The Outsider-Personal Narrative

Carmen laughs and say. “I just told you why I have to go”, said Carmen. ”Why you treating Carmen like that”, said Brooklyn? This whole conflict turned into something it wasn’t. People who were in the park turned around and started looking and staring, and some even might have pulled out their phones. “ This is not called for”, said Carmen. The general manager over the whole park heard and saw the fuss and went over there to see what was going on. “ What seems to be the problem”, said general manager. “I have finals today, and Miss manager here is making me late”, said Carmen. “First, She was talking to me telling me that she was getting ready to go, so I can take her last hour and Ms. Manager came over to her with a mean look on her face; starting trouble”, said Brooklyn. “School come first Carmen, it’s okay go and take your finals, good luck baby girl”, said general manager. “ And for you manager, stop being mean to your co-workers loosen up a little bit ”, said general manager. Manager rolled her eyes and walked

Another reason that Mrs. Price thought it was her sweater was because he was probably desperate for someone to take it. I know this because in lines 32-34 it says, “Whose is this?” Mrs. Price says, and she holds the red sweater up in the air for all the class to see.

An outsider is defined as “a person who does not belong to a particular group.” In the book, The Outsiders, many of the characters can be described as being an outcast from the social society. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Cherry are outsiders in this novel because none of them really fit into the groups that they’re “supposed” to be in.

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton and The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho both center around the motif of being an outsider. The theme of both books is that you are never an outsider when you have friends and family. This is shown through the two main characters, Dara and Ponyboy. While they share similarities, the two are also vastly different.

In the short story, "Eleven," by Sandra Cisnernos, Cisneros describes the birthday of Rachel, an eleven year-old who was humiliated on her birthday. Her teacher, Mrs. Price, claimed that an old sweater belonged to her, when in reality, it was Sylvia Saldivar's who ironically claimed it belonged to Rachel. Rachel was left crying and depressed the rest of the day, when she was commanded to wear it. Cisneros best characterizes Rachel through her well use of her diction,imagery, and repetition.

To show that she is a higher class than the women in her class, she purchases an expensive hat which Julian describes as “jaunty and pathetic.” Julian’s mother bought this hat for seven dollars and fifty cents, which during the 1960s was enough to pay the gas bill for their apartment (273). Julian’s mother knows that she could have paid the gas bill with the money, but instead, uses the money to purchase an expensive hat, because in her mind, she is a high-class lady that can afford it.

The one thing he admired about Helen is the bond that she and Stephanie had together. But now, he’s worried about their marriage. He states, “Now an eight-pound steel ball seemed as dangerous as another woman, a runaway, or financial ruin, the less exotic tragedies of other families” (Apple 133). Helen makes her claim to her husband and Stephanie on why she feels so strongly about her daughter looking so boyish to her husband. When Helen was selling Avon, she had to spend hours dealing with an array of different women. Some of the women were ugly or disfigured. Being a seller of Avon, she would help these women pick out make-up and perfume to make them feel or look beautiful. Helen states, “I was never ashamed of being an Avon lady. I think their work is more important than IBM” (Apple 133). Stephanie is still not impressed by this argument her mother is making. Stephanie explains, “My truest feeling is that I want to throw the shot as far as possible, maybe sixty feet” (Apple 134). Still not understanding her daughter true feelings, Helen removes all the drugs out of the household still not understanding the exquisiteness of Stephanie’s

“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 outsiders is an good book it starts off with a kid named ponyboy who is what they call an greaser which is a person who doesn't have an whole lot of money and watches out for the socs. The socs are people who have lots of money and hates the greasers and they always fight anytime they see each other for no reason purely because their not the same. Well back to ponyboy, ponyboy was waiting for one of his greasers to come back and out of nowhere a bunch of socs start beating him up out of nowhere. They threatened to kill him but the greasers came outta nowhere also and scared them off. They helped the greaser up helped him out the went home. The next day they go eat find an couple of nice looking girls they say hi but in an weird way the girls like a couple of them the they paid and left. Another day goes by but they invite the girls to go watch an movie at an drive in somewhere but the greasers find out that the girls where socs when they got picked up and they didn't like the

In the story the outsiders there are a lot of text that are similar to my life. Me and my friend isaac and tyrese are friends who hang out all time and no matter what happens where are always going to have each others back. In the story The Outsiders they all hang out all the time and they have each others back like there one big family. I treat my friends like family because they all i need in life to make me feel safe out in this dangerous world.

We line up for lunch. Mrs. Price thinks thinks everything’s okay after I gave the sweater to Phyllis Lopez, which made me upset, so I yelled at Phyllis, “You ruined my birthday!” Phyllis ignored me, which made me furious, so I step on her foot. Then she did it back to me, and Mrs. Price sees that and we both get in trouble. Mrs. Price give us a warning, but I decided to calm down instead of breaking down again.

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.

When they arrive at F.A.O. Schwarz toy store, Sylvia resists acknowledging the luxury world by trying to make other plans to have her own fun. While most of the kids are off looking at different toys in amazement, Sylvia becomes upset by what she sees. She has never seen toys priced so high and for reasons she cannot explain. She says “who’d pay all that when you can buy a sailboat set for a quarter at Pop’s, a tube of glue for a dime, and a ball of string for eight cents?” Sylvia then starts comparing what she has to the wealthy lifestyle these people must have.

At times in life there comes something called change. In my opinion, I was not a big fan of change. You cannot imagine how I was feeling when my mother announced that we were moving. It was the middle of my sixth-grade year, I was feeling countless emotions, none that could be explained at the moment of the announcement. The main thing on my mind was school; my friends, my outstanding teachers, and the environment. All things I had left behind. All I could think about was, “How will I ever adjust?” I knew exactly what was to come, I knew exactly what I was going to become, an outcast. There were numerous of ways on why I was feeling this way, but