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  • Outsider Speech Exploring the "outsider" Notion

    Outsider Speech Exploring the "outsider" Notion

    Outsider speech “I was an insider and an outsider. I was at home and I was exiled. I had never been happier, nor had I been so sad,” Betty Bao Lord confessed; a U.S writer referring to her years in Communist China during the 1980s. Indeed year eleven, the concept “outsider” embodies both the notions of acceptance and exclusion no matter whether you’re a maestro, a Jewish WWII veteran or a migrant seeking appreciation. It

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    Essay Length: 781 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Steve
  • Outsiders

    Outsiders

    Outsiders In my 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 Outsiders is about a gang. They live in a city in Oklahoma. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year

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    Essay Length: 2,266 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

    The Outsider We, as a population, are a rather cliquey group of people. Being part of the group is essential to our social and, in some cases, economical survival. This leaves little room for someone to experiment and to be truly themselves, without fear of being criticized. However, there are a few brave souls whom do not care what others may say to them. These are typically the outsiders in my limited opinion of the

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    Essay Length: 723 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Standing Outside the Modern Matrix

    Standing Outside the Modern Matrix

    At the start… Windows tune goes off, the sound of monopoly rings across the empty room and the moment arrives, the piece will be written. The idea has been carried around for days, the plans laid, the form structured and then the moment comes, the moment when all those thoughts, plans, unconscious actions, all the bloody work will find its natural path to realization, then...STOP! Nothing happens...I hate the empty white word doc paper. I

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    Essay Length: 2,017 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Outsider

    Outsider

    The main characters are Ponyboy Michael Curtis Johnny Cade, Steve Randle, Dallas Winston, Darrel "Darry" Shaynne Curtis, Jr., Keith "Two-Bit" Mathews, and Sodapop Patrick Curtis, a gang of Greasers in Tulsa. Ponyboy whose two older brothers are Darry and Sodapop narrates the story. The three boys are orphaned after a car accident kills their parents and Darry is left to provide for them. The Greasers, who tend to be less prosperous, obtain their nickname from

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    Essay Length: 1,434 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Tasha
  • What Are Albert Camus in ‘the Outsider'and Hermann Hesse in ‘siddhartha'trying to Achieve Through the Relationships That the Main Protagonists Experience in Each Novel with Marie and Kamala Respectively?

    What Are Albert Camus in ‘the Outsider'and Hermann Hesse in ‘siddhartha'trying to Achieve Through the Relationships That the Main Protagonists Experience in Each Novel with Marie and Kamala Respectively?

    What are Albert Camus in ‘The Outsider’ and Hermann Hesse in ‘Siddhartha’ trying to achieve through the relationships that the main protagonists experience in each novel with Marie and Kamala respectively? Both Herman Hesse’s ‘Siddhartha’ and Camus’ ‘The Outsider use the notion of love as a means to examine the protagonists and their perspectives on society, and how society views them. Hesse uses Kamala’s love for Siddhartha as the means whereby he gains an understanding

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    Essay Length: 1,425 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Stenly
  • The Outsiders

    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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    Essay Length: 298 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Outsider by Simon Mitton

    The Outsider by Simon Mitton

    The Outsider Conflict in the Cosmos is a warm appreciation and cogent assessment of the scientific life of the British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle. Hoyle, who died in 2000, was one of the most capable and controversial theorists of the 20th century, contributing provocatively to a wide range of problem areas, from stellar structure and the origin and evolution of the chemical elements to the large-scale structure and history of the universe. The author, astronomer Simon

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    Essay Length: 828 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Outsiders

    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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    Essay Length: 918 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Outsiders Text Response

    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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    Essay Length: 395 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Edward
  • The Outsiders: Movie Vs Book

    The Outsiders: Movie Vs Book

    Ever read a book, and then see the movie of the story? The novel and movie, The Outsiders, had many similarities and many differences. The Outsiders is an excellent tale by S. E. Hinton, and the movie was high-quality as well. There was a huge variation between the two. There were also tiny details that were precisely the same. The novel and movie had many similarities and differences. The similarities are a huge part

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    Essay Length: 656 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Kite Runner Outside Knowledge

    Kite Runner Outside Knowledge

    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a powerful novel about two friends whose only similarity is the wet nurse they were fed from when they were little. Because the novel is not informative in purpose and as American, we know little about the history and politics of Afghanistan, its culture, Islam, the persecution of the Hazara, and the Taliban, it is vital in order to understand the novel on the deepest of levels to

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Bred
  • Describe a Potential Classmate That You Believe You Could Learn from Either Within or Outside a Formal Classroom Environment.

    Describe a Potential Classmate That You Believe You Could Learn from Either Within or Outside a Formal Classroom Environment.

    It is a small world after all. Going to different states, cities, or even just around your local neighborhood, you can find many different people and cultures. American society is filled with culturally diverse people who open us up to a new way of thinking and help us perceive other nations with a less myopic view. As a culturally diverse person like myself, I have always enjoyed learning about others and their background. A plethora

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Outside Analysis Paper

    Outside Analysis Paper

    For my outside communication event analysis I attended a comedy skit by Buzz Sutherland. This is probably one of the hardest forms of public speaking, especially to do well. Not only does the presenter have to speak in front of a large audience but has to be fluent enough and quick enough to gain the audience's attention. Finally after all that then you need to be funny. Buzz was a good comedian because he knew

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Bred
  • Do You Agree with Lewis's Statement That” We Depend for a Very Great Deal of Our Happiness or Misery on Circumstances Outside All Human Control.

    Do You Agree with Lewis's Statement That” We Depend for a Very Great Deal of Our Happiness or Misery on Circumstances Outside All Human Control.

    Do you agree with Lewis’s statement that” we depend for a very great deal of our happiness or misery on circumstances outside all human control. In the United States, there are 50% of married couple divorce in recent year and 59.9% of them got divorced because unhappiness; they might just marry for money, beauty or some other reasons. So I agree with C.S. Lewis statement “that we depend for a very great deal of our

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Mikki
  • The Outsiders

    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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    Essay Length: 665 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Outside Sales Staff Will Be Converted to a Telecommuting Position

    Outside Sales Staff Will Be Converted to a Telecommuting Position

    The following will detail a proposal in which the outside sales staff will be converted to a telecommuting position. Different areas which will be covered are the financial aspects of such a conversion, the technology and support that will be required for the conversion to be successful, as well as what will be required of a manager placed in the position over seeing the telecommuters. Financial Aspects and Considerations While looking at the financial aspects

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    Essay Length: 450 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Jack
  • Life Outside the Ivory Tower

    Life Outside the Ivory Tower

    The twentieth century may be thought of as the century for Dewey, but it was the era of Mortimer Adler. The Adler Era was considered this partly because of his longevity but also included his authority within philosophy. As I began thinking about Adler and his contributions to the world of thought, I began considering him as an extra-ordinary person that lived life fully; yet, instead of slowing down to enjoy his “golden years” it

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    Essay Length: 2,186 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Vika
  • Insiders and Outsiders

    Insiders and Outsiders

    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 its members · protect the interests of their members · sometimes expensive to join The changing image of the insider · insider today а maybe

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Vika
  • Discussion with Someone Outside of Class for Chosen Essay from the Brief Sundance Reader

    Discussion with Someone Outside of Class for Chosen Essay from the Brief Sundance Reader

    I had the discussion about Samuel Scudder’s piece, Take This Fish and Look at It, with my 25-year-old sister, Safoora. I’ve noticed that a lot of the works in our text is quite shortened, so I figured that our discussion would be brief. From the beginning of our discussion, though, we really hit the ground running and I was glad to know that we had similar thoughts about Scudder’s essay. I didn’t read the essay

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: July
  • The Meaning of Life Outside the Confines of Religious Belief

    The Meaning of Life Outside the Confines of Religious Belief

    “The Meaning of Life outside the Confines of Religious Belief” There has always been a thread of wonderment that circulates within knowledge and understanding. This wonderment is derived from the miracle that is the human being. This wonderment is derived from the question of where man comes from and his purpose on earth. That question is “what is the purpose of life?” It has been witnessed throughout history that man has asked this question often

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    Essay Length: 2,259 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Nih Limits Scientists' Outside Work

    Nih Limits Scientists' Outside Work

    The National Institute of Health(NIH), is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services and is one of the world’s most well known research centers. The NIH web site states “ its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.” However, on Tuesday, allegations towards the disruption

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    Submitted: May 17, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Enemy Outside and Within: Grendel and His Mother

    The Enemy Outside and Within: Grendel and His Mother

    Introduction The most powerful members of any higher educational institution seem to be the governing board. The board creates and maintains the final authority of the institution. The board holds the definitive accountability for the educational institution. They have the authority to employ, evaluate, and dismiss all presidents and other administrative heads; however, what factors influence that process (AGB, 1998)? The board delegates a certain amount of authority, however limited, to the president. The president

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    Submitted: May 21, 2010 By: Janna
  • Hinton V. Regina Court Report

    Hinton V. Regina Court Report

    Court Report Index SYNOPSIS 1 Background 1 Reason for Appeal 1 The Hearing's Proceedings 2 Adjudicator's Response 3 OUTCOMES 3 Formality of the Court 3 Type of Legal Action Heard 3 Party Representation 4 Socio-Economic Status 5 The Role of the Individuals at Court 5 Adjudicator 5 Appellant 6 Respondent 6 Appellant's Representation 6 Arguments Tendered 7 Key Issues 7 The Burden of Proof 8 Precedent 8 Remedies Sought 8 The Judgement 9 Synopsis This

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    Submitted: May 21, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Were Civilian Casualties More Extensive Inside or Outside of Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989?

    Were Civilian Casualties More Extensive Inside or Outside of Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989?

    Were civilian casualties more extensive inside or outside of Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989? A) Plan of Investigation The bloodshed at Tiananmen Square in Beijing shocked the world. As a result of large-scale Chinese cover-up the public knew little about the deaths that occurred on the morning of June 4th 1989. The aim of this investigation is to find out where the casualties were most extensive. The information needed to answer this question would

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    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Venidikt

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