What makes a hero exactly? Some people would say that a hero is someone with courage, kindness, and does the right thing because its the right thing to do. I was asked to make a paper on how Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally in the book Outsiders by S.E HINTON are classified as heros. First you have to understand who they were as people. Johnny Cade a 16 year old kid who was ponyboys bestfriend because of the kindness that he has that is similar to ponyboys. He was just a scared black haired kid
ever turn out to be heroes? In the book The Outsiders there are three gangbangers, Ponyboy,Johnny and Dally who turned out to be what I consider amazing heroes. These three boys were low down and didn’t have a care for anybody.These people smoked, cut , fought, stole and were uneducated. Ponyboy and his struggles such as mom and dad dying in a car accident and left to be raised by his older brother would make people believe that he is an outsider instead of a hero. He is apart of a gang call
Murder in Rue Morgue” and “The Purloin Letter,” are compared to The Rear Window, they are both different in their unique ways. For example, Dupin is different from L.B. Jefferies because he uses calculative reasoning in his decision making while Jefferies uses deductive reasoning based on clues or hints from his surrounding. Also, there is a difference in
His braveness, and heroism made General Patton have a ton of credibility(Patterson) . Everyone in the Military trusted him and his decisions. This started to decline when Patton saw a guy sitting alone crying. It is said that Patton went over to the guy and smacked him right in the face and called him a coward. After this, Patton put the guy back into the first line. It is said that the guy ended up dying of shell shock(Experience). This got around fast to the outsiders and General Patton went
deadliest human conflicts in history. Wilfred Owen, a soldier suffering shell shock was a war poet who used poetry to express his horror at the war. His anti-war poetry contrasts the political propaganda about the glories of trench warfare and the heroism of British soldiers with the reality of the true nature of war. Owen’s poetry explores the physical, emotional and psychological impact on men who had to kill in order to survive. He wrote out of his own personal experience as a soldier and wrote
Zenith. His motor car was poetry and tragedy, love and heroism” (Babbitt, 22). In the novel, Babbitt, this quote represents the idea that every person loves their car to a wild extent. The words “poetry, tragedy, love, and heroism” portray the idea that Babbitt’s automobile is very important to him. The author uses diction to show the character’s affection for his car. “Babbitt attaches fantasized notions of poetry, tragedy, love, and heroism to a material possession because his life actually lacks