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
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William Barret Travis a general, father, and most importantly a man of great honor who inspired thousands of soldiers throughout his life. From birth to departure William was a brilliant man scholar but a better general. As a child William lived in South Carolina next to his old friend Jim Bonham and attended school in a log house each weekday during winter. William’s father later sold their plantation and moved the family to Sparta, Alabama. Here William became a great scholar and graduated from
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America’s population in 2014 was documented to be 318.9 million. Over fifty percent of America’s population which is 159.4 million shops at Walmart. The very first Walmart was opened on July 2, 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas by Sam Walters. Mr. Walters was born in Oklahoma in 1918. When he was twenty-four he joined the military. When his service ended in 1945 he moved to Newport and eventually open his own variety of stores including Walmart. Target is a store similar to Walmart to but is quite different
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I am currently not employed so I researched Walmart, one of my favorite stores. Walmart first opened in 1962, in the corner of Arkansas. Which was the same year Target and Kmart opened their organizations. Sam Walton's vision for Walmart was, " To sell stuff that people need every day just a little cheaper than everyone else, sell it at the low price all the time, and customers will flock to you"( Walton). Sam Walton's vision is still living up to his words today, you can go in Walmart and find
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John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8th, 1939 in Richford, New York. He was born the second of six children to parents William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davidson. As a child Rockefeller did regular household chores and earned extra money by raising turkeys and selling candy and potatoes. His father was referred to as a mysterious but fun-loving man and was a known con-artist always coming up with scheme and living as a vagabond. While his mother, a devout Baptist and homemaker
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Comparing the two mediums of The Outsiders using advantages and disadvantages a person can determine which one is better. The movie was very short with less detail such as how sodas girlfriend had to move away because she was pregnant with sodas baby and they couldn't get married. The book described cherry very well and cherry's friend Martia at the movies when dally was hitting on cherry and how she became a spy for the greasers. Details In this movie where very slim and boring with left out pieces
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While General Patton may not have motivated the soldiers in the most formal manner, I feel that he was able to effectively motivate his soldiers. Throughout his speech, Patton often gives the soldiers a reassuring comment. He praises them by saying, “We have the finest food and equipment, the best spirit and the best men in the world.” This praise helps to boost the confidence among the men. This allows them to realize who they truly are. With this remark, Patton established the fact that he and
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The Outsiders is about three boys who get into rumbles a lot. Their favorite place is the lot and their parents died in a car accident. They get in many rumbles with the Socs. The brothers are part of the Greasers. A Soc and Greaser try to figure their life problems out. There are many similarities and differences in the characters, relationships, and scenes of the book and the movie, the Outsiders. The characters in the book and the movie have many similarities and differences. Even though Two-bit
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The first short story to be summarized is S.E. Hinton’s book “ The Outsiders”. The book “ The Outsiders” focuses on a youth teenager, age of fourteen ,Ponyboy and how he is trying to deal with life, with his parents death, living with his older two brothers Sodapop, being sixteen, the second oldest and Darry being twenty, the oldest and head of household, and dealing with the fight of the Greasers against the Socials. In the Greasers gang, the members include; Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Steve, Sodapop’s
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Sunsets, Cars and Fear In S.E Hinton's The Outsiders. The sunset does not mean pretty skies and it does not mean the end of a day it means the bridge between the rich and the poor. Same with the cars every greaser and every Sco think that the mustangs and the corvettes are tuff but the one problem is that the greasers fix the cars and the Scos own and drive the cars. They also shared fear of being caught they share the same love and they share the love of loosing someone. Even if the greasers
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