The book i read was “ The Outsiders” by S.E. hinton. The protagonist was Ponyboy Curtis‚ a fourteen year old greaser‚ with long greasy hair. He wears jeans‚ t-shirts and a leather jacket. Ponyboy liked his gang ‚ school ‚ sunsets ‚ movies ‚ reading and his best friend johnny. He hated the Socs because they were the rich kids with all the breaks and his brother Darry because he bossed him around after his parents died. Greasers were the tough poor kids. Ponyboy changed in many ways throughout the
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discomfort or may feel odd. We treat them as if they are invisible. Some may question how these people became homeless‚ and many will say something like “they probably were drug addicts or alcoholics and the state they are in is their own fault.” This stereotype may be true in some cases; however‚ the homeless people are people and also consist of families. They are no different than you or me. There is a reason for everything and certainly a reason people are faced with being homeless. The bench picture
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individuals. The life of a teenager carries it’s facts yet carries it’s stereotypes as well. A lot of people‚ especially those who are to attend high school later on in life believe teenagers and high school is what you see in television shows or movies. However‚ it’s not. Those aren’t as close to the reality of it as you think. First of all‚ us teenagers aren’t all party‚ drug infused and alcohol obsessed delinquents. This whole stereotype that surrounds us that all of us are going round and round looking
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are many stereotypes and stigmas that associate with people who are below the poverty level. These include abusing the system‚ drug or alcohol users‚ lazy‚ etc. When in fact this misunderstood population is far from theses stereotypes. Much of the public believes that poverty families are large families taking in money when in reality “the average size of families living below poverty line is fewer than three” (pg. 247). The fact is we like to make stigmatize being on welfare as a negative thing. But
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who we should be. Sometimes they sell addictions" (Kilbourne‚ Beauty and the Beast). When the average person is bombarded by 2‚000-3‚000 ads a day (Kilbourne‚ address)‚ it is impossible to remain unaffected by the aforementioned concepts and stereotypes (Still Killing Us Softly‚ video). Ads use insecurities to promise betterment with the purchase of a certain product. They are breeding grounds
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In the young adult fiction story entitled Outsiders written by S.E Hinton is an outstanding book that focuses on many themes that eventually become extremely meaningful towards the end of the book‚ and one of those themes are that friends are like family. The reason I say this because in the book‚ a mob of friends stick with each other through thick and thin‚ and what’s significant about this gang is no matter what the situation may be‚ the support and care each one gives is exactly like if they
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In the book The Outsiders‚ written by S.E. Hinton‚ it tells the story of a young boy named Ponyboy‚ who is a greaser that feels like he is on the outside of society. The book which is fiction focuses on how Johnny killed Bob‚ and how the cops are after him and ponyboy. It also focuses on how they both feel like they are looked down upon by the world. The three topics addressed in this adventurous novel our the fight between the rich and poor‚ the power of friendship‚ and what it means to be a hero
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Throughout The Outsiders‚ violence is depicted in numerous ways. The Greasers and Socials use violence towards one another regularly in the story. For instance‚ the story begins with a group of Socials jumping a Greaser. However‚ the author tries to convey to the reader why violence is never the answer. In the text‚ she attempts to get through to the reader that violence does not resolve anything for both groups. By trying to explicate this through the text‚ she conveys to the reader how violence
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Chief Powhatan and Kekata present the most racial stereotypes. Therefore the explanation of these stereotypes will be easier to identify. Pocahontas‚ an unconventional Disney Princess‚ has raised awareness of Indigenous people in a bad light. Since her clothing and actions present
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The plot in the movie and the novel had many differences. The exposition is one of the differences that made the movie confusing. Instead of Ponyboy leaving the movie house and getting jumped by the Socs‚ he starts to write The Outsiders. It was a huge mistake for Francis Coppola to leave this out because the exposition in the book involved a significant event‚ where the Socs showed the violent relationship they have between the Greasers. Another difference is When Cherry explains to Ponyboy that
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