Banned Book Report The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton was written in 1967. This novel tells the story of the conflict between two different social groups‚ the greasers and the socs. The socs were the socials who lived in the rich part of town‚ and the greasers were the lower class youths. This novel tackles issues such as violence‚ class conflict‚ and prejudice. The novel takes place in the early sixties. The Outsiders examines how two different groups compete‚ and unite for survival‚ which is often
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What is means to be an outsider in America? Throughout history‚ America has encountered battles of racism‚ discrimination‚ and segregation. Victory of these social battles did not guarantee that these issues still wouldn’t occur. In America today‚ many people are still affected by racism‚ discrimination and segregation. American writers such as Langston Hughes‚ Aurora Levins Morales‚ and Gertrude Bonnin have experienced the feeling of being an outsider differently. Through their writings‚ we
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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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Date Night Disaster It was date night at the Holmes/Watson house the 2 husbands were gearing up to head out to Peddletons with Myc and Greg. The men dressed in nice fitted suits. Sherlock wearing a tight white shirt with its top two buttons undone to show off his sexy collar bone. Black tailored pants that hugged him in all the right places and shiny black dress shoes that just made him look even more delicious. John wore something similar to his husband but he adorned a bow tie with his attire
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Corriveau offers a fun and passionate tale of Boston history‚ and despicable doings that suffers from some inelegant storytelling decisions. 13-year-old Tony DiMarco was always in the shadow of his older star athlete brothers‚ when his late Uncle Angelo left his Boston home at 13 Hangmen Court to Tony with the requirement that Tony sleep in his uncle’s attic bedroom‚ the family happily moves in. Tony’s father is suspicious about Uncle Angelo’s death‚ Tony investigated with help from his uncle as
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Huck finn’s character has changed throughout the book in major ways. From the beginning Huck Finn has always been an outcast and is the son of the town drunk ‚ he allows his friends to influence him and he never realized that slaves deserve to be treated like humans. Over time Huck Finn learns valuable lessons and his character changes. Well make a band of robbers can call it Tom Sawyer’s gang(17). In the beginning Huck Finn was a very mischievous boy‚ but he didn’t know any better because he’d
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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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On a fateful day an abandoned church in the town of Windrixville was engulfed in flames. Five unlucky children were trapped inside of flaming trap. Suddenly to heroic men jumped inside to save them a witness says that they were like angels sent from above. While no critical injuries suffered to the kids one of the men is in critical condition after he was not able to get out in time before the church collapsed. Dally a witness to this great mess rescued him before anything got worse. We later learned
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This book will be read 100 years from now because of the lifelike characters and the realistic setting and timeframe. When Zachary Beaver came to town is a story about a boy and his best friend living in a small town. It was a customary day until the fattest boy in the world showed up. As the news started to plague‚ the entire county was standing outside of the small grimy grey RV. Zachary Beaver’s hostile personality changes the life of Toby in more ways then one. When Zachary Beaver came to town
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Have you ever wondered what’s going on in someone’s mind? Someone who seems completely different than you‚ and you think you have them all figured out? Ponyboy thought he had the Socs figured out pretty well. He believed that they had perfect lives and had everything they wanted. Yet‚ as time went on he realized that although the Socs and Greasers come from different backgrounds and have lots of differences‚ there are still many ways they are alike. Hinton shows us how our different backgrounds shape
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