Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders may at first glance seem to be a jarring departure from his critically acclaimed Godfather films of the 1970s, but a closer examination proves that this little movie is consistent with many of the themes forwarded in those two blockbusters. While The Outsiders...
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The Outsiders INTRODUCTION: "The Outsiders" by S. E Hinton is an early novel based on two waring juvenile gangs, divided by economical and social background, the lower East side Greasers and the upper West side Socs. The novel is set in 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a novel written in first...
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A Review of "The Outsiders Club" Screened on BBC 2 in October 96 MA Diploma Disability Studies INTRODUCTION I decided to write a review on the social group known as The Outsiders. The group's main aim is to enable disabled adults to form personal relationships, including specifically sexual ones...
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Moy 1 Shelly Moy M. Ragan ENG261AC April 14, 2003 "The Difference of Initial Inference of Identity" S. E. Hinton's novel, The Outsiders, is at first a narrative of Ponyboy, a young outcast boy who later becomes a young man filled with identity. At the end of the novel, it is revealed that the...
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Major Characters Ponyboy Curtis - The novel's fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers. Ponyboy's literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his...
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Banned Book Report The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton was written in 1967. This novel tells the story of the conflict between two different social groups, the greasers and the socs. The socs were the socials who lived in the rich part of town, and the greasers were the lower class youths. This novel...
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BOOK REPORT: "The Outsiders" 1. Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders. New York: Puffin Books, 1967 2. The title of this book relates to the story, because in the book, Ponyboy and Johnny are "outsiders. " They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like...
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INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS Who are the insiders? ·people who conform ·behave according to the accepted rules ·members of society ·only insiders in their own group Insider clubs and societies Freemasons, Scouts, Guides, Trade Union, Working Men's Club, Gentlemen's Clubs, ? ·own rules of behaviour for...
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"The Outsiders" The Outsiders had two poems in them, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost, the other poem, "Stay Gold" by Stevie Wonder. Nothing Gold Can Stay has a connection to the movie. I think it belongs in the movie. In this poem when they talk about "Natures first green is gold," it...
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As he was walking home from a The Outsiders Paul Newman movie, the narrator(a greaser)wishes he has some company because most greasers get jumped by the rich kids from west side. These kids are known as the socials or socs for short. Although some socs just drive by in their expensive cars and...
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Gangs. This is what is portrayed in SE Hinton's novel, The Outsiders. Two different gangs from opposite ends of the social ladder clash in this epic novel of social tension between two rival groups, the Socs and the Greasers. The main character, 14-year-old Ponyboy, is a Greaser who lives under...
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A Report on "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" By: Kelcie Roberts Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) wrote the "Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" published by Flying Cloud Press and has a copyright date of 1922. "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" is known as a Narrative Poem. Millay won the Pulitzer Prize for...
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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...
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The Outsiders, by S. E Hinton is about two gangs who are considered outsiders. These two gangs are outsiders because they do not fit in with society. Particularly, there are three characters who do not only not fit in society because of what gang they are in but they are considered outsiders in...
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The Outsiders In both of this poems Anecdote of the Jar and Clay has a sense of alienation between them, the Jar and Maria are nothing without their surroundings and their surroundings are nothing without them as well. The title of both of this text has a great significance of what the story is...
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The Outsiders Alienation The Outsiders is a story that has motley of alienation. Alienation isn’t being taken by aliens. Alienation is uniqueness and someone that is different from another person or group of people. But through the whole story of the Outsiders there is alienation. One symbol of...
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The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton original copyright 1967 The protagonists in the book are the Greasers and the antagonists are the Socs. The main characters are Darry, Soda, Dally, Bob, Ponyboy, and Johnny. Darry is tall, muscular, smart and very strict towards Ponyboy. Darry yells at Ponyboy and...
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The Ousiders Essay - Sodapop Curtis In S. E Hinton's novel, The Outsiders, there are many themes represented in the book, but one of the main themes is social ostracism, or the conflict between the economic classes. There are two rival gangs within The Outsiders: the Socs and the Greasers. The...
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| Persuasive Essay| “The Outsiders”| | Karissa Cochet| 5/6/2010| | I think to be somewhat successful; you need a positive environment to focus on proper priorities. Taking Ponyboy out of Darry’s care and putting him in a foster home would be in his best interest. Being in a violent or unstable...
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Medea: Insider vs. Outsider In the Epic myth of Medea, Insiders and Outsiders are treated differently. The outsiders are the people who aren’t legal citizens of the given town, while the insiders are the actual citizens of the town. There are many insiders and outsiders in Medea and there are ways...
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Can He “Stay Gold” or is He Gone? Changes are subtle, but when observed closely, they can be spotted easily. It is just as if an ant is under a microscope, so that people can see a scar on one of its legs. That is the case with the characters in the book, The Outsiders, by S. E Hinton...
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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...
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Dallas Winston or 'Dally' is one of the main characters in the book The Outsiders. He is a very dynamic character. He is the toughest member of the outsiders' gang. He grew up in New York where he was toughened into a cold hater of the whole world. Dally's first characteristic is...
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Although I thought they were two very different movies. To my surprise, 'Grease' and 'The Outsiders' do have some very similar characteristics. Even though the genres are different, they have similar themes. Not surprisingly, sound and lighting had almost no similarities. However...
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Yesterday, 19th of April, a fire stroke the old abandoned Church in Windrixville, placing various kids in serious risks and leaving Johnn Cade, 16 years old in an irreparable damage. He is in coma, due to a piece of timber catching fire that fell on his back, leading it to great damage. The piece...
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English 8 Character Sketch Sodapop Curtis In the novel The Outsiders Sodapop is a handsome and understanding character. I think that Soda is pretty intelligent and knows a lot about the world for being a drop out, and how he bonds with his brothers is very touching. Soda goes through a lot in this...
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NAME: ________________________________ YEAR 9 ENGLISH TEXT STUDY STUDENT WORKBOOK INTRODUCTION This workbook has been designed to assist you in completing a close and detailed text study of S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. For the purpose of your study, the novel has been divided into five sections...
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In S. E. Hinton’s novel, ‘The Outsiders’ the Socs were more of a disgrace and menace to society than the Greasers because they knew that they were better off than the Greasers and they used that against them. The Socs could easily do something rebellious and blame it on the Greasers because the...
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The Outsiders: Response to Literature Friendship is a very important bond shared by two friends that cannot be described by mere words. In the fictional narrative The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton shows us the importance of friendship through the hardships of the two protagonists, Johnny and Ponyboy...
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TEENS TURN HEROES Juvenile delinquents save children from burning church by: Sidney McGill Around lunch time in the late spring three juvenile delinquents saved five children from a fiery blaze up on J mountain in Windrixville. “The blond haired one went in first. ” a witness said, “Then the...
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