In the late 1800’s, two writers with very different backgrounds, wrote surprisingly similar stories. Guy de Maupassant was born in France and was largely known for his work in short stories. O. Henry, born a little later than de Maupassant, was a southern American writer who also specialized in short stories. Both were known for ending their stories with unexpected plot twists. Two of these stories, The Necklace by Maupassant and Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry have very different settings and characters
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groups are called the Greasers and the Socs. In The Outsiders Ponyboy is with Johnny Cade, another Greaser, when they are jumped by a small group of Socs. The Socs hurt the two Greasers and then start drowning Ponyboy. Johnny, however, kills one of the Socs to get them to stop torturing them. Ponyboy and Johnny end up running away after killing the Soc and finally take refuge in an old abandoned church. When Johnny and Ponyboy were living in the church, after running away when they killed a
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or jump them. As an example, in chapter 4, Johnny stabbed Bob with a switchblade at the park and stated that he had killed him in self- defense
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where she, Raven, Mylo, and Johnny would talk. The four were good friends. Clementine typed in ‘Raven’s lab, ASAP’. After several minutes the two boys arrived. “Thank goodness that monster is far from here,” Johnny said as he traveled down the stairs. “Not really. The mutant would be by here by the next morning.” Mylo said, sweeping his hair away from his face. Clementine switched off the T.V. She paused and looked at her nervous friends. “Maybe we can help. Johnny stopped moving and looked at
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She heard her son Johnny arrives, but a second voice appeared. It is an African American boy, named Boyd, and he is a bit smaller than Johnny. He is carrying kindling wood, and Mrs. Wilson reprimands Johnny for not helping his friend. They invited him for lunch, and Mrs. Wilson inquires about Boyd’s family with hesitation. She inquires about the profession of Boyd’s father, and furthermore, she started questioning about, why Boyd’s mother does not work. Underlying, Johnny is chastising his own
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Subject: Johnny Cupcakes x JCAddict Collaboration Proposal CC: Dear Johnny Cupcakes Brand, Late Friday afternoon, JCAddict member Tom De Vriendt illustrated a design that we believe would be beneficial to both the Johnny Cupcakes brand and the JCAddict community. We spoke with Mr. De Vriendt and have his permission to speak with you regarding his t-shirt design attached in this email. We believe producing this design will: 1. Strengthen the community’s sense of identification with
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needing to think twice about it. “I should be scared I thought with an odd detached feeling, but I’m not” 112- 113 it shows how SE Hilton portrays the greasers as heroes. Heroes are willing to risk their lives for others, this is shown when Ponyboy and Johnny save the kids from the fire.
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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. But he never heard Dally's answer, for we had reached the top of Jay Mountain and Dally suddenly slammed on the brakes and stared. "Oh, glory!" he whispered. The church was on fire!. I bet we started it," I said to Johnny. "We must have dropped a lighted
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Staying Gold What is the theme of The Outsiders, a novel written by S.E. Hinton? The main character, Ponyboy, is a greaser that lives in a society where the rich kids, or Socs, are different from the poorer kids, or greasers. He reveals that life is worth living, no matter what difficulties he faces. Darry, Ponyboy’s oldest brother, shows that family is important. Sodapop, Ponyboy’s other brother, communicates that an understanding person should be kept close. Cherry, a Soc, shows Ponyboy that a
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husband Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld) despite the warnings of Lene (Nina Kunzendorf), her friend and a clerk in the Hall of Jewish Records, that it was probably Johnny who betrayed her to the Germans. Nelly finds Johnny, a pianist who now goes by Johannes, working as a busboy at a nightclub called Phoenix. Johnny does not recognize Nelly, who introduces herself as Esther, but soon notices some resemblance to his wife whom he thinks is dead. Intent on collecting his dead wife’s inheritance, Johnny convinces
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