... 68-69). This event also involved Pony but Johnny was the one that needed the protection because he was the one that had killed the Soc not Pony. Pony just supported Johnny by coming with him since Pony had got Johnny in this mess in the first place. Pony and Johnny were cared, supported and protected but all of the Greasers. In The Outsiders novel, the Greasers show responsibility towards Ponyboy and Johnny ... . The Greasers showed responsibility to Pony when Darry ... said in a matter-of-fact voice- Two-Bit was for going to Texas to hunt for you- (page 96) In the novel The Outsiders,...

• Word Count: 770
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... and difficulties through his life, problems and difficulties like violence, family conflict and friendship. This is exactly what happened to fourteen years old Ponyboy Curtis in the book "The Outsider. In fact, Ponyboy is the best character in the book. First of all, Ponyboy is a Greaser. Also, Ponyboy is very lucky to have Sodapop Curtis as a brother. Similarly, Ponyboy is very smart. Finally, Ponyboy ... is very brave. Therefore, Ponyboy is the best character in the book "The Outsiders". First of all, Pony boy is the best character in the book because he is a Greaser, a member of a ga...

• Word Count: 663
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... truck, something caught my eye, something that got me thinking through the whole horrible ride. On the cattle truck it read, Eight horses or forty men. Even during the ride in the sticky and overcrowded conditions, my mind as always wondered off in its jungle and from the depth found the memory of the time where as a child, we owned horses. They always turned out to die, either ... they die. I imagine if that will happen to us, as we're being valued down to the animals. It's still stuck, in one side of my brain, the memory of that terrible night, when I found my horse, Pony, lying dead ...

• Word Count: 1045
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... people who had brutally beat him, obviously a good outcome is not going to come out of this. Johnny did not mean to kill Pony's attacker, he only meant to stop him from hurting (or killing) Ponyboy. The last time Johnny encountered these Socs, he was beat nearly to death, so obviously he would have jumped to conclusions and he did not think ... eyes." (page 92) we can see Johnny overcoming all of these obstacles to save all of these children less than half his age that are burning alive at the fault of him and Pony. Johnny has all of these things going on: he isn't sure whether or not t...

• Word Count: 1415
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... wanted to show that these groups of boys were bad and "tuff." The entire "Greaser" wore long hair, jeans, old T-shirts, and leather jackets. The "Socs" wore kaki pants, and jackets. The Outsider moved around a young murderer Johnny. He had to kill a "Socs" 's member in order to save Pony. After that, he and Pony hid in a church and when it was burned, Johnny died to ... Ponyboy had to face the death of two members of his gang. The main secondary characters were the other members of the gang. Johnny was the "pet" of the gang. Dally was the "tuff," troublemaker. Two-Bit was the master min...

• Word Count: 621
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Gift I am presenting an analysis of The Gift, a fictional novel by Danielle Steel. I will give a basic summary of the story line, and I intend to show the omniscient narrator's point of view in analysis of the characters. I greatly recommend this novel for anyone to read, as it affected my emotions in several ways. I laughed and cried within the first chapter. The entire book makes you think long and hard about life ... then she was free to move on...she was a special soul...you"ll have that gift forever. (p. 107) Maribeth comes to the Whittaker family and gives them the gift of a new lif...

• Word Count: 1146
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... can depend on and stress. When Sophie was going away he was asked to stay at the house for the night which he did to help Sophie and her family. David gift is "telepathy". Not everybody is born with a special gift like David. It make's me wonder sometime in our modern day if people have unique gifts ... from God that other people don"t have. In chapter five David is facing tuff emotions against his father. Joseph Strorm is a very cruel heartless man. I wouldn't like to have a father like that. The fact that David ... him self is foolish. If I was a father I would love to have a son to...

• Word Count: 325
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The Great Christmas Gift The story of the Gift of the Magi shows Della's courage to fight against short income, persistence to struggle with horrible life, and the ability to deal with adversities to forgo her favorite thing in very critical situation. This story also focused the deeply love between two people who sacrificed each other to buy a Christmas gift. On the occasion of Christmas, both Della and James ... from shoppers, grocer, and vegetable man, but her courageous could help her to smile at that situation. During the bargaining time, her miserliness and parsimony exhibited which as...

• Word Count: 723
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... grows By Trevor Conlow Where the "Red the Red Fern grows" By Wilson Rawls is a tale of unending courage, and an undisputed love for a boy and his dog. Billy is a young boy who lives near the Ozark mountains. He has a loving mother, a hard working father, and three little sisters. They live on a farm and ... enough money and got two little dogs. He named them little Ann and Old Dan after a carving in a stump he saw bringing the pups home. Billy trained these spiteful pups into very good hunting hounds. Billy spent a long time hunting and feeding and loving his dogs. One day ... to get s...

• Word Count: 336
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... and to want to do new things." (p. 67) When Mary first meets Colin it is somewhat of a mystic experience and neither one of them can believe the other is real. However, Mary soon discovers that Colin's disposition is much like that she used to maintain before she changed. In fact, it leads her ... first introduced to Dickon by his sister Martha (Martha is a servant at the estate that tends to Mary), she describes him as a friend of the animals on the moor. She claims that all things like him and that he even has a wild pony. This sparks Mary's interest and she decides to meet Dickon. She...

• Word Count: 1029
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... a small change of mind. C. Characters: There are two main characters in the book Henry Flemming and Wilson. 1. Henry Flemming: Henry is a soldier in the 304th regiment in the union army during the Civil War. At the beginning of the book he is nave about life, and his only exposure to battle is what he had read in books. Because of that he wonders what he will do ... on the battlefield. As the book continues, Henry becomes more adjusted with the world around him. He understands what ... is. This meaning that society idealizes war, and in reality it is something much different. The vocab...

• Word Count: 2027
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... are living in now. In the movie, The Matrix, similar things face Neo, "the one." He is given the choice "take the blue pill and you will wake up in the morning, with no memory of any of this, but take the red pill and you have a ticket to wonderland."(The Matrix) The man takes the red pill, and leaves the cave. When he first enters the real world and attempts to use ... in the Matrix (red or blue) symbolized the two types of people in the world. The blue pill represented the people in the world who wanted to live in the cave, live in a dream world in which they do not learn to their maxi...

• Word Count: 696
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... all of his emotions that are moving into war, he finds the friend he needs among his comrades at the war. The book Red Badge of Courage has a very deep meaning because it gives great detail about the hardship of war, the physical and emotional side of it. It shows how a young solider of the Civil War would have felt and also it shows all his fears ... gives very important facts about the camp and the other soldiers that Henry Flemmings interacts with. It tells how soldiers break down in war and that all of them are heroes at sometime in the war. All of the characters in the Red Badge of...

• Word Count: 445
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... says "No: this man is a castaway, poor fellow; we must take care of him. Strangers and beggars come from Zeus: a small gift then is friendly. Give our new guest some food and drink, and take him into the river, out of the wind, to bathe." Nausikaa shows her strength when she says, "Why, there's no fool so brash, and never will be, as ... talks about her caring when he replies to Alkinoos with the following, "The princess, too, most beautiful. I prayed her to assist me, and her good sense was perfect; one could hope for no behavior like it from the young, thoughtless as they most often a...

• Word Count: 515
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Henry Fleming is the main character of The Red Badge of Courage. The story centers on him and his adventures. He is first interested in war as a romantic thing with the possibility of doing great things and becoming known as a hero. His mother is opposes the idea of him signing up for the Union Army, but he eventually signs up, without consent from his mother. He was shocked ... comes under fire by this unit and they begin to lose men quickly. Their only option is to charge. So they charge the fence and quickly destroy the unit and take several prisoners. The regiment then marches away and ev...

• Word Count: 818
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... night, where you go to bed and wake up. Or so I thought. But the next day isn't always a promise, which can often be forgotten. I pushed my doubts away and soon fell into a deep sleep. I awoke very early. 6:31 A.M the digital red alarm clock read. I felt unusually cold but figured it was a cold draft from the window being open all night. As usual, I had to use ... the bathroom. My normal routine of the morning. I rolled out of bed, my back to my mother. As I got up and walked towards ... the door, I glanced at my mother. "MOM!" I gasped. "MOM!" I screamed. There was no answer ... ...

• Word Count: 2579
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... me to where I am today? On a cold night in October 1988 I received something so special, it would change the direction of my life. That was the night I received a cross. If not for that little gift, my life would be drastically different and I would not be the same person I am today. I was a young soldier fresh out of basic training stationed in Karlsruhe, Germany. That is ... was a cross. I was in shock; I could not believe that he would buy me such a gift, this one little piece of jewelry was the first real thing he had ever given me. As we stood on the platform, he reached up and fas...

• Word Count: 933
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... Kristin Abrielle Robins looked up at me with her deep, grayish brown eyes. I looked back at her and my eyes began to water. "You are the most precious gift in the world," I whispered gently in her ear. Her hands were as soft as a baby's bottom and so tiny. I held them feeling assured that she ... her and my main job is now not to change filthy diapers, but to be a good example. She is like a naive freshman girl following the heels of a cute, dumb, senior football player. Sometimes I wonder to myself if she videotapes me and reenacts my everyday living! Every move I make she is ... when I...

• Word Count: 575
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... documentary C. WWII getting more attention, thin red line, saving private ryan, monument III.Impact A. More respect for veterans B. Realize the way our generation can never live up The Greatest Generation Tom Brokaw What's with kids these days?!? This was a phrase I heard but seldom understood why it was said until I read The Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokaw. The book explores the past and present lives of World War ... II veterans and others who live through that time period. I now realize what a waste to society Generation X must seem to be through the eyes of men and women forced t...

• Word Count: 1068
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

It is often called America's first great war novel, yet Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is more than just a tale about the civil war. Each person goes through his or her own personal struggle during the process of maturing. Some have this easy; others strive very hard to reach this goal of development. Although there may be constant struggles, there usually is one major event that creates somewhat of a bridge between childhood and adulthood. The Red Badge of Courage traces the steps and major events in the life of Henry Fleming, focusing mainly on his evolution into manhood. We meet H...

• Word Count: 178
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... helps them bring things as close as possible to how they once were. The red convertible lasts all the way through the story just as the bond between the two brothers last. Other then symbolizing the bond between the two characters the red convertible lets the readers know a little bit about each character. The red convertible reveals the change in Henry's character from before he leaves for war to when ... the ways that the red convertible helps reveal a little about each character. The red convertible helps reveal the plot of the story in several ways as well. The sequences of events th...

• Word Count: 472
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... hard that there is not a lot of information on wedding consultants on the internet. Looking at web sites they had the same information on the topic, and did not give me as much information that I would have liked. Also when looking at the online catalogs that we have at our own school and our public library, ... me, so when I got into college I knew I was going to have to try my hardest and it has really been paying off! For the most part the classes aren't too difficult but every now and then you come across something that will give you a hard time." Also another question asked if ... ...

• Word Count: 3629
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... both voice opinions on how they do not appreciate the way that she acts, and wish that she would change. Larens van Luyken purchased a painting of a young girl in a blue dress as an anniversary gift for his wife, Digna, not realizing how the painting would come to change his life. Larens purchased the painting because of the memory that flashed in his mind as he ... saw the painting, he would later grow to love the painting and the sentimental value that it possessed to his heart and soul ... a baby flouting in her boat, she then noticed a painting and a message that read, "Sell the pa...

• Word Count: 1031
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... throughout with imagery of war and death and blood. These in depth views into true warfare transform the reader as well as The Youth from a dreamer of war to one whom has witnessed the actions on the battlefield. Without the hard hitting imagery that Stephen Crane utilizes in the Red Badge of Courage the story would not possess the same truths of war. A reader of this story knows what ... of himself and also to begin the transformation from romanticism to reality. Later on in the story when Stephen Crane writes, The fight was lost. The dragons were coming with invincible strides. The ar...

• Word Count: 1213
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Many writers use symbolism in their stories in order to reveal certain or multiple aspects of the story. Symbols can be anything in a story from a non-living object to a living object. In the short story "The Red Convertible" the author, Louise Enrich, uses a red convertible to symbolize the bond between the two main characters, Henry Jr. and Lyman. Henry and Lyman live on a Native American Reservation, therefore they are ... symbolize a changing relationship was a great idea. The red convertible remains throughout the story and helps the reader understand how Henry going to the war, changes ...

• Word Count: 687
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School