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    starts to follow the Motorcycle boy around to seem tougher and uncovers a new side of the Motorcycle boy. The antagonist of Rumble Fish is not really a person but poverty. His dad drinks away the child support money and is always drunk. Rusty is left to fend for himself which makes him steal and drink and smoke and fight for money. The two main themes of Rumble Fish are alienation and abandonment. Rusty James is just trying to fit in but all the gangs split up and he has nowhere to go

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    Rumble Fish The novel-based American drama movie Rumble Fish was directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983-the author of the novel S.E. Hinton also co-wrote the screen play. The cinematographer is Stephen Burum, the music is by Stewart Copeland, and the editor is Barry Malkin and the. Zoetrope Studios produced the movie with a 10-million-dollar budget (Clarke). The plot is primarily about the struggles of the main two characters, Rusty James (Matt Dillon) and his older brother the Motorcycle Boy

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    In the story The Outsiders, there is many life lessons that could help many people. Ranging from the people you hang out with, to people who need your help. You should always treat people how you want to be treated,even if that means giving something up. The main character, Ponyboy, experiences certain events in the story that makes you realize that these kind of conflicts are a reality. Ponyboy lives with his two brothers, Darry and Soda. Their parents died in a car crash. Ponyboy never realized

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    spine. The rolling hills shift in temperature. I break to the golden gates of home. The carefully chiseled arches stand tall, unafraid of the sudden bleak climate. I tremble with uneasiness and wish my dress can swallow me. ‘’Persephone!’’ a deep rumble trails behind me. The ground wobbles in horror. I swivel around quick and get light headed at the sight in front of me. A scream would never exit my body, it froze in dread. There stood the devil, King of the Underworld, Hades. Hades palm crashed

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    I clenched my stomach with both arms and twirled in a circle. “So...h-h-hungry!” “Hurry up, Howie!” My Dad said to my 5 year old little brother who hardly made it into the glass elevator. As we started going up to our floor, my stomach started to rumble and it felt like there was a black hole forming in it. “How about this,” my Mom whispered as we wandered through the long and narrow hallway to our room, “you can eat some of the snacks we have back in the room and we’ll chill out until dinner.”

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    Rumble Fish

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    In thinking of film's that are able to exemplify many film elements that are put together in an interesting and organized manner the movie Rumble Fish comes to mind. The director Francis Ford Coppola demonstrates how metaphors are able to help decipher a deeper meaning of the film. Rumble Fish is a film that is about growing up and seeing new things that have never been seen before. The two main characters who are brothers Rusty James and the Motorcycle Boy, experience internal conflicts. Rusty

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    The Rumble Fish Essay

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    trapped in this toxic town constantly fighting himself and this omnipotent deity image other have built for him. He foreshadows his death as he explains the fish will continue to fight until they kill themselves. Coppola was able to communicate the Rumble fish’s’ significance by choosing to color them red and blue while having the rest of the film be in black and white. Coppola chose to film in black-white to let the audience experience the story through Motorcycle’s colorblind eyes. The movie employed

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    friendship. Courage is crucial to be able to overcome obstacles and help others. Courage is a big theme in The Outsiders. For example, Ponyboy showed a lot of courage when he decided to fight in the rumble. He wasn’t in good shape as he had lost weight and was very tense. However, he fought in the rumble regardless to show his gang that he

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    Quotes From Rumble Fish

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    In the novel “rumble fish” by S.E.Hinton, rusty James is a tough teenager but at the same time he is an emotional wreck. James is a high school boy who is in a gang and likes to get into fights. He loves to fight it makes him feel tougher, he says “I feel so good. I Love fights. I love how I feel before a fight kind of high like I can do anything” (Hinton 18). James is a fighter at the young age of fourteen years old, he looks up to his brother to become tougher and a leader that everyone respects

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    Rumble Fish Analysis

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    including, The Outsiders and Rumble Fish. All of her writing focuses on young adult literature and teenage angst. Many of you may have thought Hinton is a male author from first glance at her name, but little

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