Narrative Essay : The Outsider

Aldous Huxley uses the viewpoint of an outsider, or Savage, to give the reader different perspectives of his dystopian world in Brave New World. After traveling to the World State from the reservation, John (the savage) disagrees with the lack of intimacy, the lack of morality, and the lack of free will that he witnesses there, which shows the reader a very different side of the World State. These imperfections, along with many other factors, cause John to plunge into insanity and eventually commit suicide.

     The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton was written in 1967. This novel tells the story of the conflict between two different social groups, the greasers and the socs. The socs were the socials who lived in the rich part of town, and the greasers were the lower class youths. This novel tackles issues such as violence, class conflict, and prejudice. The novel takes place in the early sixties. The Outsiders examines how two different groups compete, and unite for survival, which is often justified with violence. Hinton’s publishers decided that she should publish the novel under the name S.E. Hinton. They were worried that readers would not respect a females perspective on violence, and that is why

Throughout my lifetime, I have had many experiences that altered me forever. The best experience that has ever happened to me was when I moved to America from Egypt. Moving to another country like America was the most life –changing experience I have ever encountered. I lived in Egypt for ten years with my parents and older brother. My family was wealthy, my mother was a lawyer, and my father was a geologist. I attended a strict Catholic school when I was in kindergarten. We had to wear a uniform every day and have it clean and ironed. Afterwards, my parents transferred me to a public school because it was closer to home. The transition into the public school was difficult because it was hard for me to make friends at that time. When we

After some time, these facts began to sink in. I would no longer wake up and walk into the same bathroom, walk down the same stairs, or eat in the same kitchen. I would no longer take the same walking route to school along with my friends. I would no longer have the same lasting neighborhood friends to socialize with. I would no longer take the same classes in school, talk to the same teachers, or even take notes the same way. However, I did not realize some of the other, not as despondent, impacts that changing environments would have until being ?new? for a few

“Things are rough all over.” (Hinton 35) Ponyboy Curtis says this in the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. An outsider is someone who is different or doesn’t fit in in a certain way, which is why Hinton never emphasizes who the outsiders are; readers can interpret this book and the outsiders in their own way because Hinton proves that everyone is an outsider in their own manner. While it can be argued that every character is an outsider, the main outsiders in this book are Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and Cherry Valance.

The day was hot and musty, the roaring of fans could be heard in every room of the old house. Yet, as the peaceful residents swam in the cold, refreshing pool, one girl stayed inside- buried in papers and work. She frantically wrote, drew, and marked on the plain graph paper in front of her, determined to finish what she started. Hours that felt like days passed until the girl finally lifted her pencil to examine her work. On the paper was a drawing of a CO2 car, a rail car to be exact. It was a simple design, she thought, but it would work well. She sighed, her breath hot. She was finally ready for what lied ahead of her. Her eyes drifted to the CO2 car she had just drawn. Webs and a hour glass decorated it for a Black Widow look. Yeah, it was cool. Her eyes fell back to the paper in front of her as she signed her name. “McKenzie Quarles - Entry: Black Widow – Competition: CO2 State Dragster Race.”

So I got ready I put on my Aaron Rodgers jersey I made me some cereal and as some toast than my packers hat slowly putting it on I grabbed my 2500 dollars and left the house after that I was on my way to shrimps house I arrived at the house and slowly opened the door to find out the crew was there I t was me Cameron David red says, Eli and Colbert so I slammed the door and said how are we gonna pull off this stunt red blurted we can ask Cameron mom for money so quickly got my belt out and started to beat him down mercilessly it got so out of control I grabbed a bat and smacked him read laid there unconscious and bruised we got business again then Eli raised his hand I said yes Eli you have an idea he said yes dad we can all go and look for money I said that's not a bad idea but we may need a better idea to pull this stunt.David blurted we can all.

An outsider is someone that doesn’t belong in a particular organization or group, the orphan boy and the elk dog is a story that talks about an outsider boy that’s rejected by everyone around him because of his disabilities and difference between him and everyone around him. My personal experience about being an outsider happened 4 years ago and it was a very tough experience that I hope I’d never go through again.

We all went to the cafeteria, that stupid Sylvia Saldivar says, “Hey Rachel, I’m sorry, I thought that ugly red sweater was yours, because you are skinny. Oh my! Sylvia Saldivar just apologized to me. I thought she was the meanest kid here. She always turns away when I tell her something. This is very weird but I guess we are friends now!

How does it feel to be an outsider? You might not know how it feels, but Ponyboy does for sure. S.E. Hinton writes The Outsiders. The Outsiders takes place in the mid 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In The Outsiders, the theme of the story is to not judge people based on their appearance. A teen gang in Tulsa, the Greasers, who are constantly on bad terms with the Socs. When one of the rumbles turns into a bad situation, involving Johnny killing a Soc, Ponyboy and Johnny take off to live in a church in Windrixville. Dally Winston comes to Windrixville to check in on them and see if they need anything, he takes them to Dairy Queen, while they eat, as if it were their last meal, Johnny discusses that he should go back and turn himself in. As

Generally in life we all go through changes that we didn’t ask for or can’t stop from happening. It’s a stage in everyone’s life. Some changes may be good and some may be bad, but that’s something you have to learn too deal with. Most changes come and go but other changes are permanent. Just like a caterpillar doesn’t stay a caterpillar forever, give it sometime and it finally transform into a beautiful butterfly.

In this reading, the main topic is about the relationship between wildlife conservation policies (outsiders) and the native people Mt. Meru. Their situation is similar to what many natives must face in the developing world: policy-making by outside people on land that was not theirs in the first place. Like the Native Americans of the Americas, Europeans migrated to Africa and settled in areas that they had no rights to. Despite there being people who have been there for many years, this was almost obsolete to them. They began creating policies to control the resources used in such areas. For example, this article speaks of “tightening of state control over forest and wildlife resources on the mountain at the expense of existing customary rights…”

When I was in fourth grade, my family moved, and I transferred to a tiny country school from my larger town school. The little school rarely had new students, and my peers had all been together since pre-k. Rather than welcoming a newcomer, I was bullied constantly because I wasn’t like them. I was mocked for everything from my bright ginger hair and freckles to my lack of athletic ability. After having tons of friends at my old school, I felt lost and alone. Before changing schools, I had been bubbly and outgoing, but afterwards I became very insecure about myself. I became uncomfortable talking to people, or even holding eye contact during a conversation.

I couldn’t believe I passed my English class! I was always one of the students at the bottom of the class. What I sucked at the most was the passages my teacher would pass out. I would have to read a short story, and answer multiple choice questions about the story. I also sucked at taking notes because when I needed a definition of a word I could never find it. My teacher taught me these two strategies that would help me with both. It wasn’t till the school assigned me tutoring.

This was a pretty troublesome time for me. I felt alone and desolate from everyone else in my class. Thankfully, I had the opportunity to be given a great teacher and role model in my life who cared not only about me, but my education as well.