...Brennan Boone 11/2/15 7th period The Outsiders The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is "[A] classic coming-of-age book"(Philadelphia Daily News) about 3 brothers in a gang that have to go through life with many obstacles in their way. This book is written by a fifteen year old girl named S.E. Hinton. She wrote the book about what was going on in her life. This novel is about two rival gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers are from the east side of town and are known as hoods. The Greasers have long, greasy hair and are poor. The Socs are from the west side of town. The Socs wear nice clothes and are smart. The Socs are also the rich people. Many characters in The Outsiders lean on each other for support while showing loyalty, kindness, and moral courage toward each other....
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...Outsider Themes Have you ever thought that something as little as a theme can change the entire plot of a book? In the novel, The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, life is divided by the two main social groups: the Greasers, who are known to cause trouble and have a reputation of being dangerous, and the Socs, the people who are known to get all the breaks and are able to get away with anything they do. Ponyboy and his gang live their daily life rivaling against their enemy, the Socs, until things turn and events change the way they live their lives. People then realize things are not the way it seems to be and they find out the true meaning of life, the hard way. Throughout the story, many different themes are displayed, yet the two main and effective themes are changes over time and loyalty. First of all, changes over time can be found through each scene and event in the book. The first example is...
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...“Stay Gold” In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the Greasers had eachothers back. Greasers are compassionate for one another, because of their loyalty against their enemies, protect each other, and they go to each other for help and advice. “You take for your buddies no what they do. Which in a gang you stick up for your members if you don’t it isn't a gang anymore.”(The Outsiders Loyalty Quotes) This quote inspired me by how well the gang works together through superior and poor situations and it shows that one has to be there for eachother in a gang. The Greasers are very loyal against their enemies. They were determined to win. Most of the time they would work together no matter what it took. The Greasers would physically defend each other. “Some Soc knocked out one of our bunch and was kicking me hard but I had...
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...“ Loyalty is about someone who stays true to you behind your back”. Are you one of those people... are you always loyal to your friends and family and help them out even if they did not make the best decision? Or are you someone who is a rule follower and always follows the law and would turn your friends in if they ever did something bad? If you are someone who sticks up for and helps your friends no matter what you are loyal. Loyalty is better then justice. For example let's say your mom broke the law by stealing something... Would you turn her into the police or stay loyal to her and help her hide out. I would stay loyal to her and help her out even though she is not doing the right thing she is my mom and I would always pick her over the law....
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...with her husband call Dave and she has a son also call Nick. She went to Will Rogers High School and attended Tulsa University. The first book she wrote was “ The Outsiders” in 1965 when she was only 16 years old and it was published in her first year of university. In 1971, Hinton wrote second book named “ That was then, this is now” Hinton met her future husband, David Inhofe, in a freshman biology class, and it was because of him that she finished her second book “That Was Then, This is Now”. Hinton was suffering from writer's block, and he forced her to write two pages a day. If she didn’t finish during the day, they wouldn't go out that night. They were married in 1970, and That Was Then, This is Now was published in 1971....
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...Insider trading is experiencing major cases, which include Marvericks’ Owner trials with the Securities and Exchange Commission, criminal trial of Expert Network James Fleishman and the trial of a former Goldman director. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s board and other boards controlling the companies affiliated to Insider Trading have failed to control business issues in the companies. In some cases, the boards have interfered with the functioning of the Insider Trading through the manner in which they make decisions. Boards have been involved in making decisions and approving some deals in the company, which resulted into the cases. A good example is the Goldman case where the board approved the deal at a time of financial crisis. Some directors helped each other in acquiring deals within a few minutes which led to illegal business deals. Different nations have enacted laws concerning insider trading in control of the roles played by boards of directors. In Canada and USA, there have been considerable changes in the laws concerning securities in the business (Foster, 1996). The federal legislation regulates the securities trading and contribution of boards and CEOs in different sections. The subsequent judicial decisions introduced in the business outline the main roles of the insider trading regulations. In the regulations, boards monitor operations in the business, as well as operations of CEOs. The Securities Exchange Act enacted in 1934 regulates secondary trading and also...
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...The United States is plagued by an array of problems; of which, many threaten the vary sanctity of the long standing American republic. Politicians are being sold to the highest bidder, with companies paying out millions to candidates, leaving the lingering question of their real loyalties. Many Americans are convinced that they live in a two-party system. With American’s increasing willingness to accept war and increasing violations on personal privacy in the name of fighting drugs and terror, the public is giving away its rights willingly. The insiders have mobilized in such a way that any dissenters are a threat to be monitored by the powers that be. American politics is divided between insiders and outsiders. The insiders are those...
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...employee is already familiar with organization policies, culture, etc. • Signals to employees that career opportunities exist in organization • Improve employee morale and organization loyalty • Lower costs for some jobs • Less likely to make major changes and “upset the apple cart” Advantages • Provides new ideas / fresh perspectives • May bring new insights from other industries • Initiate a turnaround • Hiring experienced employee can reduce training needed • Internal politics may be avoided (e.g., less upsetting to present organizational hierarchy) • Allows rapid growth • Increase diversity • Only hire at one level • Bigger talent pool / more applicants Disadvantages • Narrowing of thinking and stale ideas (inbreeding) • May not help turn company around • Training will be needed and learning curve will occur for the job duties • Internal politics will occur (e.g., possible discontent of rejected applicants; new subordinates discount new boss’ knowledge and expect special treatment; etc.) • Difficult to do with rapid growth • Affirmative action goals may be more difficult to achieve • Ripple effect • Smaller talent pool / fewer applicants Disadvantages • Less information available on applicants • Search takes longer and costs more • Outsider takes time to become familiar with current systems and organization...
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...Wegmans is an example of a clan culture that emphasizes tradition, loyalty, personal commitment, extensive socialization, teamwork, self-management and social influence as its attributes. They differentiate and establish their company’s culture to new employees from the beginning in the interview process. By hiring persons interested in gourmet food, they get people who want to sell gourmet food. Another aspect of their culture is the teamwork demonstrated when opening a new location as in the Dulles store opening. Their culture is taught by existing managers and employees as shown in how the other locations help to train and onboard the new employees and work with the store until it is running smoothly. The 6% turnover rate of Wegmans employees, which is well below the industry norm, shows how the company’s benefits, higher pay rates, scholarships help to foster long-term employee loyalty and commitment. Simply put, this family-owned business treats their employees like the valuable assets to the business that they are. A possible threat to Wegmans culture could be duplication by a competitor that figures out how to get the same results and success with less money spent. It is said that the best compliment is for another to want to be like you. I also see that as Wegmans is a tightly knit entity that has hiring practices that may seem to be restrictive to outsiders, it may be vulnerable to complaints of unfair hiring rules. I see...
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...S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders is a novel about two rival gangs called the Socials and the Greasers. The Greasers see the Socials as a threat because of the Socials’ constant acts of violence, and the tension between the groups significantly increase. Johnny Cade was caught in the middle of the battle between the groups. Johnny was of the few whom fell victim to the abuse of the Socials. When he takes the abuse, Johnny thinks he is not important and looks at the world differently than other people. Before Johnny joined the Greasers, he thought his only value was to be the continuously “kicked puppy”. In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Johnny’s personal experiences change his values for better with the assistance of the Greasers by showing him the world around him. Johnny Cade learns to be appreciative and thoughtful of nature and the Greasers. According to chapter five, "I never noticed colors or clouds and stuff until you keep reminding me about them. It's almost like they weren't there before." Johnny receives appreciation training from Ponyboy to increase his...
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...sisters' fight for freedom against dictatorship in Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies reinforces Garcia Marquez's idea. Even with international interest, Latin Americans want to gain independence on their own. International parties often show interest in Latin America for its resources and environment. International interest often results in invasion or colonization. With invasion or international involvement, outsiders often overlook the interest of natives. Outsiders also tend to manipulate and take advantage of the indigenous people; “Latin America [does not want] to be a pawn without a will of its own… it is merely wishful thinking that its quest for independence should become a Western aspiration” (“Gabriel”). The Latin American population is willing to fight on their own in order to gain their independence and do not wish to be colonized by outsiders. The Mirabal sisters represent the fight for independence. The four are willing to fight alone in order to free the Dominican Republic of an abusive dictatorship. Minerva displays the most loyalty to the revolution when “[Maria Teresa asks] Minerva why she [is] doing such a dangerous thing… She [wants Maria Teresa] to grow up in a free country” (Alvarez 39). Her ability to sacrifice her life displays her allegiance to the revolution and devotion to her passion of rebellion. Minerva and other Latin Americans wish to unite together in order to stay away from intruding nations and fight for their independence. They wish...
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...BUG’S LIFE THE MOVIE In the Disney movie, A Bugs Life, there are many sociological factors that are present. First there is the difference between the leadership styles of the Queen ant, Princess Atta, and even Hopper the grasshopper. Also, the ant colony it self portrays the differences in social groups and who is looked at as a norm based on the ants perception and those who are deviant from the colony. And lastly, another sociological perspective that can be seen is the symbolic interationist perspective and the way one acts of deviance or norm and if that is based and if that behavior is biological or learned. In what follows the colony of ants will be descried and analyzed through the sociological aspects of, leadership portrayed by Princess Atta, the groups that are presented by the ants and the grasshoppers, and also the theories of behavior that can possibly explain Flik’s non compliant ways of the other ants. Leadership can be categorized in three different ways. These ways are Authoritarian, Democratic, and Laissez-Faire type leadership. Those who lead in an authoritarian manner are those who give orders and have things done their way and their way only. Democratic leaders strive to gain a consensus from others and are open to others ideas before making there final decisions. A leader who demonstrates laissez-faire type leadership is one who is highly permissive and provides little or no direction and gives others as much freedom as possible. ...
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...Case 11’s problems are very typical for many organizations and movements. In this case, a normally strong group of walruses are effectively weakened by the lack of communication and the lack of approachability of the leading walrus. Many things came to my mind as we were working on this case. The things that stood the most out to me was how well that the elements of loyalty and respect had been fused with fear and lack of accountability. This “fusion” is not new to the business world, even if it was used in this fable to illustrate a very valid scenario. Many organizations and businesses like Enron, even if it was one of the biggest scandals the business world of U.S. ever experienced, has had to deal with the inflamed issue of secrets and notifications that have been suppressed when the organizations were in dire need of having these things exposed, to change the negative course of happenings. Many companies that merge with other larger companies may make seem to us outsiders that they are being bought up because they just wish for a collaborative effort with a larger and more experienced company. This is most of the times not true. Companies that are bought up by other larger companies, usually get into the merge due to an internal problem, that very often can be attributed to an issue related to the lack of communication or behavioral misconducts, that has lead to a grave lack in the input section of the organization, whether it be human capital or just capital. By allowing...
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...Social Classes The Book that i'm doing is called The Outsiders which was written by S.E.Hinton and publisher The Viking Press in 1967.The genre of the book drama and crime and it's a coming of age book so the targeted audience is teenagers but anyone can relate to the book.The book has won 5 awards and it has been classified as a best seller.The story takes place in the 1960s with many diverse characters that makes it a very interesting book. The Theme in the book is about ,acceptance,innocence,and friendship and loyalty.I think the most important is friendship and loyalty because the characters face many challenges from their enemies and must stick together.The characters are poor and often beat up and bullied by the richer kids but by them sticking together throughout the novel but it is a tragic ending but the events that happens at the end of the novel the group of boys are redeemed for what they have done or did. The title and the theme of acceptance are connected because if the rich and the poor would have accepted each other regardless of their economic background and social classes the tragedies wouldn't have happened.Acceptance is the act of accepting someone or something but the characters...
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...There is a widespread tendency for people to favour their own group over another group. This tendency has been variously labelled as ethnocentrism, intergroup bias, in‐group favouritism or in‐group /out group differentiation. It denotes a cultural narrowness in which the ethnically centred individual rigidly accepted those of the in‐group while rejecting those of the out‐group. In other words, Ethnocentrism is the point of view that one's own way of life is to be preferred to all others. Flowing logically from the process of early enculturation, it characterizes the way most individuals feel about their own culture, whether or not they verbalize their feeling. Therefore this essay will discuss what is understood by the term ethnocentrism and show how Ethnocentrism is bad in national politics. Firstly will define what ethnocentrism is, and discuss fully what is understood by the term. Secondly will show how ethnocentrism is bad for national politics. Thereafter a clear and concise conclusion will be drawn. Different scholars have given their understanding of the term ethnocentrism. According to anthropologists, the concept combines the belief that one’s own culture is superior to other cultures, with the practice of judging other cultures by the standards of one’s own culture (Den Van, 1970). Ethnocentrism is also defined as a feeling that one’s own group has a mode of living, values and patterns of adaptation that are superior to other groups. Ethnocentrism is a human universal...
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