The Outsiders? “It seems like there’s gotta be someplace without Greasers‚ or Socs with just people. Plain ordinary people.” The novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton takes place in Tulsa Oklahoma during the 1960’s. The novel shows how a gang of seven greasy boys deal with society being divided into “Greasers” and “Socs”‚ however along the way they face hardships including death. In the novel‚ “the outsiders” were considered people who didn’t fit in. In this case the “Outsiders” were: Ponyboy‚ Cherry
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The Best Book on the Planet The Outsiders was a great book that includes suspense and fights. This book is in the point of view of Ponyboy Curtis. He talks about how it was living back in 1967. Him and his friends are in a “gang” called the greasers. This “gang” is really a group of good friends that always have eachothers back. The main character is Ponyboy. He is 14 years old he has light brown hair‚ he is the youngest in the gang. Then the other characters are: Soda‚ he is 16 years old and is
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H12 Mr. More 6/7th Grade Humanities September 20‚ 2014 Dear Darry‚ Hi‚ it is me Ponyboy. I have been meaning to talk to you about something. I never thought you as a father even though you always try to be like a father to me. You were always very rough to me and even though you sometimes said sorry for any act you did like shaking me vigorously‚ I never thought you really meant it. As for example‚ once I thought‚ “Darry isn’t very sorry for anything he does. It seems funny to me that he should
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The Discrimination of Outsiders ZZ Packer’s Drinking Coffee Elsewhere a book that consists of many short stories that are very similar in plot‚ however very different in the overall meaning of the story. Throughout her compilations of short stories Packer grasps the idea of being labeled an “outside” in our society. In these three stories “Brownies‚ Drinking Coffee Elsewhere‚ and Geese” all of the main characters of the story receive discrimination from their other peers. In one story “Brownies”
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explored and investigated in the text‚ The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton. A coming of age novel where the character encounters the effect of their decisions and experiences both negative and positive circumstances. This is clear from the content as the experience of fleeing to the country‚ being in a gang‚ facing violence and poverty can shape the concept we develop about ourselves. Life experiences helped shape the way the primary character and narrator‚ Ponyboy Curtis‚ and his friend‚ Johnny Cade‚ distinguish
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afraid to come forward. You can help us find the murderer." Sheldon was recognized as a great student and a great athlete and did a lot community service. He won an award for most community service hours last year. The suspects of this case are Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny cade who ran away to Jay Mountain. Memorial Services are being held for Robert Sheldon on Sunday October 13th noon at Tulsa Cemetery. A student who attends Jay Mountain high school was found dead early Saturday morning in the
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Grief of The Outsiders There are many ways of expressing the emotion grief. The characters in The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ had many bad things happen to them and the ones they loved. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis‚ Bob‚ Johnny‚ and Dally are all characters that die in the book. The characters deal with grief in different ways; Ponyboy denies the fact that Johnny died‚ Dally was in depression‚ and Darry accepted their death. Ponyboy grieves for Johnny by denying the fact that he killed Bob‚ and died
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Outsiders Essay- Loyalty‚ it’s not just a word‚ No it is a lot more than that. Throughout the book the outsider’s loyalty is something that holds many strong and lasting friendship together. You need someone throughout your life that has your back. Someone there for you when you mostly wish for it. Loyalty is something that changes PonyBoy Through this piece and makes him see from different angles of life. Flying down the high way of the outsiders you soon feel and believe that PonyBoy doesn’t
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“The Outsiders” S.E Hinton S.E Hinton published her book‚ “The Outsiders” on April 24‚ 1967. Sixteen years later in 1983‚ The Outsiders was then produced and was showed in theaters. SETTING The author never mentioned exactly where this all took place; In 1965 in an unnamed city‚ in an unnamed state‚ the East Side/West Side which is two “zones” divided by economics; East Siders don’t have enough money and West Siders have plenty. An abandoned church on top of a hill‚ the country‚ and
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author of The Outsiders has written many unique conflicts in her book. One of many conflicts in the story are the Socs (the rich playboys) versus the Greasers (the lowlife hoodlums)‚ with the problem being that one is rich and the other being poor. The second accessible one to spot in the book would be Darry (older brother of Ponyboy) and Ponyboy (the main character)‚ just can’t understand each other‚ they’re so different. The third battle is a little difficult to understand which is Ponyboy versus himself
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