they want to be in the presence of someone or not. The most common bearing of a greaser is long hair‚ with hair oil or grease in it (hence their name ‘Greasers’). The status quo for Greasers is that they are impecunious‚ meaning that they can’t afford expensive
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Book Title: Rumble Fish Author: S.E.Hinton Number of Pages: 135 Genre: Fiction Setting Location: Tulsa‚ Oklahoma Time Period: Mid-1960s Characters Rusty James- Rusty-James is a fourteen-year-old kid who feels he can achieve any thing in life with his fists. He is the number-one tough guy among the junior high kids who hang out and shoot pool at Benny’s‚ and he enjoys keeping up his reputation. What he wants most of all is to be just like his older brother‚ the Motorcycle Boy. Rusty-James confesses
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The Socs also endure pains and sufferings in their life as well. The source states‚(Hinton 128-129)‚ how Bob was spoiled a lot by his parents‚ and he didn’t enjoy it either. By saying this‚ it shows that he was frustrated that his parents would just spoil him and not listen to him. It also means‚ that he would probably take out the anger he has‚from his parents not listening to him‚ on another kid who would most likely be a greaser. The Socs also get out of trouble easily. For example‚ in the article
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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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Community means a feeling of fellowship with others‚ as a result of sharing common attitudes‚ interests‚ and goals. In the story community is displayed through many characters in the story and there are some key examples of it. Whether it be through the greasers or individual people‚ a loving community is very import. These characters need community to get along and work together for the better. Johnny Cade is an example of community. “A little dark puppy that has been kicked to many times and
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The Outsiders INTRODUCTION: "The Outsiders" by S. E Hinton is an early novel based on two waring juvenile gangs‚ divided by economical and social background‚ the lower East side Greasers and the upper West side Socs. The novel is set in 1966 in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. It is a novel written in first person by a 14 year old Greaser‚ Ponyboy Curtis who allows us an insight into the lifestyles of these distinct worlds. I chose the novel "The Outsiders" as a text for year 10 for the following reasons: It
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