Have you ever felt like you don’t belong after you’ve lost what’s important to you? In the book entitled The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton a young- adult fiction Ponyboy and Sodapop should stay with Darry or go into foster care. Pony and Soda should go into foster care because Darry doesn’t take care of them like he’s supposed to. Darry isn’t an appropriate guardian for Pony and Soda. “Let me fight, Darry…” “Well-” Darry gave in- “I guess you can” (Hinton 135). This shows that Darry isn’t cut out to
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Talon is a boy who lives in New York, but not where you would think. In this fiction novel by Neal Shusterman, The Downsiders, there are two types of people. The topsiders, who live in New York, and the downsiders who live under New York. In caves and tunnels forged by topsiders decades ago. Talon, the main character, is among the downsiders. However, he has always had an extreme curiosity for the topside, even though others frown upon that. He could be described as curious, independent, and daring
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In the outsiders on trial by S. E. Hinton, Ponyboy is introduced and develops as an Flaw and Aspiration person through Speech. The main character of the book outsider on trial is ponyboy he has two brothers one is brother is Darry and his other brother is Sodapop. Ponyboy is important to the story because without him the story wound not be a story.If Dally had said yes, Johnny would have gone back to the church without hesitation. He figured Dally knew more than he did, and Dally's word was law.
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The Outsiders, Ponyboy Curtis, Sodapop Curtis and Darry Curtis had lost their parents to a auto wreck about eight months ago. Since then Darry, the oldest brother takes care of Sodapop and Ponyboy. Dally is twenty years old works as a roofer. Pony describes him as “hard and firm and rarely grins at all,” compared to Sodapop. Dally has grown up too fast. He was captain of the football team and won a college scholarship but gave it all up to take care of his family. According to Two-Bit Matthews, “the
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Navy, which played a major role in blockading the South from receiving resources. Even though the North had many advantages, the war dragged on because the North just did not have a commander that would fight even if he knew he would lose. President Abraham Lincoln grew tired of commanders who were extremely cautious like George McClellan, who fought “not to win, but to avoid losing.” After time, Lincoln chose Grant to lead the Army. Early on, Ulysses showed everyone his willingness to fight the
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The Outsiders Notes Characters: Ponyboy Curtis - He is fourteen year old greaser and the story is told from is point of view. Ponyboy is the smartest kid in his gang. Ponyboy lives with his older brothers Sodapop and Darry. Darrel Curtis - He is Ponyboy’s oldest brother in the book he is known as Darry. Darry is a twenty year old greaser who is raising Ponyboy because their parents died in a car crash. Sodapop Curtis - He is Ponyboy’s middle brother that has the good look and charm. Two-Bit
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Outsiders Sequel Use the Instructions on the Essay Guide in Google Classroom and the Plot PPT to organize your sequel. You need to ensure you have all of the requirements from the instruction sheet and you have each element of plot represented in your story. Exposition -pony writes his book and his teacher publishes it but the police start an investigation on the book. : after Pony wrote his essay for the project the teacher asks to talk to him after school. His teacher said,” Ponyboy… this is
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Alfred Prufrock is a lonely, awkward man, who struggles to relate to other people. In social situations, he is very nervous and constantly questions himself. This is because he is worried about how other people will view him. This internal scrutiny becomes clear when Profrock attempts to socialize while eating toast and tea: “Time for you and time for me,/And time yet for a hundred indecisions/And for a hundred visions and revisions,/Before the taking of a toast and tea.” For Prufrock it is quite
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There are several factors that played key roles in the Union's victory over the equally manned Confederate forces at Fort Donelson. These factors include toxic leadership, unclear guidance, sense of duty, technology/perception, and premature sense of victory. Although, both sides had several issues these are the ones that I feel stood out in the video, battle analysis and classroom discussion. Furthermore, I can relate these to personal experiences over my career. As illustrated by our instructor
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T.S. Elliot fabricates the modernist tenet of questioning nature and tradition by posing rhetorical questions and using metaphor in his poem The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock, unlike Fitzgerald portraying the loss of the American Dream. Prufrock is an average man taking the reader through his divided society. Prufrock is an average man, he goes with what society expects of him, and what they make of him, “I am pinned wriggling on the wall” (Elliot 58). Prufrock is being attacked and manipulated
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