The novel ‘The Outsiders’ written by S.E. Hinton is about a character called Ponyboy who learns some very important lessons. Ponyboy is a 14 year old boy he is very intelligent but his Greaser lifestyle holds him back. Some lessons Ponyboy learns is that ‘violence doesn’t solve anything’ and he must ‘stay gold.’ Firstly‚ the main character Ponyboy learns that he must ‘stay gold’. ‘Stay gold’ means staying true to yourself and don’t change. When Johnny was about to die the last words he said were
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The Outsiders gives the reader hints and ideas from the story explaining how we should act and other moral issues. For example‚ a message the author describes is to stay young and innocent. The Greasers‚ specifically the younger Greasers‚ are taught to smoke and kill at a young age. This leads them to do bad things such as going to jail‚ participating in rumbles‚ and robbing stores. In other words‚ bad influence at a young age allows them to do illegal actions. By showing these actions from characters
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Johnny von Neumann “There are two kinds of people in the world: Johnny von Neumann and the rest of us.” Eugene Wigner‚ Nobel Prize winning physicist. December 28‚ 1903 a mind unlike any other was born‚ Janos Neumann. Janos Neumann was the first born son of Max Neumann‚ a non-practicing Hungarian Jew. Max Neumann had very good education‚ he became a doctor of laws and later worked as a lawyer for a bank. Early in Janos ’ life‚ Max bought a title which he never used but his son‚ Janos did. The
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Professor Peters English Comp 1 Christy Isbell Summary 2 Why Johnny Can’t Fail In “Why Johnny Can’t Fail”‚ Jerry Jesness explains what really goes on behind closed doors at many schools. He confesses that he himself‚ and many others of his ilk‚ are guilty of passing children who are unprepared to move forward. It is all a matter of the “floating standard”‚ and it is destroying public education. In his beginning years‚ Jesness believed in giving appropriate grades. However; once he started failing
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literature‚ language‚ and sentence formation‚ a person cannot go through the basic tasks of life. Most careers involve the handing in of a resume‚ and then proposals to follow. Not to mention persuasive The main characters are Ponyboy Michael Curtis Johnny Cade‚ Steve Randle‚ Dallas Winston‚ Darrel "Darry" Shaynne Curtis‚ Jr.‚ Keith "Two-Bit" Mathews‚ and Sodapop Patrick Curtis‚ a gang of Greasers in Tulsa. Ponyboy whose two older brothers are Darry and Sodapop narrates the story. The three boys are.
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things he has in his life. Dally especially loves Johnny. Johnny was what kept Dally sane and gave him something that no one else could give him‚ happiness and the will to keep on living. After Johnny died‚ Dally had nothing. He was absolutely and purposeless without him. Dally was mad at Ponyboy for not telling Johnny to stay strong because now he is dead‚ he told Ponyboy this for himself because he was furious at himself for not being able to see Johnny one last time. Darry wasn’t mad at Ponyboy‚ Darry
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The book and the movie of ¨The Outsiders¨ are generally the same but differs at some of the parts. As books and movies usually do‚ they both share the same same story line and the general idea. Nonetheless‚ the differences are quite large. Both the book and the movie are very similar‚ or else it wouldn’t be much of a point to make a movie for a book. For instance‚ the both have Johnny killing Bob while they were drowning Ponyboy. Although it‚ like the book‚ doesn’t go into great detail about it
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There are some who are carefree while there are those who are highly-strung and there are those who are over-confident while some are just plain shy. It is this issue of differences that are fundamental to the study and examination of personality. Johnny Depp‚ born June 9th‚ 1963 in Owensboro‚ Kentucky – self-proclaimed “barbeque capital of the world” – has led an interesting life filled with the “normal” ups and downs associated with the life of a worldly famous TV/Film Star with a twist. He lived
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Outsiders Essay Jerred Niemi Did you ever know how many people don’t love and support other people? Then they get an idea that they’re not supposed to be in this world‚ so they commit suicide. 34‚000 people commit suicide per year in the United States according to Meredith Melnick of the Huffington Post. If no one loves you or supports you would feel the same way and maybe get that idea. In The Outsiders‚ it shows that the kids need love and support and if they have love and support then they can
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton original copyright 1967 The protagonists in the book are the Greasers and the antagonists are the Socs. The main characters are Darry‚ Soda‚ Dally‚ Bob‚ Ponyboy‚ and Johnny. Darry is tall‚ muscular‚ smart and very strict towards Ponyboy. Darry yells at Ponyboy and always seems to expect better from Ponyboy. For example‚ Darry yells at Ponyboy on page 49‚ “Where the heck have you been? Do you know what time it is? He was madder than I had seen him in along time. I
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