Carleton S. Coon

¨You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog cryin’ all the time well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine” (Presley). The Greasers are like Elvis Presley because they both use lots of hair gel, they have the same slang, and the same personality. However unlike the Greasers, the Socs are more like the Beatles. The Socs have the same parlance, have the same style, and are very classy. The Socs care about what they look like and they make sure that they are always looking sharp…

How does it feel when someone loses their parents and only having your friends and siblings also having two of your best friends die. Well in the story “The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton” a boy named Ponyboy was in the situation. Since Ponyboy’s parents died, he is staying with his brothers not going into a boys home. Darry and also Sodapop is Ponyboy’s brother and take care of Ponyboy and it should stay like that. Darry is constantly worrying about Ponyboy every day. If the cops found out he is…

What does being honorable mean? To be honorable is to stick to what is right or to a code of conduct. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the Greasers are a part of a gang that treat each other almost like brothers. They fulfill to a code of honor and respect among their own gang. Even though the Greasers are hoodlums, they are still honorable because they have good intentions, they stick up for each other, and they stick together. Although the Greasers were committing crimes, their…

Outsiders that Became Heros Have you ever felt like hero or wanted to be a hero. Heroes are people that risk their lives or put themselves in danger to save others. In The Outsiders Ponyboy, Johnny and dally are heros to their friends and others. Ponyboy is a hero because he likes to see things from other people's perspectives. Johnny is also considered to be a hero to many people. Dally is also a hero even though he's a tough guy on the outside. Ponyboy is a hero because he likes to…

Are greasers good? Are Socs bad? Outsiders shows us all what dividing ourselves can do. It shows us the division we created just because they are different. Johnny, Dally, Darry, Sodapop, Ponyboy, and Two-Bit show us and our friends the divisions we create are terrible. I favorite character was Johnny because even after a traumatic experience he was still a kind person. He was willing to sacrifice himself for the lives of others. He may have died, however, he died a hero in the people's eyes.…

Both Heller and Eliot, in Catch 22 and The Wasteland, respectively, use the modern structure of fragmentation to emphasize the disillusionment and despair that come as a result of a war. In The Wasteland, Eliot begins with the imagery of a barren land, laying a foundation for his poem about nothingness after World War I. Throughout “The Burial of the Dead”, he references the hyacinth girl, a reference to the woman who held the Holy Grail that could restore the lands. However, he notes, “I could…

The Outsiders Loyalty, sometimes it is good and sometimes it is bad. In The Outsiders, the author S.E. Hinton shows many acts of loyalty from the greasers. From good to bad there are many ways of showing these acts of loyalty. On way of showing loyalty is that Ponyboy stay with the greasers, but also questions their decisions. He is anti-aggressive, he does not like to fight but he will act like he will to protect himself. He also does not agree with how two-bit steals a lot of thing, that…

Albert Einstein once said, “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” This quote perfectly describes the alter in Ponyboy’s demeanor towards the Socs. In S.E Hinton’s book, The Outsiders, the main character’s attitude towards the higher class socials changes over the course of the novel, transitioning from feelings of fear and avoidance, to feelings of openness and acceptance. Ponyboy is labeled a Greaser, which is the opposite of a Soc, therefore pronouncing them…

Response Paper 2 S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" uses a modernist approach to describe the views of a man living with self-doubt, lack of confidence and an inability to make sense of the modern world. Eliot uses descriptive images and society as the setting to give a clear visual picture of man living in his own hell due to his extremely low self esteem and the way he feel he is viewed by others. He cannot give or receive love because he goes through life with a…

T.S. Eliot's J. Alfred Prufrock and Ernest Hemingway’s Jake Barnes struggle to find meaningful ways to live their lives. They stay on the sidelines, searching for a way to find happiness in an unforgiving modern world. While Jake Barnes does find some shred of success, J. Alfred Prufrock does not. J. Alfred Prufrock longs for happiness in his shallow life. He hopes that finding a woman to marry will provide him with a desirable, exuberant life. In Eliot's poem, Prufrock attends an upper-class…