Carleton S. Coon

Has there ever been a time where you felt like you have the worst life ever? Everything doesn’t go your way? Or you have friends that do things that are wrong? Well there’s a book titled The Outsiders by S.E Hinton were all those things happen. This book is a book were many tragedies, conflicts and commotions happen. There are two specific groups that cause these commotions and those groups are the Socials and Greasers. The Socials are a group of west side rich kids who basically do whatever…

The film Grease displays multiple issues that are common during the adolescent stage of development. Grease is a film regarding two 1950s teenagers who fell in for each other over the summer, who each consist opposite identities. Danny Zuko seems to have two separate sides to himself, as the girl he met over the summer Sandy Olsson who later attends Danny’s high school, did not witness Danny’s “greaser side.” This greaser side is the result of social influences of his friend group at school,…

The Outsiders Compare and Contrast We read the book ¨The Outsiders¨ in class then we watched the movie. ¨The Outsiders¨ is about two groups the greasers and socs and none of them like each other and then one night two of the greasers get into something with the socs and one of the socs ends up dead so then the two greasers had to go hide somewhere so they would not get caught and put in jail. But out of the book and movie I overall prefered the book because it was way better by far. It was…

In this world, people are labeled based on their appearance. Everyone is different, but similar in multiple ways. “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton is a novel about two different social groups: Socs and Greasers. Socs and Greasers are two groups who live their lives differently from one another. Socs are the upper class: wealthy and treated with respect. But, on the other hand, greasers are the low class: poor and treated like garbage. Socs and Greasers face different challenges in their lives,…

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned author, has wrote hundreds of novels throughout his career. Many of these novels are thought to be inspiring in a Catholic sense because of Lewis’ religious background. Specifically, in Perelandra, one of his greatest works, Lewis’ incorporates many Catholic themes and traditions into his novel; one of which themes references the story of the Garden of Eve. Moreover, the two main characters in Perelandra, Elwin Ransom and the Un-Man, could possibly resemble Adam and…

War, a lot of people played different roles on both the Confederate and the Union sides of the war. There were spies who used their seductive powers to get information out of the officers and women who dressed up as men to be accepted as a soldier 's. The Civil War influenced much of society by beginning segregation, secession, and gave rights to slaves. According to the biography on her website, Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City, American Rose, and…

The Reconstruction was the period of time, after the Civil War, that attempted to reunite the Confederacy back into the Union under its new laws. During this time, tensions between black slaves and white Southerners were severely heightened due to the change in order and social standards. In the essay “An Insurrection That Never Happened: The ‘Christmas Riots’ of 1865,” the author, Stephen Nissenbaum, highlights a different perspective about the Reconstruction Era. He argues that the events that…

As history progresses, we learn from our downfalls and progressions. As a country we need a leader to guide us through both of these. A strong speaker will give humanity, faith and guidance. First off a man who speaks of faith, hope, and charity I will speak of President Roosevelt. Than a man who wants the original American dream with the possible friendly competition. Saying we are the solution to a better America and we are the way to fix it Mr. Richard Nixon. I read Franklin Roosevelt and…

As I stated in my review for Battle Cry of Freedom, I believe that James McPherson’s loyalties in his writing are staunchly Northern in regards to the Civil War. The word revolution is defined as “a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.” So, if we go by the actual definition from the Northern point of view then yes it was a revolution but from the southern man’s point of view then no it was not a revolution. The word revolution was used in context to…

The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth was one of the most impactful moments in American history. Booth was the last person people would have suspected because he was a famous, handsome, and well-loved actor. However, on April 15, 1865, America was forever changed. Lincoln’s plans for Reconstruction and peace following the Civil War were destroyed, leaving the racist and oppressive President Andrew Johnson to take over. Booth’s actions had cultural, historical,…