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…
They walked around slowly... I must have wandered around for hours; sometimes even out into the street, getting honked at and cussed out.(pg 150) S.E. Hinton writes the story of two groups of people the Greasers and the Socs in The Outsiders. Two groups of people who live on different sides of town and have very different lives. Ponyboy would walk around for hours all alone. Sometimes he didn’t feel like he was part of a group. Ponyboy was the youngest of the group, the Greasers. Everytime he…
I suppose Ms. Hinton meant that the Greasers were the outsiders. I deem plausible it that Greasers are perceived by the Socs and quite possibly by the Greasers themselves as Outsiders. Maybe She considered Ponyboy an Outsider. She might have Considered Ponyboy and Johnny Outsiders. The Greasers are not considered the “good” kids. Since the Greasers are protagonists according to the newspaper it is probable that they were outsiders to their own kind. The Greasers might be considered the…
This painting relates to The Outsiders by showing what the greasers feel like. The greasers have to go endure the fighting and being outlawed because they look like “hoods”.The greasers look like rough tides, swishing back and forth hopelessly because it seems as if they will never get to shine bright like the sun in the sky.This is evident on page 5, “Hey grease, one said in an over-friendly voice. We’re gonna do you a favor, greaser. We’re gonna cut all that long greasy hair off”. On the other…