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    THE OUTSIDERS ESSAY A hero is someone that is not selfish, cares for others besides himself, and does things that are really brave. A hero is a person who is admired and idealized for courage. A hero would be someone that fights for a cause. Heroes are people who rescue others, or people that do something that is really brave. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are heroes in the book “The Outsiders.”There are many reasons why Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are heroes. Ponyboy is a hero because he went into

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    An ‘outsider’ relates to a person who is ostracised, does not belong to a particular group and is unaccepted. Director-writer Amy Heckerling portrayed characters such as Tai/Cher as the ‘outsider’ of her film ‘Clueless’ in the same way, S.E Hinton manifest Ponyboy Curtis and the gang, Greasers as the outcast of her novel ‘The Outsiders’. The Outsiders is a successful exploration and understanding of people who are unlike. The Greasers were displayed as the ‘outsiders’ mainly Ponyboy Curtis of S

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    The outsiders book by S.E. Hinton Johnny Cade is the pet of the greasers. He’s physically small and comes from a very abusive family. He's 16 years old, has long greasy black hair, he's a short and limber 16 year old. He is very quiet person who likes to keep to himself . He's quiet but is never afraid to get in a fight and defend his friends. When him and pony were at the park and pony was being drowned he didn't think he just did it he got his knife and everything went blank for pony. Pony boy

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    THE OUTSIDERS ESSAY A hero is someone that is not selfish, cares for others besides himself, and does things that are really brave. A hero is a person who is admired and idealized for courage. A hero would be someone that fights for a cause. Heroes are people who rescue others, or people that do something that is really brave. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are heroes in the book “The Outsiders.”There are many reasons why Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are heroes. Ponyboy is a hero because he went into

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    Johnny In The Outsiders

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    matter his conditions, and will sacrifice himself for others. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Johnny Cade fits these heroic traits. Johnny overcame many life problems that would have turned someone bitter or a coward. He was raised in a terrible home, with his physically abusive father and verbally abusive mother. Ponyboy claimed that, “If it hadn't been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are.” Johnny found

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    This statement is true in S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, two characters are very different, but have multiple similarities. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are similar because they both have abusive parents and they both care about one another. On the other hand, they have opposite personalities and have different opinions on the law. Therefore, Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are very similar yet completely different. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade have a similarity of having abusive parents. For

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    In my opinion, Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and Dallas (Dally) Winston are the most important characters in the ‘The Outsiders’. Ponyboy is the protagonist and narrator of the movie. The movie is portrayed through Ponyboy’s perspective throughout the movie. Even if the movie had the same plot, a different point of view would change the movie drastically. Ponyboy’s decisions heavily influences the plot. For example, Ponyboy stayed in the lot with Johnny after the movie then got into trouble for staying

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    been abandoned by their guardians or family and left alone to live their life without not knowing whats wrong or right. Johnny Cade one of the main characters in this story and he is one of the unfortunate people whose parents are often fighting each other and not paying attention to their son Johnny who wants to stay away from home all the time and that reason will make Johnny Cade commit a crime that will change his life. To Greasers the low society people the crime it’s an accident but socs the

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    there are two characters in S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders who have these traits. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are similar because they both have abusive and neglectful parents and place little value on their lives. However, Johnny and Dally are very different because Johnny is law-abiding whereas Dally does not care about the law. Also, their personalities are different. Dally is mean and tough; however, Johnny, is quiet, shy, and sensitive. Dally and Johnny both have significant similarities while having

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    The Outsiders Essay

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    The Outsiders In class we have been reading a novel called ‘The Outsiders’ by S E Hilton. This book was published forty years ago and is still popular because it has an interesting theme and characters as well. The book was set in the 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma, America. This book is about a boy named Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers and his gang. Ponyboy is from a gang called the greasers. The greasers are enemies with the socs who are the rich kids. Ponyboy is good friends with Johnny Cade, who

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