different ways. Johnny was a nice‚ loving and caring kid who would do anything for anyone. In the novel it shows because when the soc’s came over and started drowning pony-boy in the fountain‚ Johnny took a stand to save his friend and so Johnny killed the soc because he didn’t want his friend to die. “I killed him…I killed that boy.” Page 69. Johnny didn’t only save his friends life but also saved the lives of a group of young children. Johnny was very courageous due to saving the lives of young children
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“Greasers” and the “Socs” both had to deal with parents abandoning them‚ being neglected‚ and not having parents there when their own children needed them most. It seemed like if you had a kid in this story that was even a little essential to the plot‚ you were the epitome of bad parenting. One major problem I had with this book was just how useless the adults were in this story. Most of the parents were horrible ones‚ that beat their kids
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The Outsiders Essay – Describe an interesting theme from a text you have studied. Explain why this theme is interesting. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton an important theme is family and friendship. This theme is interesting because it shows us how when you’re family you come together to look after each other no matter what. The theme of friendship is also interesting because when your friends you support each other through everything and anything no matter what the consequences are
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by a bunch of Socs. Socs is the abbreviation for the Socials‚ they are the “West-side rich kids.” Harmony is a joke between the two gangs‚ as differences are common. Unlike the Socs‚ “Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars... and have a gang fight once in a while.” Ponyboy Curtis lives with his two older brothers‚ Sodapop and Darry. One night‚ Ponyboy and Johnny (a sixteen year old‚ who is a friend to all the Greasers) meet two girls from the Socs and get on well
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from a fight with Socs in the beginning. But after going thru some tuff times he changed. But at the end of the book‚ if there is about to be a fight with some Socs he is willing to go in head first and get it over with. Do you think this is a good or bad change. In the beginning Ponyboy was a little skiddish and tried to run from trouble. For an example‚ "I knew it wasn’t any use thought - the fast walking‚ I mean - even before the Corvair pulled up beside me and five Socs got out. I got
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GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS - COURSE OPTIONS 2013-2014 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS (CORE) ENG1103‚ College Writing and Public Life LANGUAGE SKILLS [foreign language] (CORE) One 4-credit course at the 1020 level or higher. Student must begin study at placement level.(Arabic‚ Chinese‚ French‚ German‚ Italian‚ Japanese‚ Portuguese‚ Russian‚ or Spanish QUANTITATIVE REASONING (CORE) MTH 1110. Topics in Contemporary Mathematics MTH 1130. Finite Mathematics MTH 1150‚ Survey of Mathematics
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organism to maintain a stable internal environment despite fluctuating external environmental conditions. An animal will maintain this state of equilibrium through adjustment mechanisms that keep the conditions of its cells and body within a narrow range (SOC 2 n.d.). Homeostasis is crucial to the survival of an organism‚ by maintaining a stable environment‚ it enables cells to be functioning optimally‚ giving an organism the best chance of surviving to a reproductive age‚ followed by reproduction which
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knew that wasn’t going to happen‚ not right now. I knew I was right when the Socs came towards us with their blue mustang and their loud obnoxious voices. They got out of the car and started staggering towards us. They were drunk and looked terrible. We had two options run away or fight back. I was leaning towards the first one but sadly I knew that wasn’t going to happen when I saw we were surrounded by five drunk Socs. They wanted to torture us‚ not only that but kill us‚ they wanted to get their
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analyze any available pictures or gestures or guess meaning from textual context. Social strategies (SOC): the strategies are employed to ask someone who knows. Learners can ask teacher or classmates about information in a variety of ways‚ such as a synonym‚ paraphrase‚ or L1 translation of new word. II. Strategies are used for consolidating a word once it has been encountered Social strategies (SOC): they can also be employed to consolidate learned words by interacting with other people like studying
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versus the hardships of the “Socs” lives which were supposedly much easier. It also shows the thoughts that ran through Ponyboy’s head as and after he was helping the kids safely out of the burning church. In the book‚ Sodapop looks the best by far. “Soda is handsomer than anyone I know (Hinton 7).” Johnny is just a scrawny little boy. Ponyboy has long greased back hair. “My hair is longer than a lot of boys (Hinton 1).” Darry looks tough and mean. Dally is hard‚
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