Francis Marion

Outsiders: Movie v. Book S.E. was in high school when she wrote the book the Outsiders . Also fun fact about the movie is the scripts were taken right out of the book. I would say that the book was more effective, and had a lot more details. The movie was good but I didn’t like how they skipped a few parts that were in the book. While the book and movie have many similarities and differences, the ( book ) was more effective in telling the story. First of all is the scene where the rumble…

The Breakdown of Family Being a teenager is hard. There is school, and most people do not understand how much work that teenagers do. Teenagers balance sports and homework and church. With school, due dates are all on the same day, and it feels like everything is crammed together. School takes away any time that teenagers might have to have fun. Teenagers also have to deal with their parents. Their parents and family often do not understand all that a teenager has to do. Parents are…

I love mob movies. One of my favorites being The Godfather. The first time I saw it, I was very young when I watched it with my mother. When the movie was over, my mom was talking about the actors, the performances, and how great the movie was. All I could think about was the message. The message in mob movies is equivalent to the message of human nature. It all starts off with love, loyalty, honor, and friendship. It always ends up with betrayal, murder, manipulation, and everyone ratting each…

The Outsiders is a novel of conflicts. Throughout the story, the author S.E Hinton shows that problems occur all over the small town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The title, The Outsiders is very unique. In the story, it is clearly shown that, the greasers are considered the outsiders of the town, Johnny and Ponyboy feel that they fall in between the socs and greasers, and Ponyboy feels outcasted from his oldest brother Darry. Growing up in this town in the 1960’s you belonged to one of the two groups…

When the poet Frances Scott Key saw the American flag gusting in the wind atop Fort McHenry in 1814, he was so in awe of what it represented that he crafted what would eventually become America’s national anthem, The Start Spangled Banner (Smithsonian). His lyrics eloquently illustrated the pride of an evolving nation and the resilience of the American flag, which served as the most exalted symbol of nationalism and civic pride. Two hundred years later, his brief moment of inspiration still…

In the Novel The Outsiders there are lots of forms of community and love in the community. Community, according to google.com is ”a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.” This definition very much represents the Greasers feeling of community. For example some community I noticed most was the bond that the Greasers had with each other, especially Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry after their parents died. The Soc’s also have community and…

The steady growth of the homeless population in the Washington DC area has been an ongoing issue for many years now with no end in sight. There are many reasons why people become homeless some of the most common reasons are the loss of a love one, mental health issues, loss of a job, drug problems, and gambling debts. The statistics have shown that DC has “65 percent of the regions homeless population and an estimated 1.2 percent of DC’s total population is homeless. The average for the region…

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is filled with conflicts, but not all of them are clear. Character vs character is obviously very clear, but that is not the only conflict. There are obviously several types of conflicts that characters in The Outsiders have faced, whether they were internal or external. The book The Outsiders is in Ponyboy Curtis’s perspective so his conflicts are very clear. Ponyboy faced many different conflicts in his life, whether they were character versus nature, character…

Switchblades, Cars and Hair, are possibly the most important symbols of The Outsiders. In a small town in Oklahoma, a group of 6 poor boys called themselves greasers. They had a bitter rivalry with a group of rich boys called Socs. Johnny, a 16 year old greaser, kills Bob, a rich Socs, in self-defense. Johnny flees the city with another greaser named Ponyboy. The switchblade that killed Bob is a symbol in The Outsiders. Additionally, the Socs’ mustangs are a symbol of their power and wealth.…

James Berardinelli, movie reviewer at reelviews.net, noticed the beginning, and end of The Godfather Part II is reminiscent of the first film, which in his opinion is a fantastic decision by the director, Francis Ford Coppola. (Berardinelli) Berardinelli says that Coppola ends the film with a jaw-dropping exclamation point. (Berardinelli) Personally, I agree with this statement as the ending of this film is spectacular, and leaves you with an impression for…