The Outsiders slang vocabulary 1)corvair-A popular sports car in the 60’s. Ex: I about decided I didn’t like it so much though I spotted a red corvair trailing me. Page # 4 2)Hood- A person that is gong that gets in trouble in their own way. Ex-greasers are almost like hoods. Page # 3 3)Tuff-cool or sharp. Ex-Like a tuff looking mustang or a tuff record. Page #12 4)Rumble-To fight between groups of people. Ex-A rumble is sometimes born out of a grudge fight. Page # 11 5)Hacked off-
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A People’s History of the United States Chapter 9 Summary Chapter nine of Howard Zinn’s book explains slavery before and after the Civil War. The majority of the United States Government was in support of slavery until Abraham Lincoln publicized his support for the end of slavery. This chapter includes details of slavery from the accounts of different slaves and records kept about their oppression. Their servitude was preserved through the separation of their families‚ whipping‚ and killing.
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The institutions those degrees came from? At the end of the day none these matter. The true measure of a man is the legacy he leaves‚ how efficiently he has used his short time on this earth‚ and the number of lives he has touched. By this measure Howard Thurman was a remarkable man. Born to mother who was a domestic worker‚ a father that worked on the railroad and raised primarily by his grandmother‚ a former slave‚ Thurman was not necessarily dealt the best of hands. At the time in segregated
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Howard County is known to be a successful county with outstanding recreation and entertainment. An historic mill which welcomes everyone and makes everyone feel at home. Howard county is located at the central Maryland between Baltimore and Washington. Howard County is ranked as one of the most affluent‚ advanced and educated communities in the United States. The total land area of 160‚640 acres which is the smallest county in Maryland. Howard county is a business environment. Howard county population
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Summer Hunwardsen Mrs. Merced ELA Core 7B April‚ 12‚ 2017 Outsiders Argumentative Outline Was johnny angry or was he just protecting? Johnny was jumped before and would have died if his gang wouldn’t have come to find him and help him. He might’ve just been angry because of what he was put through when he was jumped. But johnny is guilty for killing Bob. It was planned! I mean duh it’s a book S.E Hinton planned the book but it says that johnny
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Have you ever been in an argument where both sides make sense and the conclusion to it all just depends on the evidence provided? Well‚ in the young-adult fiction novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ there is the argument of whether a boy named Ponyboy should stay with his older brother Darry or go into the system. Ponyboy should stay with darry for multiple reasons. For example‚ Darry cares very deeply about Ponyboy‚ and he makes certain Ponyboy gets all his work done for school and succeeds.
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Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States In the first chapter of A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn‚ the main focus is on the Indians‚ Christopher Columbus and the human progress and the author’s way of presenting factual information. Christopher Columbus is introduced as the famous navigator and explorer of the “New World”. We were taught in school that he discovered America and that was just enough for our tiny brains to like him because America is built on freedom
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“Ponyboy‚ listen don’t get tough. You’re not like the rest of us and don’t try to be…”-Two-bit Matthews Page 171. The Outsiders is a novel written by S.E Hinton in the 1960’s‚ the novel is based on a true story. The story is about Ponyboy‚ a teenager that belongs in the gang called Greasers. There is another gang that opposes the Greasers called the Socs. The two gangs live in two sides of Oklahoma‚ the Greasers being in the east‚ and the Socs being in the west. The Socs and the Greasers often fight
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No parents. Two brothers and a gang that describes brotherhood. These are the three aspects that define the novel The Outsiders. With thoughts swirling in his mind‚ fourteen year old‚ Ponyboy Curtis steps out of the movie house. Ponyboy‚ a greaser‚ with Johnny Cade‚ kill Bob Sheldon‚ a Soc‚ in self defense. In the attempts of not getting caught Pony and the gang lose some of their valued members of their crew by the Socs‚ who believe having money equals superiority. After this occurrence and facing
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Today I read two articles that have impacted my thought of the millennials era‚ those two articles are The Outsiders: How Can Millennials Change Washington If They Hate It? by Ron Fournier and Millennials: The Greatest Generation or the Most Narcissistic? by Jean Twenge. In the first article they really explained that this generation‚ the people of today are the ones that they younger people are more service oriented than anyone ever was. This is a great thing‚ but whats the link? Nothing actually
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