...examining our refusal to open our eyes to brutal reality. Helen Garner exposes the horrific and brutal story of Daniel Valerio, whom in society permitted to be beaten to death at only the age of two by his own mothers ‘boyfriend’. Garner comments that as a result of societies apathy, and refusal to open our eyes to reality, we allow evil to prosper within the society we live in. Expository texts open our eyes to the harsh reality of life and encourage us to take action against societies apathy. In the text killing Daniel, Garner comments on apathy within contemporary Australian society by describing those who lack action and concern towards those considered as ‘outsiders.’ By the use of descriptive language Garner describes apathy within the professional’s walls of society. Garner remarks that people with profession’s dealing with aberrant abuse can become desensitized to these situations, which often result in horrific consequences. This is reinforced by Garners comment that doctors were “impressed in court by their lackluster quality. Their manner appeared limp, their language feeble and non-committal.” By the use of the words lackluster, limp, feeble and non-committal, Garner suggests that authority figures such as doctors, are evasive towards the aberrant child abuse in society and act half-heartedly towards those effected. As a result from constantly dealing with such incidents doctors have become desensitized to the harsh realities in society....
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...In this passage David Denby's purpose was to explain the stereotypical high school movie genre. In these typical teen movies there's usually a pretty, popular cheerleader, her jock boyfriend, and the weird outsider that doesn't fit in. Denby wrote this to explain what a typical high school is like for teenagers, while knowing that this is nothing like what high school is like in reality, its just the way people who are outcasts perceive school. These outcasts see high school like a place that is ruled by one individual and their popular friends, when all these outsiders really want is to have what these popular kids had. Denby used rhetorical devices like pathos when he described how the characters felt. This passage was more...
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...their world, a world that has been shattered. They attempt to reach their allotment dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its imaginary goals. Not only are the themes of these two novels similar, but the characters within the novels have many similarities. An example of two characters that are similar would be Jay Gatsby, from the novel The Great Gatsby and Robert Cohn, from the novel The Sun Also Rises. These two characters, Jay Gatsby and Robert , are similar because they are both the romantics of the novels, they are also the rich outsiders. Robert Cohn and Jay Gatsby are both outsiders of the novels and are not wanted by the crowed. The title The Great Gatsby is like a paradox, for Jay Gatsby is neither great no Gatsby. Jay's real name is Gatz and he can not be great, because he is not accepted by the person, he most desires to be with, for he is an outsider. Gatsby being part of the "new rich" makes him an outsider as well as him living in West Egg, for it is the less...
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...profit. Consider the likenesses to movies about Native-Americans, where they are driven from their own property for the purpose of people with weapons needing to take their territory to live on and mine for gold and land. This is something that has been going ahead since human species have walked the earth, and it goes much more profound than simply Native-Americans. Hitler endeavored to do it to all of Europe, uprooting whoever he felt was mediocre, however it truly descended to his requirement for force and longing to have what those individuals had property, belonging, and so on). They weren't going to offer it to him, so he took it. Avatar essentially decide to recount this account of bigotry and genocide differently, utilizing "outsiders" as the indigenous individuals, and over-fanatical, cash hungry earthlings looking for a valuable mineral as the villain. It's truly only a retelling of what Americans did to the Native- Americans here, and what regimes and tribes have been doing in African nations for a large number of years. Everything comes down to a greater human advancement assuming control over a littler one, so they didn't need to go far when composing Avatar they just took a gander at world history and after that changed over some of earth's most prominent tragedies onto the planet of Pandora. Avatar the film copies a period respected "reactionary myth" that propagates “vampirism abuse” in the appearance of “empathy for poor people.” to put it plainly, Avatar...
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...not as bad as it sounds.” (Huckleberry Finn) Compare how the theme of outsiders is presented in Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, D.B.C Pierre’s Vernon God Little and Sylvia Plath’s Ariel. Throughout the history of literature, the idea of an outsider unable to find his place within society is explored frequently in all three texts. The theme of the outsiders is presented in all novels but separated due to the different time periods in which they were set, thus resulting in controversy and criticisms making it difficult to find a place within literature. Mark Twain’s ‘Huckleberry Finn’ is the story of a young boy, Huck Finn, who is faced with a restraint enforced upon him by society and later acknowledges this restraint once he comes to the realization that there is no escape from the society. ‘Vernon God Little’, like Huckleberry Finn, is also a story of a young boy framed as an accessory in a High School Massacre and is rendered to be an outcast in a society which revolves around manipulation and gullibility. Both Pierre and Twain portray the limitations and issues placed upon a young boy growing up in society. Sylvia Plath was viewed as a feminist icon, her collection ‘Ariel’, adopts the theme of outsider, as she believed women were classed as second-tier in a male dominant society and posed as a response to patriarchy in which oppressed women. The three texts intertwine in the portrayal of the outsider and act as a commentary on the societies in which these writers lived in...
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...An Outsider is an individual who is often treated poorly or excluded from activities or events based on certain qualities that normally one cannot control. Outsiders often have a few things in common as a group such as they are not included in their families, have a hard time in social interactions or even social class. Reasons such as there can often be harmful to an individual's self-esteem. Feeling like Outsider often can stem from not feeling included in your family. Your family is supposed to be the people you can count on to love you and include you, but unfortunately, if you don't have that support system it can be difficult. Harry Potter and Cinderella are excellent examples. Harry is not included because he is different, which makes him hard to understand for his "family". Cinderella, on the other hand, had a change occur and her differences from her new family make her hard to understand. Often, when you don't have the same qualities or characteristics as your family, it could make you an outsider....
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...Some outsiders have a phase of denial and when they see a self-reflection of themselves through another entity, it fuels hate. If they can see the same faults others have that they have as well, it causes the individual to not only hate those people, but themselves as well. It is the outsiders who are now looking in. The outsider is looking at themselves through another outsider. These hurdles delay or halt the logical reasoning. Especially for children, illogically transitions to a conclusion can form unnecessary hate. The temptation of reverting back to old habits becomes increasingly tempting. When seeing a quiet dainty Chinese girl, Kingston hates her. Beating up the girl is Kingston’s way of beating herself up (Kingston, 214). Kingston...
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...Don't judge my looks I’ve looked around and noticed that Appearance is key in Today’s society. Today's world is a world of hypocrite that say don't judge people by their looks but that’s exactly what they do. In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton has a great way of showing this. In this essay I will be explaining that appearance can mean everything. Most people look at what a person is wearing atomically assume. This is showed in the beginning of the novel The Outsiders Ponyboy, the narrator, is describing how the people he knows look like. An example of this is when Ponyboy says “we wear our hair long and dress in blue jeans and T-shits, or leave our shirttails out and wear leather jackets and tennis shoes or boots”(3). Ponyboy is trying to say that they dress like that because that’s how they know to dress, they grew up dressing like that. He uses the word “we” to show us that when people see someone dressed like that they assume that their greasers. Another example is when a Socs say “we’re gonna cut all that greasy hair off” (5). The Socs is trying to say that Ponyboy's hair shouldn’t be like that. So as we can see people judge who you are by the way you dress even if they don’t know you....
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...Outsiders Our society has issues regarding racism and discrimination, but is it really fair? What if you were in their shoes, how would you feel about it now? Social issues in our society with racism and discrimination have been a problem for years and it’s also a very touchy subject to some people. Some people argue that talking about supporting racial discrimination and prejudice is just words and that freedom of speech should allow such views to be aired without restriction. Other people point out that those words can lead to some very dreadful and serious consequences. In To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee clarifies about racial and excommunication. When Harper Lee was younger and how outsiders were dealing with racial discrimination...
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...In the novel The Outsiders, the author presents gold as valued items in life. Gold can be friends, innocence, or a good heart, which Dally sees in Johnny making Johnny his gold. S.E. Hinton argues that gold will not last forever, so it should be cherished and appreciated for as long as it lasts. Gold cannot be preserved forever. The poem Ponyboy recites while watching the sunset says, “so dawn goes down to day.” (Hinton, 77) Johnny describes dawn as everything new and day as when you get used to everything. (Hinton, 178) Gold is dawn, for new things are special and appreciated. However, dawn will not last forever. At some point, it will become day, so gold should be valued until it is gone. Reality will not allow you to hold onto gold, but...
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..."short end of the stick." Chaney reacted with fright. This makes the tone sound piteous. Particularly, Chaney states in Line 21, "After single shots to the heart had taken Mickey and Andrew, they'd saved three bullets for me." The evidence shown means that while the others experienced one bullet each, Chaney got three bullets. In reality, this does not sound fair. Although it doesn't sound fair, it makes his story a little bit more...
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...Do we as Americans make immigrants feel like outsiders? A flashback into 2012 reminds us Americans of our newly elected President Barack Obama, the outrage cry for equality in gay marriage, and the controversial death of Trayvon Martin. For authors Michael Jones-Correa and Louis Mendoza- 2012 however, was a year for increased immigration as well a time for equality with immigration. Both authors raise questions for its proposed audience. While Jones-Correa purpose is to inform and Mendoza to persuade, both prove to be very convincing in their arguments. Although both writers seem to be credible and effective in logical reason, Author Louis Mendoza achieves a more effective rhetorical analysis through his use of emotional appeal. Jones-Correa being a professor of government at Cornell University automatically has a strong set level of credibility. As well as being the co-author of the book “Latino Lives in America: Making It Home”. However, to strengthen his credibility he takes an informative stand point for his targeted audience. With an informative piece and/or standpoint its sole purpose is to do exactly that, inform. Relying solely on fact based interpretation, thus leaving no room for bias in his article. Keeping bias out of his work...
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...In the novel I read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, you will learn how one action can change your life forever. I think that conflict changes the way that people see themselves and others. One of the major lessons that you will learn in the novel, is finding your self worth. S.E. Hinton was born in 1967 but, she was 17 when she wrote The Outsiders, While she was attending Will Rogers high school in Tulsa Oklahoma: The book is about the different classes in the 70’s and, how a boy gets in trouble for something that Thesis: The characters in the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, often come across many different conflicts. I think that the most brod conflict is person vs nature. This type of conflict is shown in the novel when, Johnny and Ponyboy rescue children from a burning church. : In the novel The Outsiders by, S. E. Hinton, she shows many different types of conflict. One of the major conflicts for me was Person Vs Nature. Identify Conflict, Explain who was...
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...The Outsiders shows that teens join social groups to help create their identities. In joining these cliques, the adolescents take on both the positive and negative characteristics of them. Looking at life as an outsider and feeling as though one is being treated as an outsider is a matter of perspective or point of view. Adolescence is a time when teenagers may consider themselves to be adults, but in reality teens are still under the control of others. Parents, teachers, and other authority figures are always telling them how to live their lives. This loss of control inevitably leads to the feeling that life isn't fair. For example, Ponyboy knows that he is not safe walking the streets in his own neighborhood. He could be attacked solely...
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...attention to detail. 2a) The theme of “Going to the Moon” revolves around death and the impact it has on the world and on your family. To the world, your death may not change a single thing. But the impact on your family is a great tragedy. You may mean nothing to the world but you mean the world to your family. 2b) The moon acts as a metaphor because it is an imaginary place for the main character to escape from reality. 3) The main character comes from poverty and a poor family. He views the American culture as the ideal culture. The way he describes his culture verses the Canadian and American culture sounds as if America is the promise land and it is just out of his reach. 4) The allusion that the author uses is “. . . like Dorothy falling asleep on her way to Emerald City.”(211) This is very effective because just like Nino’s family being just out of reach of Detroit or the promise land, Dorothy was just out of reach of the wizard, she couldn’t make it. 5) This quotation explains that Nino feels he is an outsider. He is an outsider of Detroit and he sees the beauty and magnificence of the city. The people who live there, however, take all of it for...
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