after losing both his parents in a terrible car accident. Johnny Cade is a vulnerable sixteen year old that comes from an abusive home. Johnny is always with the Greasers because they are the only reliable family he has. Also one of the main characters is Dallas Winston. Dallas is known as “Dally” and is the most dangerous member in Greasers. Not only does he take pride in criminal records‚ he also feels very protective of Johnny Cade. The background of the movie talks about a big group of teenagers
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The United States is considered by most to be a force of nature‚ a nation that has become a global superpower. Maybe this is due to an expansive military. Maybe this is due to an enormous economy. Maybe this is due to the freedoms of speech and religion that every citizen has rights to. Yet‚ with all of these glorious opportunities‚ what is something that is still not implemented in the United States? Of the 25 most wealthiest countries‚ the United States is the last country to provide universal
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throughout the room. I can’t believe this woman keeps saying wonderful things about. And she does: “Maya is the most courageous person…” (Book TV: Maya Angelou). Toni’s words remind me that I can’t run away from my past. Even if it’s painful. While Toni continues speaking‚ I think back to the day that changed everything. While on my trip to visit my mother in St.Louis a horrible thing occurred. Her then boyfriend did an unspeakable thing to me (Angelou Biography). I didn’t know what to do‚ but I
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Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon is a novel that includes many issues revolving around race‚ gender‚ class‚ and history. However‚ an issue that really stands out is women’s expectations. Toni Morrison uses the characters Milkman and Hagar to communicate the message that society’s expectations for women cause women to feel internal misogyny. Hagar was Milkman’s lover but she often felt like she wasn’t good enough for him. She felt that Milkman was into women with nice hair‚ light skin‚ colored eyes
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I was devastated on how Toni lost his brother in a car accident. ‘Scott and I were like sea‚’ this quote shows how the twins are very close than anyone showing an importance of family. This relates to me how my sister and I are very close‚ closer than any of my family members‚ like how I walk my sister every day at school and how I always have no choice to go her lousy parties when she get invited by her friends. I also find very understanding‚ interesting and true how Toni and Scott have their disagreements
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in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ America. This book is about a boy named Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers and his gang. Ponyboy is from a gang called the greasers. The greasers are enemies with the socs who are the rich kids. Ponyboy is good friends with Johnny Cade‚ who is also part of the gang. They get involved in a fight with the socs and murder one of them. Dally helps them to run away. They go to a place called Windrixville and hide in an abandoned church. When Dally comes to visit them‚ they go out to eat
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MECHANIC TWP. — It was a surreal scene‚ according to Toni Mishler‚ as she and husband‚ Tom‚ wandered the darkened lawn of their Lake Buckhorn property Wednesday night‚ watching firefighters douse the flames that consumed their home. No one was at home when the fire erupted‚ and they were about 10 minutes away when Toni said she was contacted by her manager‚ Kim Miller‚ who had heard the Mishlers’ Ofen Cove address broadcast over a fire page. Toni‚ a Pomerene Hospital obstetrics nurse‚ is responsible
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times they were not considered or seen as beautiful; these standards that society has set regarding what is considered beautiful can be destructive‚ especially for young girls growing up during this time period. The Bluest Eye is a novel written by Toni Morrison about a young black girl‚ Pecola Breedlove‚ who prays everyday for beauty. Pecola is often
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Never before has race been so prevalent. Never before has race been so controversial. Yet‚ what is never realized is that the problems we see today have always been prevalent. Toni Morrison wrote her story decades before the spotlight was shone on Ferguson‚ or Charleston‚ or Baltimore. She showed her readers all the problems with the stereotypes that have internalized themselves in the mind of each and every person. And showed this revelation through the story of two girls named Twyla and Roberta
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Toni Morrison’s first novel‚ The Bluest Eye‚ was published in 1970. “In the novel‚ Morrison challenges Western standards of beauty and demonstrates that the concept of beauty is socially constructed. Morrison also recognises that if whiteness is used as a standard of beauty or anything else‚ then the value of blackness is diminished and this novel works to subvert that tendency.” (Sugiharti‚ “Racialized Beauty: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye”). Her goal in writing the novel was to make a statement
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