Area of Study Essay – The Outsiders Essay Teenagers are shown in a variety of texts to be‚ violent‚ disrespectful‚ disruptive and corrupt. S.E. Hinton’s novel ‘The Outsiders’ reveal teenagers to be juvenile delinquents who are violent and whose only interest is remaining faithful to their gang and its members. The theme of the novel ‘The Outsiders’ as the main characters are explained to be represented as juvenile delinquents who belong to a violent neighbourhood and lawless gangs. The gangs
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In the novel ’Specky Magee and the Season of Champions’‚ written by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon. Simon (Specky) Magee injures himself and can’t play football for his school. he disobeys his parents and is grounded. He meets new people and faces the pressures that all teenagers face. I feel that this is a perfect book for all teenagers because can relate to at least one of the characters. Specky is a 13-year-old boy whose life is driven by Australian Football. He is a little bit rebellious and the
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The Forbidden Kingdom is an American fighting movie made in 2007. Throughout the movie‚ the main character takes a pounding from some kids in the ghetto that believe that they should bully because they can. Then later on‚ that kid is transported into ancient China where he must help save a legendary figure‚ having help from a local man that seems like the town drunk. The man however is able to ward of many soldiers at a time while still holding his alcohol. The only one in the movie that isn’t skilled
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Who was the one to cause the predicaments that the Greasers had to go through?The Outsiders is not a true story‚ but makes the reader feel like it was real. The main character‚ Ponyboy‚ is part of a gang named the Greasers. Conflicts sparked between the Greasers and their enemies‚ the Socs or Socials. Ponyboy‚ Darry‚ Dally‚ Sodapop‚ Two-bit and Johnny went through obstacles and problems caused by the Socs. Throughout the book‚ The Outsiders‚ there were many problems and conflicts that the Greasers
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My story starts with a grapple and a frantic air. That is how most of us were taken. Grabbed from our homes and lined up to be taken to concentration camps. Most of us were taken without a glance‚ but as the SS officers came in the door‚ one of them turned to stare at me eyes. I did not resist. The train ride to the camps was long and quite eventful‚ it took weeks. The very first day‚ a young man discovered an unlocked roof hatch. He decided he was going to jump off‚ an idea most people met with
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Halloween Pranks In the 1930s‚ two churches in Bradley with bells in relatively short steeples and standing in close proximity to each other became the setting for a Halloween prank enacted by a group of mischievous and ingenious boys. At each church‚ as groundwork for their shenanigans‚ they secured one end of a sufficiently long rope to the bell clapper and tossed the other end out of the steeple to the ground. The boys launched their stunt by ringing one of the bells from a hidden vantage point
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I used to hate greasers. They had tried to pick up Cherry and Marcia‚ Bob and my girls. We were so mad that they thought they had the right to do that; they were no-hopers. The night we went to find Ponyboy and Johnny we just wanted to put them back in their place. We wanted the power restored to our superiority‚ because as typical socs we believed this was our right. Socs will always have more power than greasers because the socs had money and the greasers didn’t. There was a constant war between
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¨He was shaking me and I wished he’d stop. ¨ (pg.6) is one of the quotes from the story ¨The Outsiders¨ proving that Ponyboy who is the main character of the story‚ is more sensitive than tough. Ponyboy is raised by his brothers who are pretty tough so he is expected to be the same. The quote up above shows that Ponyboy is sensitive because he was shaking and that is a sign of sensitivity and fear. With all of the evidence from the book‚ it has proved that Ponyboy is more sensitive than tough.
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Many people think that Socs are different from greasers. Socs are wealthy rich kids who live on the west side of town and like to jump greasers and ride in their mustangs and corvairs. Greasers on the other hand are tuff and ride in souped up cars. They usually carry a switchblade or some other weapon and they are poorer and usually don’t learn as well‚ plus they put tons of grease in their hair thus the name greasers. Sherri Valance or known as Cherry for her bright red hair is a different type
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People who are outsiders are misjudged because of their appereance and their attitude. They are misjudged because they look emo‚ have no hair‚ have messy clothes or shoes‚ can’t talk‚ can’t walk‚ can’t hear‚ so on and so foreth. I am going to bring this to the atention to others. I believe outsiders are those who are simply misjudged. Outsiders are not accepted into groups at school‚ sport teams‚ and even at their own home because they are misjudged by the people around them. People dont undersand
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