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    The outsiders essay

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    not loud enough to. But‚ he is a greaser. The socs attack him on the way home from a movie. “It occurred to me that they could kill me. I went wild. I started screaming for Soda‚ Darry‚ anyone. Someone put their hand over my mouth and I bit as hard as I could.” (Hinton- 5) So Pony can defend himself. He is stuck in a shell‚ because he really can’t express himself as much as he would like to. But at a drive in movie‚ Pony meets Cherry and Marcia‚ two socs. Pony is able to talk to her‚ really connect

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    Johnny A Hero

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    someone that behaves the same way as Superman or Spider Man. The Outsiders‚ is a novel by S.E. Hinton. It’s about the conflicts between the Socs and greasers. In the story‚ Johnny‚ is a fourteen year old boy who is always being nice to people. Throughout the story‚ he did a lot of heroic things that make him a hero. For example‚ he helped Ponyboy fought the Socs and saved the kids from the church. Therefore‚ Johnny is considered a hero. Johnny is the youngest member of the greaser gang‚ Ponyboy‚ his

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    Why Do Kids Join Gangs

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    Many of the kids are struggling these days. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ the main character Ponyboy Curtis is in a gang called Greasers who lives on the Eastside‚ and all they do is drink and smoke. Then there are Socs which are a group of rich‚ snobby kids who live on the West side and they also smoke and drink. In their society and in gangs‚ many underaged kids smoke and drink. In this society‚ underaged kids do the same. Also in the article‚” The Allure of Gangs” it talks about why

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    Leadership qualities are hard to find in people. In the book The Outsiders Randy showed great leadership skills while he was talking with Ponyboy. Randy was shown in the story by trying to bridge the gap between the Greaser and the Socs by talking with Ponyboy. Randy associated with the Greasers by telling them his opinion of Bob’s death. Randy took the liberty of talking to the Greasers even though they are from different groups‚ and he made a connection with them. Randy showed plenty of leadership

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    We’ve never see him being mean or mistreating others. He even challenges his idol‚ Dallas‚ when he sees how uncomfortable Dallas was is making Cherry and Marcia at the movies on pages 24. To make things even worse‚ Johnny was brutally beaten by the Socs last spring and now lives in a constant state of fear. On top of that‚ he doesn’t quite get enough to eat‚ he often sleeps outdoors‚ and is even contemplating suicide. After Johnny saved the children from the fire‚ he seems to be saying that he’s come

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    com/article/337211-sports-nonverbal-communication/ Kunde‚ W.‚ Skirde‚ S.‚ & Weigelt‚ M. (2011). Trust my face: Cognitive factors of head fakes in sports. Journal Of Experimental Psychology: Applied‚ 17(2)‚ 110-127. doi:10.1037/a0023756 Raiola‚ G.‚ 2011.Bodily communication in volleyball and new data system. J. Soc. Sci.‚ 7: 671-675.

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    The Outsiders Outline-2 Chunk Thesis statement: The greasers struggle more than the Socs because they’re poor‚ everyone thinks stereotypical about them‚ and everyone thinks they’re trash. First supporting paragraph: The greasers struggle because they’re poorer than everybody else. Quote or paraphrase of evidence: “We’re poorer than the Socs and middle class.” Citation: (S.E. Hinton‚ 1965‚ Page 3) How is the evidence persuasive?: The quote given is persuasive because it tells us from the greasers

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    normal and came back to a “peace” in the surface. The fights between Greasers and Socs seem over‚ and characters have changed to some degree: after a conversation in the end of the film‚ Greasers became more untied and like a family; Ponyboy decided to go to school to study; after Ponyboy and Johnny saved children‚ Randy from Socs‚ found Greasers are more brave and better than he thought before; Cherry did not like what Socs have done to Greasers and showed her sympathy to them…Although the death of Johnny

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    Thesis: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ a novel which tells the story of conflict between the "greasers" and the "Socs‚" captures the voice of ponyboy and his friends in a realistic way that relates to boys and their gangs even today. This story has a lot of issues that are going to be talked about in this paper such as the realism‚ the conflicts‚ the characters‚ Hintons style‚ the themes‚ etc. This book is pretty interesting and brings up a lot of good issues. There are a lot of reasons for reading

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    The Outsiders‚ written by S.E Hinton‚ Ponyboy counts on his friends to be there for him as he gets into trouble on his path to adulthood. The book which is fiction focused on the main character‚ Ponyboy and his two brothers as they struggled with the socs and gangs. Ponyboy learns what it means to be a hero and the value of friendship. The three topics addressed in this meaningful novel are the power of friendship‚ what it means to be a hero‚ and the fight between rich and poor. First‚ ponyboy

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