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Catch Me If You Can follows the young con artist called Frank William Abagnale Jr., as he escapes the misery of his parents’ divorce. From being a pilot to a lawyer to a doctor, Frank did this all before he was even 19, employing the tactics that he learned from his father. Frank is continually pursued by an FBI agent called Carl Handratty. Frank is also picked on at his new school for dressing up, which leads him to his first impersonation: a substitute teacher. When his parents are informed,…

Ponyboy Curtis is a 14 year old boy in the book The Outsiders. The story takes place in the 1960s and the main plot is the differences and rivalry between the south side (soc’s) and the North side (greasers) of the city. If you are born a soc you are blessed with wealth, nice cars, good schooling, and a future in society. But if you are a greaser you are condemned to a life of being poor, having to live of stealing working lousy jobs. Ponyboy and his two older brothers Sodapop and Darryl are…

Steve: considers soda and pony his kid brothers and works at the gas station with soda Ponyboy: 14, the youngest greaser and loves to read which sets him apart from the others and lives with soda and darry Johnny: he’s 16 and considers the greasers as his real family and he is nervous and sensitive. Soda: Everyone thinks he’s good looking he works at the gas station Darry: nickname is superman, he’s the leader of the greasers he’s twenty-two and works two jobs and is pony and sodas older brother…

corporations. Another of the requirements to be an outlaw hero is “the outlaw hero outwits, eludes, and escapes the authorities, usually with flair, often in disguise” (Seal, 74). Leonardo DiCaprio, who represented Frank Abagnale in the movie Catch Me If You Can have said “I was playing a great actor… But his stage was the real world. He's somebody that for whatever reason puts people at ease” (DiCaprio). One of his most representative characteristics was to be too smart. He used his…

Synopsis: The greasers and the Socs, two rival groups in the mid 1960’s, are facing many challenges throughout The Outsiders. Ponyboy, played by C Thomas Howell, is a young teenager living with his two older brothers Darry, Patrick Swayze, and Sodapop, Rob Lowe. He is part of the greaser gang, along with his closest friends Dally, Matt Dillon, Johnny, Ralph Macchio, Two-Bit, Emilio Estevez, and Steve, Tom Cruise. The two social groups do not get along, to say the least. Throughout the movie,…

People tend to keep company with one another based on opinions and qualities that they share. That being said, no two people can be entirely identical. This is certainly the case with Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston from the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Johnny and Dally are in similar situations due to them both having neglectful parents and placing minimal value on their lives. Despite their similarities, Dally and Johnny have very different opinions on how Ponyboy should be and on the…

The novel “The Outsiders” is a novel written by S.E. Hinton. The book is set in the 60s at Tulsa, Oklahoma and follows the life of 14-year-old, Ponyboy Curtis and his gang. Ponyboy lives in “the hood” and its part of a Greasers gang. The book explores the rivalries of different gangs and differences. The story has a very large climax in the middle, kick-starting a chain of events for the Curtis family. This essay will compare and review the relationships Ponyboy had with Dally and Johnny and how…

In a split society with Greasers, the hoods, the lower class and Socs, the higher class rich white boys. Ponyboy Curtis who is a 14 year old greaser lives at home he tends to be alone an outsider. His has two brothers Sodapop and Darrel Curtis who they call Darry. Ponyboy’s parents died in a car crash( so he is raised by Darry, He cared about Ponyboy, he cared about his grades (Hinton,9) Ponyboy had to adapt to these changes. Ponyboy had to grow up, these changes were hard but Ponyboy…

“Greasers can 't walk alone too much or they 'll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream "Greaser!" at them which doesn 't make you feel too hot if you know what I mean. ” ~ The Outsiders, Chapter 1, Page 2. This quote which kicks off the book helps to bring together what the narrator and main character Ponyboy character is as a Greaser. The Greasers are what the East side poor kids of Tulsa, Oklahoma with their slicked back long greased hair and switch blades, are called, kind of like…

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a realistic fiction novel. This book is about Ponyboy, a fourteen year old boy, who is being raised by his older brother because his parents have passed away. Ponyboy and his brothers are members of a gang called the Greasers who are in constant conflict with the Socs, an opposing gang. The greasers proved to be the heroes in the story, not the beloved Socs, the three greasers who showed the most heroism are: Ponyboy, Darry and Johnny. Ponyboy has shows multiple…