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    In the story Outsiders a boy named Ponyboy is either going to stay with his brothers or go into a boys home. Did you know 10% of foster kids are abused by their foster parents or they run away. I think that this is why Ponyboy should stay with Darry because he have good grades,he is there for Ponyboy and he does not get in trouble with Darry. Ponyboy says through the hole book that he don't want to go to a boys home that he wants to stay with Darry and Sodapop. Ponyboy should stay with Darry…

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    The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton was a book about a young boy named Ponyboy, two brothers named Sodapop and Darry. Their gang called the Greasers and the rich gang called the Socials. Greasers were boys who had greasy hair, wore leather jackets, drove souped up cars, held up gas stations and who gotten into fights once in awhile. Socials were the rich boys, who drove souped up mustangs, smelled like tobacco, wore checkered shirts and who would get their name in the newspaper for being a…

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    The Outsiders book and movie are both good but the book is better in my opinion. The book and movie are both the same in some ways but the movie goes by faster. The movie has some the things that it doesn't show like in the book. Although the I like the book the movie was great to. Both the book and movie show the church burn’s and them saving the kids. They're both similar but the movie doesn’t show…

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    Pompeii: A Short Story

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    Once upon a time there was an island that had a big volcano called Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and everybody had to get to high grounds all the people in Pompeii die but there were two little children looking For there parents but they found their parents at the at&t store they started Running down the street then they saw their dad chasing the goat down the And everybody started to panic and they started heading for higher ground Street then they saw the clouds get darker than mount…

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    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…

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    students were super engaged during class discussions based on major themes that occur in the text, and they are able to make connections to their life. Their enthusiasm led me to believe that it would be a great novel to create several lessons with.] [S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is a coming of age novel that was published in 1967. The novel is set in Oklahoma, and it is narrated by a…

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    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, the socs or the…

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    Always be empathetic “Caring adjective: displaying kindness and concern for others.” Some people can be really mean, but others are understanding. The book The Outsiders is about a bunch of kids with pretty bad lives but one is still empathetic. Sodapop is a very understanding of everyone. Ponyboy and Darry are always fighting but sodapop understands both of them. Soda is always the middle man, but he can bring his family together. Sodapop can understand both sides of an argument. On page.…

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    Johnny In The Outsiders

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    T: Throughout The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Darry changes from being protective and appreciative, to frustrated and ignorant after the deaths of Johnny and Dally. E: Darry is known as being very protective, sacrificing anything to keep the gang together. However, Darry can get a little too protective. When Ponyboy was jumped Darry did a little too much to make sure he was okay. “Darry’s always rough with me without meaning to be. ‘I'm okay. Quit shaking me, Darry, I’m okay’” X: Although this is…

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    In the book The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton she came up with the quote “Stay golden ponyboy,” this meant that Ponyboy should stay good and stay in school. Also i meant he should follows laws and stay out of trouble. I thought the book was okay, but I didn’t really think the book gave me as much scenery about the think the book gave me as much scenery about the rumble. I thought the movie was amazing I really understood what happened in the rumble. While the book and movie have many…

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