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Why Is The Outsiders Important To Me

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Everyone in life has been impacted by a famous person or a family member because of a certain situation that you (we) might gone through at that time. Singer Ed Sheeran, famous actress Emma Watson, and president and CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz have impacted my life by never giving up in what I dream of doing no matter what people tell me and those wise word are indefinitely true. Nevertheless, something that inspired me came not from the mouth of a person, but from a classical book. As a seventh grader, I never thought that a book with such a simple text font would grab my attention in no time. This book would open my eyes and mind to realize how important life is while you have family and friends to support you. When I read this book, …show more content…

The book, The Outsiders, written by Susan Eloise Hinton or S.E. Hinton, as written in the cover page, gave my life a sense of meaning and understanding. The character, Ponyboy Curtis, and the whole story transmits a strong message mainly to teenagers but adults as well. I feel that this book has influenced my life since middle school and up to now because everyone in middle school goes through a stage that tries to assimilate in a certain group of friends. I was the quiet and shy girl that sometimes felt out of place, but I think that it is part of life; trying to belong in a particular group of friends that can understand you and accept the way you are. When I read the book, I could assimilate with the character, Ponyboy Curtis that felt set apart in the world because he was different from his brothers. His interests and behavior were different from other Greasers (gang members that were more like family). I feel that reading this book helped me because not only was I going through that face of life, but that almost everyone feels like they do not fit and you try to find people that like how you

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