The Outsiders Essay A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Anyone can become a hero through perseverance from any point in society. Ponyboy is part of a crowd who are like criminals known as the Greasers‚ who are poor and live on the east side of town. The Greasers are a gang that have Ponyboy‚ Soda‚ Steve‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ Darry‚ and Two-bit Matthews. The Greasers are hated by the Socs‚ the Socials‚ who are the west side rich kids in the town. In the
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Dallas Winston or "Dally" is one of the main characters in the book The Outsiders. He is a very dynamic character. He is the toughest member of the outsiders’ gang. He grew up in New York where he was toughened into a cold hater of the whole world. Dally’s first characteristic is that he is tough. When in New York he was arrested when he was ten. "Man‚ I thought New York was the only place to end up in a murder rap‚ Jesus Christ!". Everyone in the gang knew Dally was the toughest and wasn’t one
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Persuasive essay 9/15/11 Why College Football Players Should Be Paid College athletes deal with busy school schedules and practice schedules all throughout their week‚ so why shouldn’t they be paid for their time dedicated to sports? Since the beginning of college football‚ college athletes have never been paid for their efforts in sports. Sure they have received scholarships‚ but young students that don’t have much money can’t always balance school‚ practice‚ and a job. College football
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Persuasive Essay “Euthanasia”‚ “mercy killing”‚ and “physically assisted suicide” – no matter what it is called – they all mean the same thing: ending a person’s life who is in a vegetative state or who is suffering from terminal illness‚ in order to relieve the subject of pain and suffering associated with their condition. But the main question is‚ is euthanasia right? Everyone dies‚ and if a person is terminally ill‚ then they should have the right to decide to pass away without the suffering
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Title: Persuasive Speech Introduction 1. Attention getter- Pictures of aborted babies 2. Topic audience relationship- You or someone you know may be pregnant and may be considering having an abortion. 3. Credibility- I have been told that I was pregnant once and I also know people that have had abortions. 4. Preview- I’m going to give you some general facts on abortion‚ tell you how I feel about abortions‚ and lastly explain the abortion procedures. Body I. Facts A. In
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For example‚ the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ includes many examples of conflict between the upper class‚ “the Socs”‚ and the lower class‚ “the Greasers.” In The Outsiders the main character‚ Ponyboy says‚ “We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class” (Hinton 3). This description shows that social class was a big part of what defined individuals and
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The Outsiders by S.E Hinton has been made into a fiction film by Francis Ford Coppola. If you are thinking about seeing The Outsider don’t because there are too many changes between the book and the movie. I was very disappointed with the movie by Coppola. The Movie by Coppola is a big disgrace to the book by S.E Hinton. Three things I notice with the most changes were characters‚ setting‚ and plot. Francis Ford Coppola changed the character around a lot. Three characters that had the most
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Persuasive Speech WHY BOTHER TO VOTE Introduction: Ever since this country was established citizens have fought for a right that often is not exercised by today’s youth; along with many others. This right that I speak of is the right to vote. In the beginning one had to be a white male landowner in order to receive this right. However through the years and many trying battles all citizens of the US that are 18 years and older have earned this right. Voting is something that many of us take for
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Chance Spencer Marlene Brown English 103-2204 11/25/12 Persuasive Essay Climate change is a confusing term used by scientists to describe weather patterns. It refers to weather patterns that happen anywhere from ten to millions of years. Global warming is another term people use to describe changes in weather patterns. Many causes of weather patterns are from natural occurring forces such as ocean temperature‚ atmosphere conditions‚ plate tectonics‚ and volcanic eruptions. Human influences
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Persuasive Speech Walking To Improve Health Purpose: To persuade my audience to start walking in order to improve their health. Introduction I. In today’s time we have it very easy because we have things like automatic dishwashers‚ riding lawnmowers‚ T.V. remotes‚ automatic garage door openers‚ power screwdrivers‚ remote controls for ceiling fans‚ and many more things. Well these things make us lazy and we don’t have to walk much and our health doesn’t be the way it should because we
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