The name of the movie I have chosen is The Outsiders. The reason why I chose this movie is because it was one of my favorite movies to watch when I was in middle school. I remember in middle school that I was in a reading and writing class where the teacher provided students several books to read together as a class and The Outsiders was one of the novels. I always had an issue with reading since I was kid even today in college because I have a reading comprehension disability where I have a hard
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book I read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton supports this statement in many aspects. The book depicts a society where two dominant‚ opposing gangs prevail in a town that just isn’t big enough for the both of them. The main character‚ Ponyboy‚ his brothers‚ and friends are part of a gang known as the "greasers"‚ due to their poor appearance and their greasy hair. The antagonist gang is known as the "socs"‚ a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up greasers like Ponyboy.
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Q1. With evidence from the text‚ explain why the text is entitled “The Outsiders”. The text is entitled “The Outsiders” is show there in the social system of a teenager’s world‚ for example‚ Ponyboy’s‚ there is a huge difference between groups. One example is the Socials and the Greasers. The Socs‚ an abbreviation for the Socials‚ are favoured by society because they are rich and educated as said in the book. It says‚ “…. But it’s the abbreviation for the Socials‚ the jet set‚ the West-side
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the classic "greaser" look. Nor do they simply get into a few rumbles over turf. No‚ Street gangs today have developed much farther past a group of twenty people hanging out on the corner. There is much more to being a gangbanger in the 21st century than that. Most modern day gangs are situated in some of the larger cities such as L.A.‚ New York‚ and Even in Vancouver. Gangs Nowadays don’t separate themselves by the Things they wear but more by the colors they wear. For example Greasers dress in leather
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The Outsiders book by S.E Hinton was eventually made into a movie. They were so much alike because they both were very good from the start. Some things that happened in the book‚ although they didn’t happen in the movie. You could really tell in both the book and movie the friendship and love with some people. Some differences between the book and the movie are that Ponyboy seemed more bold‚ strong‚ and handsome. But in the movie he was like that to although‚ just seemed less of a Greaser because
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THE OUTSIDERS [pic][pic][pic] Packet Due Dates Chapter 1 & 2: Thurs. 3/10/11 Chapter 3: Fri.‚ 3/11/11 Chapter 4: Mon.‚ 3/14/11 Chapter 5: Tues.‚ 3/15/11 Chapter 6: Wed. 3/16/11 Chapter 7: Thurs. 3/17/11 Chapter 8: Fri. 3/18/11 Chapter 9: Mon.‚ 3/21/11 Chapter 10: Tues. 3/22/11 Chapter 11: Wed. 3/23/11 Chapter 12: Thurs. 3/24/11 Poetry Page:
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Greasers Subculture Values and Beliefs: History- Greasers originated in the early 1950’s increasingly popular toward the 1960’s. They originated in the young northeaster and southern united states street gangs and changed rapidly unto other type of individuals. Initially it arose from working class families that didn’t have access to the greatest educational resources. They existed before gangs were dependent on violence and drugs. The greasers of the 1950s took their name from the “Greaser Act”
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The Outsiders S.E. Hinton “No rival gangs‚ only Socs. And you can’t win against them no matter how hard you try‚ because they’ve got all the breaks and even whipping them isn’t going to change that fact.” The Outsiders a novel that was first published in 1967 by the author S.E Hinton is not only a novel about gang mentality and gang rivalry but is also about how a person could feel like ‘an outsider’ based on where they live or how much money they have. In Pony Boy’s case it was his grades that
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The Outsiders WebQuest During this term‚ we will be reading the novel‚ The Outsiders. In order to fully understand the context of the story‚ it is important that you have a clear understanding of the time period. In some ways many things haven’t changed since the 1960s (i.e. gangs‚ friendship‚ etc.). However‚ in other ways‚ there have been major transformations. Therefore‚ you will research certain topics in order to gain a fuller understanding of the setting and social contexts of the novel
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The author S.E.Hinton uses extreme events to make the argument that given a chance; even those labelled ‘bad’ by society can do good. In the novel The Outsiders the characters that are labelled bad greasers who are placed in challenging situations. Those situations demonstrate that people are not always what they are labelled. S.E.Hinton uses her characters and their actions to persuade us that you cannot label someone until you know them and what they have been through. The novel demonstrates that
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