The Significance of Innocence “‘Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold…’” (Hinton 148). The last words of Johnny Cade indicates that he is telling Ponyboy Curtis to retain his innocence. In The Outsiders‚ the author‚ S.E. Hinton‚ suggests that Ponyboy and Johnny are trying to keep hold of their innocence. They go through many challenges and obstacles and in the end they realize that innocence can be cherished but there is a time when you have to grow up. Oddly‚ Hinton proves just the opposite; she proves
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come in many different forms. Research on grief can sometimes even be hard to obtain accurately; because it can often times occur before the time of death. Therefore‚ the length of bereavement period may not be correct. Regardless‚ there are three main stages of grief as shared by Bonanno‚ Wortman‚ and Neese‚ (2004) which include grief that is considered common lasting months to up to two years‚ a severe form which lasts for several years‚ and a type of grief that presents as an absence of sadness and
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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” essay Sodapop is the best character in the book “The Outsiders”‚ because he genuinely cares about everyone in the story. No matter what the task if the gang or a brother needed a favor or some assistance he was always there. He has that cool that everyone loves‚ and is just a good guy. He is one of those people that anyone would look at and say I could love that face the book even says “Soda is more handsomer than anyone else I know(Hinton 7).” Sodapop cares about the outcome of
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Dealing with Grief; the Five Stages of Grief Loss usually visits us in a different dimension. The death of our loved one is all that we cannot be able to evade. Grief will always hit us directly and primarily it is challenging to respond to it. The simple definition of grief is the natural response to the loss of an individual or something that is very dear and close to you. Death is a loss that can lead us to grief and therefore each and every person has his best way to cope with the feeling. The
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best friend of 40years. Her husband also died last year‚ they were married for thirty-five years. Her family lives one hour away. I think first in assessing her you would look for obvious physical signs of grief‚ loss‚ and even depression or anxiety. “Physical symptoms common of an acute grief response would be tearfulness‚ crying‚ loss of appetite‚ feelings of hollowness in the stomach‚ decreased energy‚ fatigue‚ lethargy‚ and sleep difficulties”. (Meiner‚ 2015‚ p. 326) In the facility that I work
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’Grief is always essentially selfish. ’ Compare and contrast the poets ’ presentation of their responses to loss‚ exploring how far both men are more preoccupied with themselves than with their dead wives. Both Ted Hughes and Thomas Hardy can be seen to express a certain level of grief as a natural response to the death of their wives. However‚ elements of this grief can be viewed as essentially selfish; both men appear preoccupied with themselves as opposed to their wives‚ though each poet to
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based on how they express their grief‚ or it can be downplayed by others. In her works titled “Disenfranchised Grief”‚ Gina Stepp explains that “there are certain circumstances in which a person experiences loss‚ but they don’t have a socially recognized
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Grief comes in different stages. With grief‚ some people may experience constant thoughts of being worthless or hopeless. Unable to perform day-to-day activities also‚ some people may have delusions‚ and hallucinations (hearing voices or seeing things that are not there). Jack at first goes through denial‚ “nothing is ever certain.” (Seabold 21)‚ Jack has just learned one of Susie’s body parts was found. He did not want to accept the fact that his daughter is dead so he tries to deny it.
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Loss and Grief is a very common topic that many people deal with at some point in their lives. Grief is one of those topics that is touchy and sometimes overlooked‚ but has to be dealt with in order for it to go away. One of the more difficult types of grief there is to deal with is Disenfranchised Grief. Disenfranchised Grief has to do with grief that is misunderstood or undervalued by others in society which as a result makes it harder for the grievers who are facing it to express or even address
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