...The adolescents are struggling these days. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton describes the main character Ponyboy also known as Curtis is in a gang called the Greasers. The Greasers always thought that the Socs had it better than them, but they found out that the Socs are cool to the point of not feeling anything. In the article, “The Allure of Gangs” it also describes why kids join gangs and what leads them into conflicts, like in The Outsiders. However in the article “Cool at 13, Adrift at 23” it shows how the influence of their childhood plays a role later in life. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton it describes two groups of teenagers who have so many differences. In the book it says the Greasers were the poor kids and lived on the East Side. On the other hand, the Socs were the rich kids and lived on the West Side. The Socs were always getting drunk and looking for fights with the greasers. However to the public, the Socs were seen as good kids who didn't get into any trouble. On the other hand, the Greasers were seen unruly and unlawful to the...
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...Poem Analysis “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks portrays a fasting living life and dying young. It talks about rebellious youngsters who are not fond of attending school so skip and find solace and pleasure at a pool. This poem holds the whole lives of a teenage gang, from their coolness to their demise. It could be a motto, it could be a song, a chant, a lyric rage against the powers that be. It has end rhyme and internal rhyme which is technically full – cool and school, sin and gin and the repetitive we; this is rhyme that binds together the brotherhood of the gang. The poem is not too long to induce boredom. The tone is one of defiance and stubborn allegiance to the gang. This is a group...
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...Side Story’s opening scene ‘The Prologue’ we are introduced to two rival gangs The Jets and The Sharks. We see the Jets for the first time as they move swiftly and calmly through their neighbourhood performing smooth low level step ball changes and drag walks. Their movements develop, becoming bigger and sharper and when they meet their enemy for the first time they freeze in a low confrontational lunge which is mirrored by the musical accompaniment suddenly changing to silence. New York City’s battling neighbourhoods during the 1950’s became one of Jerome Robbins’ key influences and we see this clearly throughout the opening scene. His choreography visibly depicts the beginnings of a ‘turf battle’ between the rival gangs, establishing not only the emotional climate for the play that follows but also provides a warning of some of the impending action. As the lengthy ‘Prologue’ scene develops, the extent of the gang’s hatred for each other becomes much more evident through the choreography and use of physical setting. Towards the end of the scene we see Baby John, a member of the Jets, writing on a wall ‘The Sharks stink’, when suddenly he is surrounded by four members of the Sharks. He is then chased across the basketball court being pushed to the ground and kicked by his rivals. This represents the influences of gang violence and allows the audience to immediately see the dramatic feud between the gangs. Immigration was another of Robbins’s key influences as it was an uprising...
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...mixing these two things seems crazy, Bedlam worthy. | Scrooge is a very hard, cold character. | ‘As solitary as an oyster.’ | This simile suggests that Scrooge is secretive, and self-contained, his character is hard and unyielding like the shell of an oyster. | Dickens suggests poor choices in lie haunt you after death. | ‘I wear the chain I forged in life, I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I grinded it on of my own free will.’ | This suggests that Marley’s poor choices in life are haunting him in death, t | | | | Point | Evidence | Explanation | Martin wants to be seen as cool by his friends and the people that he hangs around with | (p.30) | This demonstrates that Martin doesn’t want to be seen as a ‘soft kid’ he wants to be cool and go to cool places. | Martin is the leader of The Gang of Three. | (p.35) | This shows that Martin is the leader of the gang, the other two trust him to pay the money and wait for him to decide it’s okay before they join in. | Martin likes Rap music. | ‘Natalie pointed to Martin, who by now was nodding frantically to a record by the rapper Freak...
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...These kids have their own conflicts to resolve in their lives, even if their rich or poor; It doesn’t matter. Both have similar problems that they need to resolve or just live through it. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, proves that Greasers, a gang who lives in bad neighborhoods and may have some financial issues, are similar to the Socs, who are rich and have lots of time in their hands. In addition to their gang rivalry, the individual characters each face problems of their own. Through depicting their personal conflicts, Hinton reveals that these young men, seemingly so different, share similar needs. Greasers face several problems in their lives, like getting abused or even joining a gang. In the Outsiders, Cherry asks Ponyboy, “Johnny… he’s been hurt bad sometime, hasn’t he?” and Ponyboy replied in agreement, “It was the Socs.” (Hinton 35). In other words, Cherry believes that Johnny has been beaten up or in another term, abused, before and Ponyboy confirms it. This shows that this is one of Johnny’s external conflicts that he...
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...only glosses over many character relationships. <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/CNSite/;navArea=CLIFFSNOTES2_LITERATURE;type=Lit_Note;kword=SE_Hinton;kword=The_Outsiders;contentItemId=139;tile=3;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/CNSite/;navArea=CLIFFSNOTES2_LITERATURE;type=Lit_Note;kword=SE_Hinton;kword=The_Outsiders;contentItemId=139;tile=3;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" width="300" height="250" border="0" alt="" /></a> With the exception of Ponyboy, the viewer misses out on knowing most of the novel's characters. Darry and Soda are relatively minor characters in the movie, and the viewer is given little insight into their lives. The same is true for the rest of the gang, even Dally. Dally's death loses much of its impact because viewers aren't able to get to know him. Only the reader is aware of the fact that Dally's gun is unloaded, and the symbolic death of Dally in the spotlight is gone. Johnny's character is also...
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...Gangs on the Rise? What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word gangs? The first thing you might think of is maybe violence, drug trafficking, and even possibly in some cases prostitution. Well whatever it is that comes to your mind it is probably not anything good. Gangs feel that they overpower other gangs and don’t allow the opposing gang members to be on “their” territory, that’s where the violence comes into play. Younger kids ages from about 15 to 17 have a greater chance to joining a gang. That’s where it all starts. Growing up I was a pretty ordinary kid. Whenever I started middle school is when it all went down hill. I found myself associating with a group of people that are known as “bloods”. I thought they were pretty cool to hang out with and everybody knew them so I decided to choose them to hang out with. Little did I know I was just slowly making my way into this gang. Now that I look back on my past I wish that there was more that the community could have done to reduce the gang activity and violence. What are some ways community’s could help reduce violence and gang activity in their neighborhood nowadays? Violence and gang activity in America has always been around and still will but, as a community I believe that we could reduce violence and gang activity. Statistics prove that gang activity has always been on the rise. People don’t realize gang activity is everywhere. It is not just on the Southside, Westside or Eastside it is everywhere...
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...The novel Outsiders written by SE Hinton was published in 1967. The author tells the reader gangs. One named ‘greasers’ the other named ‘Socs’. They have a lot of differences, like different set of values and how the society see them. But they also have a lot of similarities, for example their extremely loyal to one another and they both hate each other. One of the main difference is how the society perceive the two gangs. The society treats the greasers terribly, the day they are born, they are considered, ‘juvenile delinquents’. A perfect example of this is when Steve Randle is mimicking how to society think of them. "Greaser… greaser… greaser… Oh victim of environment, underprivileged, rotten no-count hood.” On the other hand, the Socs...
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...“Tuff” “Tough and tuff are two different words. Tough is the same as rough, tuff means cool, sharp- like a tuff-looking a Mustang or a tuff record. In our neighborhood both are compliments.” I will explain what I think is “tuff” in the book, “tuff” in society, and “tuff” to me. In my opinion “tuff” is a slang term meaning cool, sharp. “Tuff” is similar to other slang words like swag, clean, or lit. Tuff from The Outsiders has many examples. One example was cars such as Mustangs and Corvette Stingrays. The Socs drove tuff, expensive cars. Another example of tuff was the Greasers hair. Their hair was long, slicked back, and covered with grease. Greasers believed their hair was a sign of being tuff. A third example of tuff was family. Family for the Greasers was everything. Johnny did not have a good home life, so the gang was his family. Since Ponyboy’s parents died, his family were his brothers and the gang....
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...We have seen the graffiti, the tattoos and the headlines documenting their brutality. MS-13 gang known as “La Mara Salvatrucha 13”, is one of the most violently and dangerous gangs in the United States. Chapter eight describes youth gangs as a “social and emotional basis for antisocial activity”. They obtain brotherhood, identity/status and income. In other words the more embedded a boy/man becomes in the gang and its process, the less likely he is to leave. A gang is all about the three hypothesis; selection, facilitation, enhancement and prestige crimes. Gangs work in a co-offending method. The books says “if delinquency is committed in groups, it is because “birds of feather flock together”. When a group is united for good or bad they are...
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...When people hear the word “gang”, they often think of guns, drugs, and violent crimes, and for good reason. Gangs threaten the safety of many, and young people can often feel very pressured to join them. But while gangs inflict fear in youth and adults alike, we can also learn from gangs, such as what not to do and the type of people to avoid. In the past five years, there has been an 8 percent increase in number of gangs, an 11 percent increase in members, and a 23 percent increase in gang-related homicides. Homicides, however, are not the only crimes that gangs commit; some others include robbery, burglary, vandalism, and arson. Some gang members can even become known for their uncontrollable criminality, and for this they earn respect among...
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...because. Johnny is a hero because he went into a burning church to save kids, Johnny keeps his gang family from fighting, johnny does a lot for his gang family and johnny keeps everyone from fighting with each other but johnny is the glue for the gang. Johnny is a hero for his gang and the people around him. Johnny is the hero of the story because he has protected his gang family. First Johnny is basicly the hero of the gang family johnny keeps everybody happy and friendly. the only thing that johnny has a problem with is when everybody gets mad at each other but johnny helps them get over it. But what johnny has done a lot for people in his gang he covered up for them. Johnny has protected the gang family and he has taken a beaten, and have been learning to stay out of socs reach. So he has head smarts and he goes...
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...Gangs Kimberly Richardson Everest University A gang is a word that is not uncommon in this day and town. You can find one in every town every city every state. Many people could say that they are scared of them because they are big and bad. Then when you talk to the young boys they would tell you that they are the protection of the streets. My friends are always there when I need them. In the following paragraphs I would like to discuss the gangs in America and what they mean to people today. Now let’s first start off with the definition of a gang. According to the freedictionary.com the definition of what a gang is “a group of people who associate together or act as an organized body for criminal or illegal purposes.” According to a 2005 report there are approxiametely, there are at least 21,500 gangs and more than 731,000 active gang members in the United States(Grabianowski, 2011). Every violent crime that happens in America most of the time comes from a gang. There are no more of the traditional gangs now. The Crips and the Bloods are no more. You now have smaller factions who the younger kids as young as thirteen have gangs such as crews or cliques. There are many reason why a person would even join a gang lets discuss it. Now there are many reason why a person would even think about joining a gang lets discuss a few of them or even all of them. The first reason why a person would thing about joining a gang would first be there are very bored. When you...
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...Introduction Gangs have been around for over a hundred years. In the late 1800’s to 1930’s there were a lot of famous people known for their association with gangs, some are Jesse James, Billy the Kid, and Al Capone. There have been many movies about gangs and in the movies make it seem like being part of a gang is really cool, but in reality there are many risks with being part of a gang. This paper will discuss three articles discussing the risks of gangs. Article 1: “Why Do Youth Join Gangs? The Problem, Risks, and Attraction to Gang Life” This article discusses the increase in gangs across Canada. Most gangs in Canada are adult gangs, however there is an increase in youth gangs and problems arising in the community. The article further describes specific things that they believe attract youth to join gangs at an early age. This article addresses five characteristics that can cause youth to join gangs. They are poor school...
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...Bullying and School Violence School Violence is not something new to us; we hear about it more and more these days where there are shootings in schools, or kids being bullied and the parents are seeking help. The number of children who are becoming victims to this violence is growing. According to the National Center for Education Statistics “During the 2009–10 school year, 85 percent of public schools recorded that one or more of these incidents of violence, theft, or other crimes had taken place, amounting to an estimated 1.9 million crimes. This figure translates to a rate of approximately 40 crimes per 1,000 students enrolled in 2009–10. During the same year, 60 percent of schools reported one of the specified crimes to the police, amounting to about 689,000 crimes—or 15 crimes per 1,000 student’s enrolled.” http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=49. That is a lot of school related crimes and those are just the ones that are being reported. What do I consider a violent act? When I think of violence I tend to only think of the actions that produce physical harm to a person. But the definition of violence” is an extreme form of aggression, such as assault, rape or murder. Violence has many causes which include frustration, exposure to violent media, violence in the home or neighborhood and a tendency to see other people’s actions as hostile even when they’re not.” American Psychological Association; Violence; http://www.apa.org/topics/violence/index.aspx. When I...
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