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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Nick being an outsider and Meursault in The Outsider. Both Nick and Meursault seem to be detached and simply view and describe what occurs around them from a removed position. Both characters also seem to have a love interest with in the book‚ Meursault having Marie and Nick having Jordan Baker. Although there are still some differences between the two‚ Nick is socially accepted‚ and is more engaged with his own beliefs and views than Meursault. Both Meursault and Nick are outsiders due to the different
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Albert Camus’ The Outsider from an Ecocritical Point of View Vikram Jyoti Das EGE10026 Meursault- the protagonist of Camus’ The Outsider is shown as being influenced by nature. His character and actions are indicative of how an individual is affected by the environment in which he dwells and how a change in the surroundings affects his psychology. The character of Meursault also portrays the biological evolutionary notion of adaptability and how a superior species
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they are from the inside and not the outside‚ they differ in terms of personalities. In the novel‚ The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton‚ two groups are introduced. These groups are the Greasers‚ the East-side poor kids‚ and the Socials‚ the West-side rich kids.
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Questions 3 and 4 (p. 21) 3) James says‚ “I feel like an outsider.” How might you work with his statement? As a facilitator‚ this writer would ask James if he could identify anyone in the group he feels he is not an outsider with and how the relationship is different. This writer would ask James to identify what he needs to feel he is not an outsider. This writer would encourage James to continue to express when he is feeling like an outsider and also challenge James to open himself up to others in
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Feeling like an outsider‚ could probably be the worst in a situation. All alone because one is considered to be different. The Jewish population as a whole was considered to be outsiders. This caused all reasoning of problems to be placed on Jewish people. Alot could have been avoided if all people were considered the same. In the novel Night‚ Moishe is the archetype of an outsider; he was viewed as different and people didn’t listen to him‚ as he warned of the danger coming‚ and it all changed as
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The Outsiders The Outsiders is both a great book and a great movie. Although they are both very great‚ they are not completely the same‚ or completely different. A book that turns into a movie usually has way more information because the person writing the book isn’t just going to make it a movie line for line. The movie “The Outsiders” doesn’t work like that though. The book and the movie are about as close to line for line as you can possibly get. They have to add some scenes in movie to explain
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The Outsiders gives the reader hints and ideas from the story explaining how we should act and other moral issues. For example‚ a message the author describes is to stay young and innocent. The Greasers‚ specifically the younger Greasers‚ are taught to smoke and kill at a young age. This leads them to do bad things such as going to jail‚ participating in rumbles‚ and robbing stores. In other words‚ bad influence at a young age allows them to do illegal actions. By showing these actions from characters
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Truth is an important theme in both Oedipus and the Outsider as it changes the fate for both of the characters. I will talk about how the characters find out about the truth. I will also talk about how this theme is presented to us similarly in both the play and the text‚ as both the characters stick to the truth of their crimes which leads to both their downfalls. As Oedipus and Meursault based in different settings‚ this contributes to how the truth is presented. In the play Oedipus‚ he seeks
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For example‚ the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ includes many examples of conflict between the upper class‚ “the Socs”‚ and the lower class‚ “the Greasers.” In The Outsiders the main character‚ Ponyboy says‚ “We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class” (Hinton 3). This description shows that social class was a big part of what defined individuals and
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