“Your gold when you’re a kid‚ like green. everything’s new‚ like dawn” (Hinton‚ 1967‚Pg. that was what Johnny told Ponyboy in his note in Gone With The Wind explaining what he meant by telling him “stay gold”. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Ponyboy Curtis is a dreamy boy who has problems with social classes which cause him to run away from home. By the end of the story‚ he learns to deal with loss and becomes an understanding‚ tuff boy. “When I stepped out of the bright sunlight of the dark
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Controversy Paper SOC/110 Controversy Minimum wage is a controversial issue that some individual support and others would prefer to abandon. Minimum wage is an definite bottom pay employees can get that the law enforces. Minimum wage is worldwide and is typical in most of the world. Those who lack education or work in low-paid fields will make minimum wage. Minimum wage protects workers from their employers‚ lowest human living standards‚ and poverty. The subjects to discuss in this paper
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night we went to find Ponyboy and Johnny we just wanted to put them back in their place. We wanted the power restored to our superiority‚ because as typical socs we believed this was our right. Socs will always have more power than greasers because the socs had money and the greasers didn’t. There was a constant war between us and we‚ the socs‚ would always have the upper hand. Bob‚ David‚ Stephen‚ John‚ and I had been out drinking and we were driving around in greaser territory when‚ as passed
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some differences that make them each unique. The storyline is that there are two groups of people‚ the greasers and the socs‚ who don’t get along very well. The main character is a greaser named Ponyboy. He has no parents and lives with his two brothers Soda and Darry. Pony is attacked by the socs and his friend Johnny rushes in to save him and ends up killing a member of the socs. This leads to a big fight between the two groups known as a rumble. Johnny is scared because he killed someone so he runs
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opportunities. For the Sunset project my sunset was made out of stained glass and mirrors. Lastly‚ the sunset plays a role in The Outsiders. The sunset may represent safety within the greasers life‚ or even the similarities between a greaser and a Soc. A sunrise and sunset occur everyday. Meaning the sunrise begins a new day. A sunset ends a day. I don’t usually watch the sunsets unless I’m outside during the time the sun comes down. One week our homework was to watch the sunset and record
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The novel‚ The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ is about Ponyboy Curtis who is a fourteen-year old who goes on a journey through depressing times. Now his older brother‚ Darry‚ is responsible for Ponyboy and his other older brother‚ Sodapop. Ponyboy is a greaser on the west side of town and with his friends that have bad reputations‚ things could get out of hand. Throughout the book‚ there are big decisions being made whether to go one way or the other. Making one decision could influence how another decision
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Struggles of an Outsider Can two drastically different groups of kids face similar problems? In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton two classes of kids‚ greasers and socs‚ share many similar problems. Greasers come from rough neighborhoods and create gangs to have a sense of belonging‚ socs live in wealthy neighborhoods and gang up on greasers. Although‚ both groups are so different they have many similar problems such as fitting in‚ developing romantic relationships‚ and getting approval from
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the greasers and the socs. In the following paragraphs‚ I will be talking about the importance of her character‚ how the character stands as a link between the gangs‚ and how her character helps to solve the problem. I would say that Cherry is a big character in the book. In some ways‚ Bob’s death was Cherry’s fault. If she and Marcia hadn’t asked Pony and Johnny to come and sit with her and Marcia‚ the events that led to Bob’s death probably wouldn’t have happened. The socs wouldn’t have seen the
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Pony boy not to change. If you are wealthy‚ does it make you better than people who are not? Just because they are different‚ and do not have enough money to afford material things. Does it make you better and more of a person? If you think that you are right‚ then you are incorrect. Just because you have a lot of money‚ it does not make you more of a person‚ and it does not make you better at all. I mean big whoop‚ you drive a nice car‚ and have nice clothes. Guess what‚ when you cut yourself
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this novel‚ The Outsiders. These two characters were amazing friends throughout the story however‚ each character also had a set of unique qualities as well. This novel was centered on two rival gangs‚ the Socs and the Greasers. The Greasers were people
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