The Outsiders is an outstanding novel by S.E Hinton about two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. The low class Greasers from the east side and are a disgrace to society whereas their ... , they care, support and protect them when they are in danger and the Greasers feel as if they have the responsibility to look after both Ponyboy and Johnny. In The Outsiders the Greasers made belonging very clear to both Pony and Johnny. In the novel Ponyboy was proud to be a Greaser, "What are you professional heroes or something sent from ... with him since Pony had got Johnny in this mess in the first pla...

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Sometimes good people are assigned to bad lives that lead them into carrying out bad actions, but that does not define them as bad people. Johnny from The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (a young adult fictional novel) is a 16 year old boy who comes from a broken home and is abused. Johnny finds himself living in the midst of a local gang rivalry ... ...

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Johnny from The Outsiders was a tragic hero. His role in the movie was the little gentle boy from a broken home. The Greasers consisted of Ponyboy, Dallas, Soda Pop, Darrell, Two Bit, Johnny, and others. ... ...

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In "The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton we are introduced to a boy and his life in a gang. Ponyboy Curtis is 14 years old with longish brown reddish hair, squared off at the end, greyish green eyes, a bit to green for his liking. "I wish they were more grey, because I hate most guys that have green eyes." ...

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The Outsiders takes place in a rough city that consists of two sections. The upper half was the "soc" territory or the rich socialites. The lower half was the poor, bad part of ... was Pony's twenty-four year old brother. Cherry and Randy were secondary characters also. They were "Socs" 's member who were friends of the gang. I believe the main conflict in The Outsiders is "Greaser" versus "Socs." They were always trying to get back at each other by fighting or hurting each other. There were also many minor conflicts in this story both ... one of them, Johnny's thinking about death, etc. T...

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... , 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 gang formed by teenage boys. All the Greasers are friends, they share ... others like the kids in the church fire. As a result, Ponyboy is brave. At this stage, you can clearly see that Ponyboy is the best character in the book " The Outsiders". First of all, Ponyboy is a greaser, Plus, Ponyboy is ve...

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... gangs for difficulties in their life. They feel that they need a group of people to understand and support them through the rough stage of their life. In the novel, The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton Ponyboy is a fourteen-year-old boy who is a part of the gang called the greasers. His whole remaining family are greasers. Gang life can lead to death and ... trouble. In The Outsiders, Ponyboy is in a gang with all of the people he grew up with in the neighborhood, including his two brothers, Sodapop and Darry. In a fight against the socials, the enemy ... ...

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Literary Analysis Language Arts- 8th Grade: Kovach Alisha Rush May 20,2002 THE OUTSIDERS SETTING: The Outsiders is about a group of gang members in a rival for the simple fact of that it's been that way. The Socs are the rich form the west side of town, and ... ...

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... love and the amazing thing that it can offer people. Due to the reason that within the questions, the speaker points out the fact that we see true love as outsiders and that we don't have access to help us understand the "world" that these two people are living in, which shows that our bitter feelings towards true love ... ...

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... a phenomenon, known as telekinesis, the movement of objects by scientifically inexplicable means, as by the exercise of an occult power. As in real life to fiction, fears turn people into outsiders, with severe emotional problems. Carrie is portrayed through out the book as an outsider, someone who looks in from the outside. From this to the kids at school Carrie was ... ...

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... to the viewers. American Beauty was a movie that shows us how our American society portrays the all American family to have the perfect relationships with one another. Little do the outsiders know about what really goes on inside the walls of the perfect household, and how they act towards each other. American Beauty is about the masks we wear in our ... ...

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... the Cook's family. It reveals to the reader that the Cooks did not live a traditional country life, but a life filled with pain, suffering, betrayal, and conflicts that were hidden from outsiders. It also reveals that you can not judge a family by who they are from the outside because there are unknown secrets that you must dig up from the past in ... ...

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Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton Rumble Fish, by S.E. Hinton is the sequel to The Outsiders. The characters names are different, but it is still taken place in the same time period. In the story Rumble Fish, Rusty James is a greaser who has a lot of fights ... ...

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... are lower class rebels. In Save the Last Dance, Sara is of middle class and Derek is slightly lower class. The females are all teenagers who at first, are the outsiders but slowly get accepted into the crowd. The movies are centered around music and dancing of their own time. The males are the ones who introduce the females to dancing ... ...

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... makeshift houses. These people have little money, and no material goods of any value. But they have pride and self esteem and a close relationship with the others in tent city. Outsiders look at Tent City and mock the people living there. Incidents have occurred were persons have vandalized, and physically intimidated Tent City, all because its different. In the story and ... ...

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In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte uses Jane as a symbol for the struggles faced in life by women. Many people sometimes feel like outsiders, and have difficulties adjusting on their own. Although some people do have help, Bronte portrays Jane as a character with many obstacles, but with no one there to help her. Jane ... ...

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... resentment towards his creator and ultimately rage out against society. Whether it is Victor's fault for creating the creature, or society as a whole for not accepting him, it is the outsiders that cause the creature to be the monster that they thought he was. At the begging of the novel, the monster expresses characteristics of an innocent creature, and by the ... ...

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... words "Under God". For that reason, I think that Congress did not have the right to change the pledge in 1954. Do I believe it makes non believers feel that they are outsiders or that believers have a political upper-hand in out society? No. A recent court decision stated that the pledge as currently written is unconstitutional. I agree that it is unconstitutional because it ... ...

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