In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, conformity plays a major role. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, there are two rival gangs, the greasers and the Socs. The greasers are considered hoods and delinquents, while the Socs are considered nice, responsible children, even though they often are just as bad as the greasers. Ponyboy Curtis, a greaser, is not like everyone else, while the other greasers beat up strangers and rob gas stations, Ponyboy likes to read books, watch movies, and look at sunsets. Through the actions
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The great American icon celebrates its first century. MOTORCYCLES They were so young. William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson were only 21 and 20, respectively, when they built their first motorcycles for sale in 1903. Working out of a 10 x 15-ft. backyard shed in Milwaukee, the pair built only three of their bicycle-based single-cylinder motorcycles that year. But what they started has lasted 100 years and grown to become an internationally recognized symbol of America. These two tinkerers and racers
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The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, is about the Socs (who are rich snobby kids) and the Greasers (who are broke kids) have a fight and one Soc gets killed. They get into a fight and a couple of people get killed earlier and later in the book. The Greasers have it worse because they have broken families, they are always jumped by the Socs, and they don’t have a lot of money. The Greasers have broken families. Dally said that his family does not care about him or what he does. Also Johnny has the same
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1. T.S Elliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock has a variety of metaphors that give great meaning to the poem. One line in particular that speaks out to me is line 51: “I have measure out my life with coffee spoons”. For instance the metaphor of “measuring out life with coffee spoons” might be interpret as living his own life very carefully in small quantities. Also thinking twice of the life decisions he might make. When I think of this line, I think of someone who is precise and analytical
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Fight Pony boy fight! Some people may be put in foster care, but in my opinion Pony boy from the "Outsiders" should never be taken away from his family. Pony should never be put into a foster care household. He is a courageous boy who fights for his life and his family's life. He earns so much respect fro his family, and he sends respect right back to them! If Pony boy stays with his brother, Dally, he will be very well taken care of. He will be even more courageous than he is now. Pony would
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The Outsiders is a novel written by S.E Hinton about a group of boys who class themselves as a gang based in the 1960’s. The book is about Ponyboy Curtis and his gang the “Greasers” and their constant battles with their rival the “Socs”. Their battles and fights are all fun and games until someone gets hurt…. Badly. Even though it was self defence the boys’ world would never be the same. To me the novel and the movie were fairly similar but in other ways remarkably different. First of all it
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The bloody war is over, and we are united again! Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865. Grant had Lee surrounded after chasing Lee through a dense forest between Washington D.C and Richmond. Grant let all of Lee’s soldiers live and he let them keep their small firearms and their horses. Grant also fed Lee’s troops and told Lee no one would disturb the soldiers on their way home. Today should be a day that you say thanks, to Grant and the soldiers that stood with
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In the Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, Eliot describes Prufrock and how he feels in such a magnificent way that Prufrock certainly could not do himself because of his insecurity. With a dramatic monologue, Eliot allows the reader to make his or her own conclusions to add meaning to the poem. This poem is one of the most influential poems of the twentieth century because it is not like any love poem that had been previously written. In the sense of paralysis, Eliot creates a poem that generalizes
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Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822 and lived to July 23, 1885. He was the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General in 1864 to 1869, Grant worked preat close to President Abraham Lincoln To lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War..Grant graduated in 1843 from the United States Military Academy, then served in the Mexican–American War for a bit. After the war he married Julia Boggs Dent in 1848, they also had four children
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The book The Outsiders has many things different than the movie. This essay will explain some of the similarities and differences of the movie and book. There is a war going on between the Socs and Greasers. Pony and Johnny have killed a man and are now in hiding. They learn many lessons and wait four days until Dally shows up and takes them to get something to eat, but, when they come back the church is on fire and children are inside. In the book and the movie there are many similarities and differences
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