...The Outsiders is a novel written by S.E Hinton about a group of boys who class themselves as a gang based in the 1960’s. The book is about Ponyboy Curtis and his gang the “Greasers” and their constant battles with their rival the “Socs”. Their battles and fights are all fun and games until someone gets hurt…. Badly. Even though it was self defence the boys’ world would never be the same. To me the novel and the movie were fairly similar but in other ways remarkably different. First of all it seemed like they were trying to follow the guidelines of the book too well in some parts but not enough in others. For example they missed the first three chapters of the book and the last three chapters at the end. Rather important things too like...
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...The Outsiders was a book written by 16-year-old S.E. Hinton in 1967. It is a book about two rival gangs, the Greasers and Socs, and how each gang member helps each other in order to defeat the rival gang. Inspired from the book, there was a movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983. While watching the movie, I have noticed a copious amount of similarities and differences between the book and the movie. I noticed a lot of similarities between the book and the movie. For example, the storyline, plot, setting, and conflict were all the same. The book and the movie started with Ponyboy getting jumped and ended with Ponyboy solving all of his problems and coming back to the beginning. The setting of both the book and the movie took place in Oklahoma. In both the book and the movie, the events happened for the same reason such as the rumble, or Ponyboy and Johnny running away and getting jumped at the fountain....
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...We are comparing and stating differences in the book. We read the book The Outsiders. S.E Hinton was the author. I liked the book very much and we eventually watched the movie. As I was reading the book I did not picture the movie the way it was. I am comparing the movie and book and also making some differences. Some of the main characters in the book are Dally, Ponyboy, Johnny, Two-Bit, Darry, and there is other characters that aren't as important. The narrator in the book is pointing at Ponyboy's point of view. To start off, the characters are very different in the book then they are in the movie. Sodapop was in the book more than he was in the movie. There was blonde kids, (Soda and Dally) in the book but there wasn’t in the movie. Sandy wasn’t even mentioned or in the movie and she took a big part in the book. In the book's point of view the narrator is Ponyboy, and in the movie there isn’t really a narrator it is in every one perspective. In the book two-bit was 6 foot tall...
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...The Outsiders Book/Movie Comparison S. E. Hinton's story "The Outsiders" is a story the examines two different social groups in high school back in the 1960's. The book was such a big hit around the world that Francis Ford Coppola decided to make a movie out of it. When making the movie Francis didn’t want to leave out the little details that made the movie unique. There are many similarities and many differences between the book and the movie. My goal is to examine those similarities and differences and to look at the meaning behind the small details in the book and in the movie. One of the first similarities between the book and the movie was the 1960's setting. The book and movie both use old cars and the way the characters dress to express the story's 1960 setting. In both the book and movie the Socs drive new Mustangs and Corvairs, but the greasers drive old fixed up cars. "The Outsiders" book and movie both have a blue Mustang that is driven by the Socs. The Mustang represents fear and danger in the Greasers eyes, because whenever they see the Mustang coming they know something bad is about to go down. for his little brother, and that he wants Ponyboy to succeed in life. Another relationship represented in the book and the movie is between Johnny and Dally....
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...The Outsiders is about three boys who get into rumbles a lot. Their favorite place is the lot and their parents died in a car accident. They get in many rumbles with the Socs. The brothers are part of the Greasers. A Soc and Greaser try to figure their life problems out. There are many similarities and differences in the characters, relationships, and scenes of the book and the movie, the Outsiders. The characters in the book and the movie have many similarities and differences. Even though Two-bit was funny in the book, he was hilarious in the movie. After reading the book I thought Two-bit was young. In the movie he is small so that also makes me think he is younger. In the book they described him as skinny and tall. Although in the movie you could see he was short. In the movie Two-bit was shown eating cake. In contrast, him eating cake was not mentioned in the book....
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...vowel sounds within words * Hyperbole- Extreme exaggeration * Imagery- Creating a picture through words * Metaphor- A comparison of to unlike things, not using like or as * Onomatopoeia- Words that equal a sound * Personification- Giving human characteristics to non- human things * Repetition- A word or saying repeated over and over again * Simile- A comparison of two unlike things using like or as * Rhyme- Words that sound the same at the end lines to form a pattern Literary Terms * Mood- The climate of feeling in a literary work * Tone- The author’s attitude, stated or implied, toward a subject * Symbolism- A person, place, or object that has a meaning other than the obvious * Theme- The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work * Foreshadowing- When the author uses hints to hint point to an upcoming event * Irony- The contrast between what is expected and what appears to be * Point of View First Person- Character inside the story who can only reveal personal thoughts and what he sees and hears from other characters. Cannot tell thoughts of other characters Third person objective - Outsider who can report only what he sees and hears. Cannot tell characters thoughts Third person limited- The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters Omniscient- Outsider, all knowing, can enter the mind of more than one character * Plot- Conflict presented in a structured format * Characterization ...
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...different” Discuss this attitude in relation to your understanding of the concept of outsiders. “He was different and us kids don’t like anything different” is a view that suggests difference is unfavorable and disliked. Difference is perceived as unfavorable because it is misunderstood and kids don’t think for themselves. This attitude has implications that create insiders and outsiders and inadvertently justifies bullying. It does not recognize that difference is misunderstood, and rather suggests that it is wrong altogether. This ignorant and unsophisticated attitude is exemplified in Archie Waller’s story Herbie, about a young indigenous school boy who is rejected by his community because he is black. His understanding and connection of the land is misunderstood, as well as his culture and identity. Herbie’s character and mistreatment is revealed through a powerful selection of language features employed to convey the racism explicitly. The attitude “He was different and us kids don’t like anything different” creates an insider/outsider relationship. The relationship consists of the outsiders who are different and therefore vulnerable, and the insiders who use this to gain power. Exemplified in Herbie, an particular insider describes Herbie by stating “[Herbie would] flit around the shadows like a crow, he was as black as one too”. This clearly demonstrates Herbie as an outsider to the central group (the insiders), and the term ‘flit’ suggests the actions of a bird...
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...Michael Dell and Andy Grove 1 Comparison and contrasting of two industry legends: Michael Dell and Andy Grove James K. Gornto Northcentral University TWO INDUSTRY LEGENDS: MICHAEL DELL AND ANDY GROVE 2 Abstract Dell and Grove are two computer industry legends and both experienced the ultra highs of being the head of companies that were industry leaders and the gut wrenching lows of managing those same companies through periods of crisis that could have lead to destruction. Michael Dell from his beginning of making and selling computers from his college dorm room directly to becoming CEO of Intel , the number one computer selling market share position company worldwide, always placed the customer at the epicenter of his business model. Andy Grove at one point in time was CEO of Intel, which had a 100% market share of the world’s computer memory business and he witnessed that position erode to the brink of corporate bankruptcy. Grove utilized the outside approach to develop the business strategy that would twice save Intel from disaster. TWO INDUSTRY LEGENDS: MICHAEL DELL AND ANDY GROVE 3 Comparison and contrasting of two industry legends: Michael Dell and Andy Grove...
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...Western interest in China and the East at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Silent Traveller in London describes London from an Oriental viewpoint and thus creates a double perspective as both insider and outsider that is of equal interest to the native Londoner and foreign reader alike. Chiang Yee is an author who is endearing in his modest humility, cheerful narrative and superior wisdom and whose style of writing allows him to be as enlightening as he is entertaining. Chiang embraces his identity as a foreigner and begins his book by defining himself as an Oriental, “One of those strange Chinese people who ‘belong to an age gone by’”(ix). He is not embarrassed by his race or ethnicity and does not attempt to hide his background as he travels. Chiang celebrates his Chinese upbringing and the alternative perspective that this experience brings to life in London by disputing the fundamental differences between nations and nationalities. Chiang negates the idea that the peoples of the world are capable of differing greatly from one another given our fundamental sameness; “They may be different superficially, but they eat, drink, sleep, dress, and shelter themselves from wind and rain in the same way”(ix). The strangeness that Chiang feels as an outsider is not a product of human nature since similarities in taste and experience exist far beyond geographical borders; it is instead an opportunity to look at things from a different perspective and to share that perspective...
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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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...The Concept of the Outsider Literature often persecutes the most vulnerable, a person who lacks support and therefore power within society. Described by Terry Eagleton for The Guardian as the “literary mainstream”; these characters are often referred to as the Outsider due to their exclusion from the community in which the text is set. The characters who are referred to as Outsiders can be portrayed in different ways; their initial exclusion from society can ultimately lead to a narrative of their acquisition of power throughout the text but similarly, can portray a story of their maintenance of the minimal power they have over the course of the text’s plot. However, this is not to argue that some Outsiders presented within literature do not have power over the course of the development of the text so, as a consequence, remain excluded from the society. In this case, the text would then be considered an exposition of the character’s experience from their position in society rather than the author’s attempt of trying to integrate their character into society through their work. Furthermore, the author themselves may be considered an Outsider through their own status in society; they command their readers to be Outsiders themselves within the novel. As well as to read and observe the narrative in order to emulate the same feeling within themselves, within the reader or to have a specific impact on the issues surrounding humanity at the time. The contrast in the ways in which...
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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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...Ellen and Charity Comparison After reading Summer a novel by Edith Wharton, and watching the movie Age of Innocence, a movie based Edith Wharton’s book, I found two characters from each to be very similar. Ellen from Age of Innocence and Charity from Summer are very similar in many ways, such as, they are both outsiders in the societies in which they live. Also, they are in secret romances that would be forbidden if ever caught. So throughout this paper I am going to talk about their similarities, and also the few differences they have, and how there societies shape the character they are. First, I am going to touch on the subject that Charity and Ellen both do not fit into their societies, and are considered outsiders. Ellen is in New York City in the 1870’s during this story. During this time era in New York City, the society consisted of wealthy and well respected families, who had special customs and ways of going about things. Ellen being from Europe was not aware of these customs, therefore making her an outsider, because many people looked down on her because she did not act the way that she was suspected to. An example of this would be Ellen was estranged from her husband, and although they were separated, they were still married, so Ellen ran around with a gentleman named Julius who was also married and that was unacceptable in this society. Another example would be that Ellen was talking about getting a divorce from her husband, and that was looked down upon for...
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...Does Shakespeare reinforce or question contemporary attitudes to cultural outsiders in 'Othello' and The Merchant of Venice? In the plays the Merchant of Venice and Othello, Shakespeare explores the effects of racial oppression and attitudes to race in general. The idea of cultural outsiders is one of the main themes present in the plays. 'Culture' is the customs and social behaviour of particular groups of people and societies and an outsider is a person who does not belong in a particular situation, organisation or community. This definition relates to both Othello and Shylock as throughout the play we see them as victims of prejudice and injustice because of their cultural differences. In the play Othello, Shakespeare expresses the culture outsider, Othello himself in this instance. As a moor. The term Moor means a person or persons of an African descent. During the renaissance time period there were various stigmas attached to 'moors' and other cultural outsiders. Leo Africanus wrote a book named 'the history and description of Africa (1526)' where he portrayed Moors as being extremely prideful. 'Subject unto Jealousy; who would rather lose their lives than put up any disgrace on behalf of the women.' This is ironic and would lead one to believe Shakespeare reinforced Africanus' ideology in the tragic ending of Othello. Shakespeare also reinforces contemporary attitudes to Jews through the protagonist Shylock. During the 1600’s Jews were extremely disliked and according...
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...Successful leadership – how would you know? Boardrooms and business school classrooms are equally preoccupied with leadership, and success is often assumed to be about profit or Total Shareholder Return. It’s neither. For leaders wanting to measure their own success, for those who appoint leaders to know what they are aiming at and for outsiders assessing the quality of leadership, Andrew Likierman shows how to do it. Thinking W as Julius Caesar a successful leader? What about Ghenghis Khan? Simon Bolivar? Or Napoleon? Because we tend to think of these as military leaders, the answers look pretty straightforward. Each achieved major military successes. But then Napoleon was ultimately defeated – does that make him a failure? After all, he won a lot of battles before Waterloo, and his sweeping political and legal reforms have been the basis of French administrative life for nearly 200 years. Now let’s move to the politicians. How do you feel about describing Bill Clinton as a successful leader? George W. Bush? Tony Blair? Vladimir Putin? This is altogether more difficult ground. Some of you will have already decided; those of you who have not made up your minds could argue that it is too early to say. The historic verdict on Bush and Blair will probably depend on what happens to Iraq over the next 20 years. Those better informed about Russia than I am can make up their own minds about Putin. Moving next to business territory, with a few exceptions – say Bill Gates, Herb...
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