Lucynell Cratet's Interactions With The Outsiders Short Story

Shiftlet is so desperate to escape the responsibility of marriage that he is willing to showcase his more materialistic side, in hopes of making himself undesirable or seemingly unfit for that type of commitment. Another example of symbolism in this story is the title itself. Although he does not realize it, Tom has stumbled across the old woman’s farm because fate brought him there for a specific reason; he is given the choice of helping these people and possibly “saving” their lives, or saving his own life (in his eyes, his freedom). “In Mrs. Crater and Lucynell, Shiftlet is presented with an opportunity for a real sacrifice, an opportunity to love unlovable people. Shiftlet refuses it in order to remain free and mobile...Shiftlet is trying to save his own life - while he is given the chance to at least improve Lucynell’s or Mrs. Crater’s.” (Ragen). Just from the very first description of Tom, the readers could sense he may not be the most reliable or trustworthy person, but they also secretly hope that, as the story moves along, he will become a better person and realize his full potential as a husband and caretaker. The symbolism of the story’s title immediately gives the audience an idea that something is at risk here, and while the obvious answer is Mrs. Crater’s and Lucynell’s lives, Tom believes the answer is his version of life: freedom.

The Outsiders, a coming-of-age novel, written by S.E. Hinton who was a teenager at the time of writing is firmly based upon groups of teenagers divided amongst their social classes. The novel takes on the rival battles of the Socials and the Greasers.

In the story “The Storm” the author has used good literary devices and a good word choice to set up this story. In the first sentence of this story has some foreshadowing “When the storm hit on friday evening, we weren’t prepared.” This catches the reader's attention also it gives the story a good plot diagram. This is said by the narrator on what happened Friday evening. Later in the story there is some more foreshadowing done by the narrator. Some other literary devices the narrator was the way she decrided the weather, “I looked out of the window at the ocean that was just twenty feet from our house. It twisted and gnarled into knots. The trees tried to hold their balance against the wind. Then rain began to fall like grapes from

Ponyboy Curtis - The novel's fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers. Ponyboy's literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop. Darry repeatedly accuses Ponyboy of lacking common sense, but Ponyboy is a reliable and observant narrator. Throughout the novel, Ponyboy struggles with class division, violence, innocence, and familial love. He matures over the course of the novel, eventually realizing the importance of strength in the face of class bias.

One of the first items the author states is that all symbolism is intentional, there are no accidents when it comes to analyzing famous literature. He describes certain authors like James Joyce and T.S. Elliot as “intentionalists” or writers who purposely try to control every part of the story through symbolism. The author Thomas Foster teaches us never to overlook anything in a novel even if it be little things like the color shirt they are wearing or what the weather is like outside. Building more off the last statement, precipitation, whilst being a little detail added into a story, holds a lot of important roles in moving the story along and even providing hardships for characters to overcome. Even more than that though, he says “It’s never just rain”, rain provides as a symbol in the story so that if someone is in the rain it’s almost as if they are being cleansed.

Chapter four was the next time I had noticed Tom acting a certain way for attention. In this chapter Tom was at Sunday school. Tom was trading items to get tickets that you are awarded for reciting bible verses correctly. Once Tom had enough tickets he had tried to trade the tickets in for a bible that he would be rewarded in front of the whole

Tom swung his body forward, thrusting his, “short arm up slowly” as to indicate, “an expanse of sky and his figure formed a crooked cross" (O’Connor 1). Shiftlet’s unique opportunity at redemption is manifested by the crooked cross in his figure. As he deliberately planned what actions he was going to undertake next, Tom suddenly began to smile as it “stretched like a weary snake waking up by a fire" (O’Connor 6). This example of literary elements suggests that Tom is following the mindset of the devil, in contrast to his possibility at redemption. Tom’s immoral behavior or lack of integrity forces him to surrender himself to the devil and take over his thoughts as he abandons Lucynell at their local restaurant, Hot Spot. Supposedly to go on their honeymoon, Tom drives off with Lucynell, while her mother, hesitant of their departure, realizes both Tom and Lucynell will be back within a day or two. As Tom is driving, the weather had been cloudless and neighboring by “a pale blue sky”, thus indicating Tom’s last opportunity at redemption and to ponder his thoughts before making another move (O’Connor 8). But, after all Tom’s integrity was lacking as he abandons Lucynell at the diner, therefore he has lost all chances at redeeming his immoral behavior. This is personified by the weather as it begins to down pour and “drain every drop of from the earth before it

Crater and her daughter, lives. Lucynell, a girl who cannot talk and cannot hear properly, is taken care of by Mrs. Crater. Mrs. Crater persuades Tom Shiftlet to work for their farm and to repair their car and tells him that she is able to feed Tom but is unable to pay him with money. As some time passes, Tom fixes the car and does some significant amount of work. Mrs. Crater offers Tom to marry Lucynell and Tom agrees in the condition that he gets some money. Lucynell and Tom Shiftlet go on a honeymoon, and during their travel they visit a small restaurant where Tom abandons Lucynell. As he travels, feeling lonely, he picks up a hitchhiker. He talks to the boy about being good, but the boy curses and gets out of the car. After the boy gets out the car Tom starts to pray to god as he seems to drive to run away from someone or

The majority of this story happened in the past which is what makes it memory-like. The setting of this story changes as time progresses; he travels from state to state, car to car. The only thing that remains constant is the weather. Weather is used throughout the story and plays a significant role in making this a memory. He mentions rains throughout the story; “I rose up sopping wet from sleeping under the pouring rain”(pg 3) “The downpour raked the asphalt and gurgled in the ruts”(pg 3) “Then, in the dark, I didn’t see the storm gathering”(pg 5) “.....just as it began to rain”(pg 5) “the family….splashed along through the rain”(pg 6). He even compares blood to rain, “human blood flew around the car and rained down on my head”(pg 6). This weather could be seen literally as rain or as insight as to what the narrator is feeling. Rain often depicts emotion as dreary, sad, and depressing. This weather in the story helps to set the mood and show what the character is feeling inside.

The weather does more than fit the scene’s energy; often, the weather mirrors the protagonist’s attitudes and feelings, helping readers sympathize and connect with the characters. The first several chapters, set at Gateshead, are rainy, cold, and dreary, paralleling Eyre’s hopeless outlook. According to Thomas Foster, one of rain’s several potential purposes in a novel is to add an air of mystery, isolation, and misery. For example, when Jane is locked in the red-room, “the beclouded afternoon was tending to drear twilight...the rain

Tom stays hopeful for his family and he says that if this does occur, the farmers can “get together” and refuse to work. He believes that through unity, the workers can achieve power over the farm owners. Tom suspects that the workers can raise their wages if they refuse to do their job and let the food “rot.” Tom is displaying his leadership skills by creating an idea in which people join together for an important cause. He later puts this idea into action by becoming a voice and guide for the people and helping them create a better future. By joining together and protesting the works he says that it “wouln’ be long ‘fore the prices went up” and the workers would receive improved wages. Tom parallels Moses because he is promising that by sacrificing their current situation, they have a chance to live the life they dreamed that they would. Tom had made

In his first home with the Shelbys, he is rarely if ever referred to as anything other than “Tom” or “Uncle Tom” (Stowe ). In correspondence, Tom has plenty of freedom in the Shelby household being as free as a slave can be well still being a slave (Stowe ). At the St. Clare’s, he is beginning to be referred to as a “fool” and “naive” showing that he is starting to enter the environment where one is separated from one’s ability to make meaningful religious choices (). Finally, he reaches Legree’s where he is mostly regarded as “beast” and “creature” going with the environment taking away his soul (Stowe ). Here there is a clash between how Tom behaves and how he is described, but parts of it still hold true. While under Legree’s rule, he moves his worship of God to the background to satisfy Legree who “hate these curse, Methodist hymns” by stop singing them and worshiping God because he is a slave and he is supposed to listen to his master as long as it does not infringe on Gods law (Stowe 359). In a way, this turns Tom into a religious animal but still an animal who cannot truly claim his soul until he can fully commit himself to God something he cannot do while serving a master who demands his slaves accept that “I’m [he’s] your church now” (Stowe 308). As that moment showcased, despite an inner voice saying he must say “no” to this order, Tom only gives a “downcast face” as a slave he cannot truly

The Outsiders is a book by S.E. Hinton. This book is super good it has lots of twists and turns in the book. 91% of people on google said that they like the book. This book is a Non-fiction book which means it was based on a true story. This books rating is 4 stars.

Both films show that conflict between the society and human, the protagonists in the films are all tied by something—Greasers all tied by their working-class family, and two couples are tied by their D.E.I. scores. The fights in the films never stop, like Greasers fight with rich Socs, and quarrels between two couples. In these conflict and fights, the courage of protagonists emerges. The courage in two films, is caring about someone you care, and help them even this will put yourself in risk. In The Outsiders, Ponyboy cared about the children in the big fire, so he ran into the church to save them; and for caring Ponyboy and children, Johnny came to help him, even this lead to his death. In Everything before us, Seth terminated his relationship

Hypocrisy is seen through the character of Mr. Shiftlet. First Tom convinces Mrs. Crater into marrying her handicapped daughter. After the couple is married and he promises to take care of her, he dumps her at a diner called The Hot Spot. Feeling guilty about his actions, Tom picks up a boy hitchhiking and advises him with virtues from his past. Picking up on Mr. Shiftlet’s hypocrisy, the boy jumps out of the moving car. Dramatic irony occurs when Mrs. Crater believes Mr. Shiftlet that he is interested in her daughter, and believes that they will return home soon towards the end of the