Many towns have started to put a public curfew affecting minors‚ normally around 10 pm. In the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton there is no curfew‚ would it have been helpful to the characters? Would it have affected them? Despite popular belief‚ some believe that there should be no curfew‚ and it may have helped the characters. Some people believe that there should be a curfew for minors. If there is a curfew there would be less time to get in trouble. “You really killed him‚ huh‚ Johnny?" If there was
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Eh‚ I’d Rather not do it for Johnny The Outsiders‚ directed by Francis Ford Coppola was released in 1983. Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell) is a greaser whose parents were killed in a car accident. He and his friends: Johnny (Ralph Macchio)‚ Dally (Matt Dillon)‚ Two-Bit (Emilio Estevez)‚ and Steve (Tom Cruise)‚ and brothers‚ Darry (Patrick Swayze) and Soda (Rob Lowe)‚ are always getting in fights with a gang called the Socs. One night‚ best friend Johnny‚ are attacked by Socs. The Socs almost drown
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Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons‚ and Albert Camus’ Meursault from The Outsider‚ an apparent murderer who does not believe in God‚ possibly have in common? For starters‚ both men have led similar lives in a search for the truth‚ and have very strong personal belief systems. It is for this that they are persecuted and “who‚ without any heroic pretensions‚ agree...to die for the truth” (The Outsider‚ Camus‚ p. 119). Both characters‚ More and Meursault refuse to compromise their
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The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a book about the troubles that teenagers face and how they are able to overcome them. The development of the characters throughout the book is evident and how they act make the book an interesting read. What they go through and how the book ends gives the book a sense of realism and is able to teach essential life lessons. If I were to walk by a book store and see this book on the stand I would pick it up. In my opinion the book cover is good because it is able to
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In the book The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy had a few things similar to me. For example‚ we are honest to our friends. We both go to a good school that will give us a good education. And the last thing is we both have a brother. I will also be talking about how we are different in these paragraphs. I do not smoke and Ponyboy does. Ponyboy lost his parents in a car accident. And Ponyboy is in a gang‚ and I am not. Even though Ponyboy and I have several differences‚ we still have
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The Outsider by S.E. Hinton was the first YA Novel published in 1967. S.E. Hinton wrote the Outsiders at 16 years old. It became a success later in the years. Most people would think that it is bad because it deals with gang violence‚ murder‚ abuse‚ but is that what S.E. Hinton is trying to portray in her
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My insider/outsider partner was Alicia Garcia. As you can tell by her last name she is Hispanic. I don’t have many Hispanic friends and I am not use to their culture. Starting on the project Alicia told me a little a bit about her heritage. One of the things I asked her was‚ “Do you celebrate the day of the dead?” I know that might seem like a crazy question to ask‚ but I the only thing that I truly knew about her culture is what I seen on TV. Alicia said that they do celebrate it to some extent
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Looks like we have another Curtis on our hands today. Its about whether to send Mr. Ponyboy to foster care or to stay with his two brothers. He’s been staying with his brothers for the past 8 months‚ and their has been complaints that he has been acting up with the gang which from my point of view he is doing fine. Ponyboy is at the age 14‚ lives with his 2 brothers‚ Darrel Curtis‚ who goes by the name of Darry‚ and is at the age of 20 and Sodapop Curtis who is 16 and happens to be a high school
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aspects in people you need to look for whats on the inside‚not just the outside. Many people just look at the outside of a person and never really try to see whats on the inside. The characters Ponyboy and Dally for example from S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders The characters Ponyboy and Dally are both in a gang called the Greasers.The Greasers get into many rumbles with the Soc’s. As members of the gang the Greasers are very close to one another‚especially to Johnny.Another thing makes Ponyboy and Dally
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The novel The Outsiders explained this when it was released in 1967. Then‚ the movie The Outsiders was released in 1983. They both show the hardships of a group of boys in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. The movie was based off of the novel and they did a good job of recreating the novel‚ but there are still many differences that separates these two. The book and the movie are very similar‚ but there is some very large differences. The major plot points are the same in both versions of the Outsiders. They both have
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