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The Outsiders
S.E Hilton's novel 'The Outsiders' is very interesting. It is mainly about two gangs that are complete opposites, The Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers are from the hood, the east side, they steal things, drive old souped up cars and hold up petrol stations. They have gang fights once in a while. The Socs are the west side rich kids, they jump Greasers and wreck houses. They throw bear blasts for kicks. There are
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The Outsiders
“ The Outsiders” is a short novel written by S.E. Hinton. The novel is about a group of friends which are considered greasers. According to Pony Boy, there are two kinds of people in this world, greasers and soc’s. A soc has money, can get away with just about anything. A greaser, on the other hand, always live outside which mean they always have to watch their back because of enemies. Pony Boy is a
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders Summary Pg. 1-12 Submitted by 13cleiva on August 7, 2007 Category: Book Reports Words: 676 | Pages: 3 Views: 170 Popularity Rank: 49,675 Average Member Grade: N/A (Add a Comment / Grade this Paper) As he was walking home from a 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
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton, was written in the 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma about 14-year-old Ponyboy and his lower class gang, the Greasers, and their struggle against the higher class gang called the Socs. The novel depicts struggles that kids and young teens can grasp and relate too, which is why it has become so popular for students to read in schools. The Outsiders depicts normal, everyday people, and how they overcome the struggles
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders Book Review The Outsiders was written by Susan Eloise Hinton. It is one of her most popular books about foolish gang rivalry existing between the Socs, the rich kids from the west side of town, and the Greasers, the poor kids from the east side. Ponyboy Curtis struggles growing up as a poor youth with his two brothers. One night while he is out with Johnny, Ponyboy is attacked by the Socs. Johnny
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. This book is about two goups of people who live in the same large city, but who had completly different natures. The first group the "Socs"are mean, stuck up, rich snobs. For fun they beat up on the Greasers. Which leads me to the Geasers. They are "lower class" they come from the hood (the not so good part of town.) This book is a fiction story dealing with
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton takes place in a small town in the southwestern part of the United States and it’s about two groups of kids called the Socs (socials) who are the rich kids and the Greasers, who are the poor kids. The Socs live on the west side and the Greasers live on the east side of town. The difference between these two groups is the Greasers have long greasy hair
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The Outsiders
In the novel The Outsiders the character I chose was Ponyboy. Ponyboy was a good kid but he has just one problem, he is a greaser. The greasers are a gang that no one really likes. They are the under privileged poor kids. They have one major rival gang, the Socs. Socs stands for socials, they are the complete opposite of the greasers, they are the rich kids. One day after Ponyboy and his friend
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The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
The Outsiders In this book analysis, about the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as well as the setting, the author’s style and my opinions about the book. In this part of the analysis I will give some information about the subjects of the book, and about the author. The author wrote the story when she was just 16 years old, in the 1950s. The book was
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
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 tackles issues such as violence, class conflict, and prejudice. The novel takes place in the early sixties. The Outsiders examines how
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The Outsiders Text Response
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, published by puffin books in 2001. Pony boy is the little brother of Soda and Darry. Pony, Soda and Darry live together in the house, that their parents left them when they died in a car crash. Darry is 19 and a big muscly man who works two jobs to support his two little brothers. Soda is 16 going on 17 and looks a lot like a Greek god; he
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The Painful Redemption of Eustace by Brittni Proffitt
The Painful Redemption of Eustace ~ By Brittni Proffitt We all commit sins and assume all we must do to be forgiven is to say a little prayer, but it isn’t that easy. We must work for it and prove ourselves to the one we are asking forgiveness from. It is hard and tedious. We will fall, but we will rise, dust ourselves off, and continue along the path of forgiveness. In C.S Lewis’s, The
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The Palace Thief
1. The Palace Thief Even from the beginning of this story, Hundert is faced with various ethical dilemmas. Before the competition has begun, Hundert has already bent rules by allowing Sedgewick Bell to be in the competition. Later in the competition, Hundert is faced with the realization that Bell was cheating and is unable to do anything about it without losing his job. Although Hundert can not publicly announce that Sedgewick was cheating, he ingeniously
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The Partner
Dear John Grisham, Your book, The Partner, was very enjoyable to read. It made me wonder a lot about how Patrick and his lawyer, Sandy McDermott, came up with such a scheme and it also made me feel shocked. Your story affected me emotionally. Many times throughout the book I felt shocked by the events that were unraveling. It was very shocking when Patrick had been caught. On the other hand it was very
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The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
The Passionate Shepherd to his Love. Questions for The Passionate Shepherd to his Love. 1. In Stanza 1, according to the shepherd, what will the "valleys, groves, hills, fields, woods, [and] craggy mountains" be able to do for him and his love? Answer: In Stanza 1, the shepherd calls out for his love to come and live with him. The nature, “hills, valleys, dales, fields and mountain yields”, will bring pleasure, happiness and joy to
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The Path of Prayer: Four Sermons on Prayer
A BOOK REVIEW OF The Path of Prayer: Four Sermons on Prayer by St. Theophan the Recluse Trans. Esther Williams, Ed. Robin Amis Praxis Institute Press, Seabury, MA, 1992 It is often said that there are no more heroes in today's world or even that this is an age of the anti-hero. Yet anyone who is blessed with the opportunity to observe children for any length of time will see that regard for those
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The Patron
What would you do if you were forced to grow up at such a young age? Holden lost his classmate due to and on top of that he lost his younger brother to cancer suddenly. Moreover, he dealt with his internal pressures of having sex and how the world around him seems to be nothing but phony. Not only do these obstacles chop Holden down, they also help him to become a stronger person. Salinger
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The Peace Maker - Critical Book Review
“The Peace Maker” Critical Book Review Ryan Stewart February 6, 2005 CO/BU 4493 A “biblical guide to resolving personal conflict”, this, in a nutshell is what “The Peace Maker” is all about. In this critical book review I will be taking topics from the book and giving the reader my personal views on how I either reacted or related to the topics covered. My goal for this paper is to give the reader a non-biased
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The Pearl
Kino, a character from the story "The Pearl," is a prime example of a developing character. From the start through to the end, he develops drastically. At the beginning, he was thought out to be a good loyal husband but as time went on he became a selfish, greedy person who would do anything for money. When the story began Kino seemed to be a good husband who wanted nothing more than to be able
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The Pearl
Ever since Midas' lust for gold, it appears to be that man has acquired a greed and appetite for wealth. Juana, the Priest, and the doctor have all undergone a change due to money. They are all affected by their hunger for wealth and inturn are the base for their own destruction, and the destruction of society. Steinbeck's "The Pearl" is a study of man's self destruction through greed. Juana, the faithful wife of Kino,
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The Pearl
The Pearl In the book it starts out in desolate island. A man by the name of Kino and a woman by the name Juana just awake in the morning. To the sound of crashing waves. Kino and Juana are a couple with a baby by the name of Coyotito, One morning while Coyotito was sleeping in his hanging box an evil scorpion makes its way down the rope towards Coyotito. Kino see’s this and
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The Pearl
Kino, a young pearl diver in La Paz, enjoys his simple life until the day his son, Coyotito, is stung by a scorpion. The wealthy town doctor will not treat the baby because Kino cannot pay the doctor's fee, so Kino and his wife, Juana, are left only to hope their child is saved. That day Kino goes diving, and finds a great pearl, the Pearl of the World, and knows he is suddenly a
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The Pearl
Drew Suhr Mrs. Raphael English 3B-2 1/18/04 The Pearl After reading The Pearl by John Steinbeck, one can see that it is a parable with a very noticeable lesson contained within. The story is a simple one about how trying to take the fast route to your dreams will most often lead to disaster. The lesson contained within this story is that greed and wealth for material objects can cause one to lose the most
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The Pearl Book Report
Subject: Itґs a story about good luck and bad luck in a poor fishermanґs life. The setting of the story is located in the southernmost part of California , in Mexico , near the town La Paz. It is the story of a fisherman who found a pearl beyond price , the Pearl of the World. With the pearl, he hoped to buy peace and happiness for himself, his wife and their little son. Instead
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The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The PearlBy John Steinbeck The Pearl by John Steinbeck. This book takes place in Mexico during the nineteen hundreds in the city of La Paz. The main characters are Kino an Indian pearl diver who finds the magnificent pearl and whose life is partially destroyed by this pearl. Juana is Kino's wife and faithful partner and she is obedient and devoted to her family. Coyotito is Kino and Juana's infant son he is bitten by
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The Pearl Maiden
The Pearl Maiden The Pearl Maiden by S ir H. Rider Haggard is the story of Miriam, A young Christian women living in the roman empire during the first century after Christ. Rachel, mother of Miriam, facing hardship by the persecution of the Romans after Christians brushes with death as the Romans by decree of Herod Agrippa, king of all Palestine, attempt to kill her in a Syrian amphitheater for sport, but as all the
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The Pearl Reflection
The Pearl In John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize-winning novel, The Pearl, the author portrays a realistic storyline as well as many life-lessons. In Steinbeck’s opinion, the job of the writer is to expose “our many grievous faults and failures” in an attempt to improve ourselves, and meanwhile also to celebrate our strengths. He thinks that the writer, while knowing that man can never be perfect, must believe in the perfectibility of man. In The Pearl, Steinbeck
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The Pelican Brieg
The Pelican Brief, an irresistible story that begins with the simultaneous assassinations of two Supreme Court Judges. One October night one of the liberal Judges, A. Rosenberg, is shot in the head while sleeping in his Georgetown home. Two hours later G. Jensen, the Court's youngest and most conservative judge, is strangled, possibly by the same assassin. America is in shock, the F.B.I. has no clues. Darby Shaw is a brilliant law student at Tulane
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The Pen Is Mightier Than the King
Matt Mclellan The Pen Is Mightier Than The King The 17th century saw a king’s head roll and an English Caesar sit the throne, in the midst of all of this a new class was rising. England in the 17th century was rife with change, there was much work to be done before the industrial revolution could fully grip the nation. For hundreds of years the monarch had dominated the political landscape, now that was
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The Pen Is Mightier Than the King
Matt Mclellan February 4, 2002 6pm class Monday The Pen Is Mightier Than The King The 17th century saw a king’s head roll and an English Caesar sit the throne, in the midst of all of this a new class was rising. England in the 17th century was rife with change, there was much work to be done before the industrial revolution could fully grip the nation. For hundreds of years the monarch had dominated
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