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    “The Outsiders” essay Sodapop is the best character in the book “The Outsiders”‚ because he genuinely cares about everyone in the story. No matter what the task if the gang or a brother needed a favor or some assistance he was always there. He has that cool that everyone loves‚ and is just a good guy. He is one of those people that anyone would look at and say I could love that face the book even says “Soda is more handsomer than anyone else I know(Hinton 7).” Sodapop cares about the outcome of

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    The Outsiders - Heros

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    The Outsiders Heroes The book ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E. Hinton is a story told from the perspective of a 14 year old boy named Ponyboy set in South West America. In the novel he faces social division‚ gang warfare‚ hatred and violence. One example is Dally is a hero because he looked after his friends when they needed him. In a way‚ all of the Greasers are pioneers in their individual ways‚ but some more than others. People are also heroes for different reasons. To some people it might be if someone

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    Outsiders In Frankenstein

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    Sebastian Baum  Mrs. Acres Scott  ENG 3U1  12/8/2014    The Sociological Implications of Extraterrestrials and Outsiders on Society in  Frankenstein and Close Encounters of the Third Kind    Two novels‚ written more than a hundred years apart‚ explore the social acceptance  (and   rejection) of outsiders in an established society. Like Richard E. Yinger once said‚ “If we   ever discover life forms in a biological sense‚ the implications will be largely sociological   for our planet.” In many cases

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    Outsider speech “I was an insider and an outsider. I was at home and I was exiled. I had never been happier‚ nor had I been so sad‚” Betty Bao Lord confessed; a U.S writer referring to her years in Communist China during the 1980s. Indeed year eleven‚ the concept “outsider” embodies both the notions of acceptance and exclusion no matter whether you’re a maestro‚ a Jewish WWII veteran or a migrant seeking appreciation. It is their intrinsic value that defines them rather than the exterior qualities

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    Grief of the Outsiders

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    Grief of The Outsiders There are many ways of expressing the emotion grief. The characters in The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ had many bad things happen to them and the ones they loved. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis‚ Bob‚ Johnny‚ and Dally are all characters that die in the book. The characters deal with grief in different ways; Ponyboy denies the fact that Johnny died‚ Dally was in depression‚ and Darry accepted their death. Ponyboy grieves for Johnny by denying the fact that he killed Bob‚ and died

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    Outcast By Outsiders

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    Start Final I think Henton means outcast by outsiders or maybe they look in on the world and see it in a different way or more real than most people. Maybe she evens means that they get treated different or that they almost want to be treated different and they don’t want to be like the crowd. That they want to lead themselves but they can’t because the way society sees them so it almost feels impossible‚ in that case makes them feel different or beat down and they almost feel like there life is

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    Sodapop - the Outsiders

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    novel‚ The Outsiders‚ there are many themes represented in the book‚ but one of the main themes is social ostracism‚ or the conflict between the economic classes. There are two rival gangs within The Outsiders:  the Socs and the Greasers.  The Socs represent the upper class while the Greasers represent the lower class.  The Socs‚ "jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks‚ and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next." The

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    The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ is a coming-of-age story that compels readers to question society’s stereotyping of people and expresses the need for people to always have hope. Based on two rival teenage gangs‚ the poor‚ east-side Greasers‚ and the rich‚ west-side Socials (Socs)‚ The Outsiders is told through the eyes of sensitive‚ 14-year-old Greaser‚ Ponyboy Curtis. The novel explores the choices people make when faced with adversity‚ sending an important message to readers that everyone is an

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    Outsiders Essay

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    Outsiders Essay (#5 Is Randy a hero or a coward?) In the novel the Outsiders‚ Randy Adderson‚ (a Soc) decides not to fight in the rumble against the Greasers. I believe that he is a hero for the following reasons. Randy’s motivation for not fighting in the rumble was not based on fear‚ but rather understanding. He realized that even if the Greasers won‚ the Socs would still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. Randy knew that fighting wouldn’t change anything. Randy states‚ “I’d fight‚

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    The Outsiders Analysis

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    In The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton‚ the main character Ponyboy faces a lot of problems and learns new things along the way. He tends to feel different from all groups which makes him feel like and outsider. The greasers are a group of “low class‚” they are the delinquents known to be the worst of the bunch. They’re known to like fighting‚ having street smarts‚ dropping out of school‚ and just being the “bad guys.” Pony thinks he’s different from the greasers like an “Outsider‚” yet Pony seems

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