Joshua Hwang Mrs.Chalupsky English 8 CL 28 September 2015 Title The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton was a book like no other and spawned generations of book that who try to recreate . Never before had an author write a book about the life teenagers so realistically, which included drinking, fighting, smoking, etc. In addition, The Outsiders had talked about a topic that not been really written about before, the social divide between the rich and the poor. This topic was exactly teenagers of then and
The Outsiders- S. E. Hinton Characters Ponyboy Curtis- The novels fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of all the greasers. Ponyboy’s literary interest and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop. Darrel Curtis- Ponyboy’s oldest brother. Darrel, known as “Darry,” is a twenty-year-old greaser who is raising Ponyboy because their parents died in
to watch the annual football game with the rest of his school, he is an outsider. Dr. Thurmer, Pencey’s headmaster, gives Holden advice while expelling him from Pencey. Thurmer says to Caulfield and his history teacher, Mr. Spencer, agrees that “Life is a game that one plays according to the rules”(J.D. Salinger, 8). As an outsider, Holden rejects the rules of society and adulthood(The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 2 Summary & Analysis, litcharts.com). He feels that he is not on the side with all
Claire is treated like an outsider; particularly when she is in a conversation between Claire, Catherine and Hal, as demonstrated in Act 4, Scene 4, page 46, as she is ignored by Hal and Catherine when she attempts to understand what is happening; “What’s going on?”, “What is it?”
The Native American culture is one that is apparently full of mystery and symbolism. Their spirituality and beliefs are both amusing and perplexing to outsiders. Native American values go further beyond what we may identify in their cultural artifacts and native dances to a rich and profound love for family, the earth and all living things. Traditions of honor, bravely and fighting for equality also run deep in Native American culture. The genre of Native American literature has the weighty task
Rose for Emily INTRODUCTION "A Rose for Emily" is a short story by American author William Faulkner first published in the April 30, 1930 issue of The Forum. It was Faulkner's first short story published in a national magazine.( Faulkner) PLOT SUMMARY OF TEXT Emily is a member of a family in the antebellum Southern gentry; after the Civil War. She and her father, the last two of the family, and continue to live as if in the past; neither will consent to a marriage for Emily to a man below their
ACCOUNTING SCANDAL IN TOSHIBA CORP. Fuat Onur Bağlan MGMT512 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Summary of what had happened… On April 3, 2015 Toshiba Corporation made an announcement on their website. The announcement of the day was simply a notice, giving information to all the public but especially to the shareholders and investors about the establishment of a Special Investigation Committee [1]. Within the related document, the purpose of the committee was explained
It also assumes that all parts are working and know the end result and that outsiders to the system are not taken care of by the theory but this is not practically true. Most management theories lack empirical support. Lewin’s Leadership theory has a bias on democratic leadership. The assumption that democratic leadership is the solution
The Outsiders Outline-2 Chunk Thesis statement: The greasers struggle more than the Socs because they’re poor, everyone thinks stereotypical about them, and everyone thinks they’re trash. First supporting paragraph: The greasers struggle because they’re poorer than everybody else. Quote or paraphrase of evidence: “We’re poorer than the Socs and middle class.” Citation: (S.E. Hinton, 1965, Page 3) How is the evidence persuasive?: The quote given is persuasive because it tells us from the greasers
Most of the Indian English novels of recent times written by migrant writers have chosen materials for their art from contemporary Indian socio-cultural situations. They also undertake the exploration of the relationship between the East and the West. It has become a recurring theme in contemporary Indian English fiction because of the nature of the linguistic medium the novelist uses. Fictional reworking of mythology and history has given new significance and possibilities to the Indian English