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    The Outsiders Dbq

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    “The Outsiders” Have ever felt like a outsider? In 1967, S.E Hinton wrote the book “the outsider”. The outsiders tells a story about two different groups and the ones that see beyond the greasers and socs. Which group is different or as the author call them “outsider”? The outsiders are people divided into a specific group. Although, the greasers and the socs feel like outsiders at times. The real outsiders are those who can get pass the greasers and socs. The greasers felt like outsiders

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    Speech On Outsiders

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    legitimately want to be told they’re an Outsider? Certainly not! Therefore, you should never call someone out by telling them they’re an Outsider. Don’t exclude peers that are different. No one wants to be an Outsider. Being an Outsider can mean that you have a harsh life, may be excluded for no sterling logic, in other words your peers are making you feel insecure. It explains that many people stand out, furthermore, they’re treated crudely by their peers. Outsiders should be encouraged to do what they

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    Who are the Outsiders How does social division influence our lives? During the 1960s. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, two social groups experience trauma that shows that there is more to a person than meets the eye. Who are the people set as outcasts by society? The outsiders, who can be more than one group or person, are Ponyboy and Cherry, the Socs, and the Greasers. Two individuals, Ponyboy and Cherry, had seen beyond the divisions of society. "It's not just money. Part of it is, but not all. You Greasers

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    Summary: The Outsiders

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    Who are the Outsiders Who are the outsiders? The outsiders are a social group, but unfortunately, those groups can be divisive. Sometimes being an outsider isn't as bad as it sounds after all we are all human, social group can't stop us from what we can or can't be. The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton at age 17, is a story about two social groups the Socs and the Greasers and their differences. There still are social groups to this day just different names.This story took place in Oklahoma around

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    Johnny In The Outsiders

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    Outsider When S.E. Hinton wrote her book called the Outsiders she never used the word in the book, only for the title. She did that so readers could figure out who the outsiders are. The word outsider means to stand out or to be different. I think the outsiders in the book are Johnny and Ponyboy. They are different from all the other characters in the book. Cherry gave the readers a hint at the beginning of the story, she said that ponyboy and johnny seemed different from the other greasers

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    The Outsiders Comparison

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    The Outsiders Essay In this essay, I am going to compare the similarities and differences of teenage life in The Outsiders to the life of teenagers now. The life of The Outsiders and the life of teenagers now are different in some ways and are similar in other ways. The Outsiders had different technology and social media, similar daily lives, and looked and wore different things then what we do now. They didn’t have much technology as we do now, they used payphones and a 300 series phones, but

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    Irony In The Outsiders

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    There are many mind-boggling books made throughout history, but a book written by S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders, melted the hearts of many. . In this book, there is so much conflict between the greasers and socs culminated in violence and physical confrontations. Greasers are the people who live on the east side of Tulsa with less money than middle and higher class. Socs are the higher class that have parties while getting drunk and still being highly respected, unlike the greasers who are looked down

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    Greaser: A poor, tough, harsh gang member. The Outsiders is about two groups of people, one poor and one rich, and these two groups jump each other and get into gang fights. The theme of the Outsiders is violence solves all. The three reasons that I think violence solves all problems is because Darry slaps Ponyboy, they have the rumble between gangs and when Johnny kills Bob. The first example of violent behavior in the book was when Darry slaps Ponyboy it resolves a problem. Darry thought that slapping

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    The Outsiders Analysis

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    Heros in Grease It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No it’s… a Greaser? The Outsiders is a book written by S.E. Hilton about a boy named Ponyboy Curtis that is a Greaser who is involved with a murder of a Socs along with his friend Johnny Cade. While it was under self defence, the cops would never believe them so they flee the town. Ponyboy is faced with many challenges along the way that involve his brother's (Sodapop and Darry), his safety, a church fire, and Johnny and Dally Winston death. During

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    temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace.” Fighting is a growing problem, especially in the book The Outsiders. Violence does not help solve any problems and has many side effects. If anything, it creates more problems than actually solving any. In The Outsiders, there is a lot of fighting between the Socs and the Greasers, which leads to physical effects. When Ponyboy is walking home after watching a movie, he is jumped by five

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