Outsiders

world countries and in the slums of first world countries, the reasons for their lives seeming hard are more obvious. But for more privileged groups, it 's harder to understand why they are suffering. Cherry Valance, from S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, says, “Things are rough all over,” (122). That is a simple enough quote, but it has a deeper meaning. No matter who you are, you understand suffering and pain. There are groups of people who suffer more than others, but the idea is still the…

The setting takes place at a city in Oklahoma (Although the book never identifies the location but S.E. Hinton’s book prior to this one “The Outsiders” has characters such as Ponyboy Curtis therefore I am assuming it is the same location). Where the weather is considered normal for a fairly overpopulated city. During the time period of the 60’s where greasers, hippies and sox all strive for street cred and rule the streets in which the majority of people 's lives consist of poverty, carelessness…

I’ve always thought about helping others so they can have the same benefits that I have today, if it’s just to speak out or even not to feel discouraged because you walk in somewhere and people look at you because you're a different skin color. By my junior year I was able to do that by notifying the people in the community about this big issue. The task was to go around the San Fernando community to pass out flyers and inform them about immigrants rights. While doing this, I learned the skills…

I don't want you to become a stranger of what we had but I think I'm starting to become a stranger of who you are. It's 11:51 PM and I wasn't trying to Think of you yet here I am again. I tried to resist these thoughts. I swear to God I do but you and I both know that I can never resist anything that has to do with you. it's 11:52 PM and my face is lit up by my iPhone screen instead of the moon because for some reason even the pixelated version of your eyes shines 10x brighter than the stars…

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term outsider means, “A person who does not belong to a particular circle, community, profession, etc.; a person originating from elsewhere. Also: a person unconnected with a matter; a person lacking special knowledge of a subject,” (OED). This outsider can also also be someone who is a different race or even someone who refuses to conform to the social norm. The term outsider derives from the English language, with its earliest recorded use being…

Response paragraph Based on the theme of The other family, outsider is a well-suited postcolonial term that relatsto the story content. First and foremost, at the beginning of the plot, the author creates a solitary atmosphere describing her feeling as outsider. “How small and insubstantial she seemed, and how alone,” “ It felt unreal. So different was this childhood from her own, so far from the sun, the trees and the peopled streets of her own country” (Bannerji 141). These quotations…

How should insiders deal with factual challenges from outsiders when discussing religion? A simple answer could be to ignore it. But would it really be that easy? Outsiders try really hard to prove one’s religion wrong. But why? Many outsiders come up with reasons to say that God does not exist or the things in a religion are not true. They try to pull people away from their beliefs. In my opinion, I feel as though if outsiders don’t believe in God or our religion they shouldn’t try proving…

Outsiders Have you ever felt like you were an outsider? Most people feel like an outsider, maybe once or twice in their lifetime. The Outsiders take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960’s. it tells the story of two different socioeconomic groups: the “Socs (socials)” and the “Greasers”. Who are the outsiders? The real outsiders are the people that can see beyond the Greaser/Socs separation. It can’t be disclaimed that the Greasers are often looked at as outsiders. When Ponyboy flicked out a…

and shows that insiders are more credible than outsiders. For example, when Abigail accuses Tituba of witchcraft, she claims that Tituba “comes to [her] while [she] sleep[s]... [she] always hear[s] her laughing... [She] hear[s] her singing her Barbados songs and tempting [her]” (Miller 44); in other words, she lies about Tituba’s involvement with witchcraft and is trusted. Miller is able to present the vast segregation between the insiders and outsiders by showing that Abigail is trusted because…

weird, their actions seem odd, and or they simply just do not fit in. Do you think everyone needs to belong? These people are usually labeled an outsider. Would you consider this person as just somebody not the same as you or would you judge a book by its cover? There are many that would choose the second option, to judge a book by its cover. Outsiders are humans that are simply misunderstood. Everyone lingers for a sense of belonging, weather it is to belong to a group or just to fit in with…