...Happiest Refugee” reflects the ideas of an outsider is how war has changed Anh and his families lives. “The year is 1976 and the Vietnam war has just ended”, “When the war ended her two older brothers, high- ranking paratroopers who fought alongside American and Australian soldiers, were put into communist re-education camps” and “My grandfather was in the army, so Grandma was left to look after ten kids on her own in a little hut” explain how the war has torn Anh’s family apart and has deeply effected how his father and mother lived throughout their childhood. When Anh’s Father is forced to almost single-handedly take care of his brothers, it builds and changes his personality and makes him far more responsible. When Anh’s uncles are put into a re-education camp, Anh’s father shows the leadership qualities and courage that he built over his childhood to free them from slavery. Chapter 1. From the start of the chapter, we can see the traits of an outsider, namely being a non-evident sense of belonging. When the communist guards were harassing the young lady; she was an outsider as she was being ostracised and segregated from the rest of the group in a nasty and threatening way. This was evidenced in the text from the quote “ ‘Lift up your trousers’ the guard demands. The girl lifts her black cotton pants to her ankles. ‘Lift them higher,’ he leers. ‘In fact take them off.’” From this quote, we can see that this person was an outsider momentarily as she was not safe in the eyes...
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...In what ways are househusbands outsiders or insiders? Househusbands can be both outsiders or insiders. Whether they are outsiders or insiders are based on the attitudes received from the government and social sectors. Househusbands do not have garner support from the society as traditionally, men are meant to be the one working to support the family. However, with men switching roles with women whereas the women become the pillar of support for the family it is gradually becoming acknowledged by the society as there is now more and more numbers of successful househusbands. Househusbands are outsiders due to the law and the traditional thinking of the government and the problem of finance. According to Pereira, 2005. The only obstacle between the father staying at home and taking care of the child is their financial situation. The financial woes are their greatest source of concern rather than them being tied down to the responsibilities of a child. However, there is now a 33% of men willing to work part-time and take care of their children. The weekend Australia (2013: 13-14) reported that there is a slow rise in the number of single fatherhood however many fathers are not willing by the lack of support and being regarded as a disgrace for men to be in this kind of positions. This is caused by the traditional thinking that men are the main family breadwinners whereas the women are the caretakers of the children. Influenced by such thinking, the government only has laws placed...
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...2011 Eduora Welty Delta Wedding In the Short Story by Eduora Welty Delta Wedding the family seems to build this boundary that seperates them from the outside world. In my paper I will discuss some of the things I believe to be members stepping over the boundary that the family has seemed to build over the years. There is a character named George. George is spoken in a positive manner by the Fairchild family. It is because George, in my opinion, is the only family member to be “sane” for lack of a better word and appears to be the “hero” to the family. Everyone takes a liking to George but, George has separated himself from the family by moving away and he learns to decipher the family members from the whole family in its entirety. Geroge meets the love of his life a woman named Robbie Reid. To the family George has now stepped over that boundary and married Robbie. Robbie seems to pose a threat to their social position. Before she married George she was a clerk at the family store. To the family this seems to be very embarrassing to know that a member of your family is marrying someone who used to work under you. Robbie does not want to comply with the family traditions and she is seen as an unfit wife for George who is put up on a petal stool by the family. Dabney, another member of the Fairchild family, is able to understand why George has separated himself from the family and is concerned about the family’s dislike for her husband Troy. Dabney then begins to worry...
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...An Outsider is an individual who is often treated poorly or excluded from activities or events based on certain qualities that normally one cannot control. Outsiders often have a few things in common as a group such as they are not included in their families, have a hard time in social interactions or even social class. Reasons such as there can often be harmful to an individual's self-esteem. Feeling like Outsider often can stem from not feeling included in your family. Your family is supposed to be the people you can count on to love you and include you, but unfortunately, if you don't have that support system it can be difficult. Harry Potter and Cinderella are excellent examples. Harry is not included because he is different, which makes him hard to understand for his "family". Cinderella, on the other hand, had a change occur and her differences from her new family make her hard to understand. Often, when you don't have the same qualities or characteristics as your family, it could make you an outsider....
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...Section B Write a summary of Cowboys and Indians in about 150 words. In the beginning of the novel, we hear about the environment in which the narrator comes from. She is from a small town, and she has come home to participate in her grandmother’s funeral, even though she now lives in a big city on the east coast. The narrator does not feel she fits in with the rest of the family at the funeral preparations; therefore, she calls her cousin David. Together they drive fast through the city, ignoring the red traffic lights until they reach a bar where they drink. Afterwards they run to a hillside to watch the sunset. On the slope, she sits and think; David will never be able to understand the admiration she has had for her grandmother. They sit on the cliff and watch as the sun sets while smoking marihuana-cigarettes. Then they move, to get something to eat. As the narrator and David goes to a takeaway stall to get some food, they encounter some Indian women who talks to them. They say that they have brought the devils wind with them. David is frightened of it while the narrator is not affected. When they are at her grandmother’s house again, they say goodbye. (199 words) Characterize the narrator. The narrator is a very reflective person. She thinks of small details that make her reflect about existential questions and come up with big considerations about life. “He would never think of them as accomplishments; he would never be expected to perform any of them...
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...An outsider is someone who is distinct or different from everyone else, who takes a peculiar approach to life than others, whether it be good or bad. Someone could be an outsider even if they were an outstanding basketball player because they have something different from everyone else. An outsider is like the dog that doesn’t get picked by people because of how it looks, it is misjudged. Outsiders are not misunderstood, they are rather misjudged by society, like the dog. Outsiders are being misjudged in two ways, based on their outer appearance like the way they dress and based on their gender or race like how they identify. Outsiders are being misjudged based on their outer appearance. For example, Gregor in Metamorphosis was misjudged on the way he looks, his family assumes that because he looks like a bug he has changed, but really he is still the same person inside. The family became fearful of him as if he has truthfully become a bug, but what they don’t comprehend is the fact that he really is the same person with a different body. Also, someone could be characterized as an outsider as a result of of the way they are dressed. For example, if somebody came to our school...
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...Immigrants vs Ponyboy In the novel, The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, and the memoir, “The Latehomecomer” by Kao Kalia Yang, describes being an outsider in society. Ponyboy, the main character in The Outsiders, is connected to immigrants in many ways. Some reasons are including that he is treated like an outsider or differently in society, he is split in his identity, and that he does not socialize with people in his area, other than his gang. An outsider is a person who does not belong to a particular group and is treated like an outcast, and immigrants are an example of many that are treated like outsiders. My first reason is that Ponyboy is treated differently than others in his gang and in...
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...cousin, David as an escape plan. He arrives in the late afternoon on a motorbike and asks her what she would like to do. Her answer is; margaritas, and then they take off. She wrote letters to him about her life as a fourteen-year-old-girl. They go to a bar and drink tequilas. Afterwards they drive to the bluffs to watch the sunset. However, they are speaking of how their family thinks of them, and they agree on being the black sheep. After a delightful sunset, David drives his cousin back to the funeral feast. 2. Characterization of the narrator: * David thinks that his cousin is his favorite cousin, because she did not feel bad for him during the Gulf War. (page 8, line 29-30) * She feels like a black sheep in her family (page 8, line 56) * She loves her cousin. (page 7,line 13-14) * When David asks her what she wants to do, he does it with a Native American twinge, which sounds Canadian to her pale, untrained ear. (page 7, line 21-22) 3. Similarities and differences between David and the narrator: Similarities: * They both think they are the black sheep of the family. (page 8, line 56) * Navajo Lake, their usual getaway spot. (page 7, line 20-21) * They both enjoy going to bars. (page 7, line 23) * They love and respect their grandmother. (page 9, line 72) * Both of them is drinking tequila at...
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...A Bridge To Wisemans Cove by James Moloney (1996) is a book about a 15 year old boy named Carl Matt who doesn’t exactly know where he is going in life as he fights to fit in. Moloney has positioned the reader to see Carl as an outsider through the use of his family and body weight. Moloney has also constructed Carl as an unhappy and isolated character. Through Moloney’s character construction of Carl Matt the reader is positioned to see him as an outsider that is not happy with the life he is living. Moloney places Carl in some uncomfortable situations that encourages the reader to see him as an outsider. He has constructed Carl as a lonely character as his family is falling apart, with his mum leaving, Sarah gone and his dad who walked...
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...In order for outsiders to see Christians as the church, believers need to be more committed to God, be more compassionate when sharing their faith, and be more transparent to visitors. Without these qualities, the church can seem uninviting. As Towns explains, "God designed the church to be a place where interactive relationships help believers experience God" (108). How can visitors experience God's love if believers are not being more like Jesus? This is why it is so important to be aware, as believers, how outsiders view the church as a whole. With these thoughts in mind, the church can only improve. A few ways, for believers to become more committed to God, is for them not to be caught up in the everyday lifestyle. There is so much technology in our world that distracts our attention from God. We need to be in the Word every day to feel His presence. God is our Father. As Towns informs, "family is the foundational social institution of society" (107). Staying committed to a local church is another way for believers to strengthen their relationship with God. Attending only on Sundays; or holidays, does not seem trustworthy or genuine. Towns informs, "The church is a flock that follows the Shepherd" (106). Daily attendance at a local church allows believers to grow in relationship with fellow believers. We were not meant to go through situations alone. The church is one body, with members of unique gifts. The church is suppose to help each other with whatever they need. Outsiders...
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...displaced. In the texts, the role of being an outsider extends from being excluded in one's own family to a large-scale elimination of the ethnic minorities. In both ‘The Kite Runner’ and ‘Growing Up Asian in Australia’, it is inferred that the idea of being the outsider causes individuals to experience pain, because the way that they perceive themselves and by the people around them as different leads them to feel voiceless, discriminated, and conflicted in a place where they should feel like they belong....
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...Sixteen years after a sixteen-year-old wrote this book, Francis Ford Coppola turned this novel into a movie. The book is a coming-of-age novel, but the movie focuses on the characters' loss of innocence. The movie follows the story line very closely. The reader is only told that this story takes place in the southwest, but the movie places it in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the year 1966. It also changes the conflict from the East Side versus the West side to the northside versus the southside. This minor directional change was probably made due to the relative time proximity to the musical West Side Story, which won the best picture Academy Award in l961. However, as with all movies, character insight that is critical to understanding the story is lost when the format goes from the written word to the screen. Ponyboy is telling us the story, the same as in the book, but the 91-minute film 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...
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...In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, the gang that includes Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Two-Bit, Dally, and Johnny shows a group of boys in a gang that is based on a group of friends that depend on each other for different reasons. These reasons include not having a strong family tie, not having parents, and not having a home. This relates to an article written by Amanda Vogt titled “Gangs a Cry for Family” which talks and explains that troubled teens with problems with family go to gangs for a sense of family and belonging. One reason is teens not having a strong relationship with their parents or not having parents. In the book The Outsiders, Johnny didn’t have much of a relationship with both of his parents, because they drank and yelled at him so he went to the gang and found a home to go too. He also found a group of friends that cared for him and wanted him to feel good and have a...
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...part of a family. Family means no one gets left out, but that does not happen. People are treated differently not only in real life but also in stories. An example in real life is discrimination, it is still around today and people are still affected by it. In the book, The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham, people are discriminated and banished from society because they are not considered “normal” by their beliefs. Throughout the years, many people suffered discrimination because they are different than those around them. These people felt that they never belonged, but rather an outsider to society. An example today is Middle Eastern people, people assume that every Middle Eastern person is a terrorist. Particularly with the events relating to ISIS, individuals have become more assuming and judgmental of others. Another example is the act of discrimination against gay/lesbian people. There had been events of businesses refusing to associate with gay/lesbian couples, which concluded in businesses paying fines to the...
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...funeral, there are many family members there and she thinks it is a little bit dull and crowded. Finally, Daniel arrives, her favorite cousin. They decide to take off from the arrangement and head to a bar on David’s new Ducati motorbike. They have a couple of drinks and head to a remote place to enjoy the sunset. They enjoy their time there, light a joint and become hungry therefore, they decide to go to a takeout stand at the highway. After this, they go home and David takes off before the family sees him, it was as if he was never there. Characterize the narrator: The Narrator has two sides to her. When she was at the funeral, she seemed very calm and didn’t really try to fit in with anyone at the arrangement. However, when David shows up she feels more alive and wants to do things that she normally would not do. But now that she’s with David she feels free and suddenly wants to go to a bar get a couple of drinks, then afterwards go up, and look at the sunset whilst smoking a joint. It seems like she is keeping a façade when she’s with the family she can first really be herself when she is with David. Comment on similarities and differences between David and the Narrator: In the beginning, we get the sort of impression that they don’t have anything in common and she kind of just goes with him to be “cool”, but after a while we realize that they have more in common than we first realize. They are both described as the black sheep in the family, and I think the feel...
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