Switchblade

To the reverential and obliged members of this honest jury, my dedicated team and I thank you earnestly for your presence for participating in this crucially mundane process. We ask each of you to take the arguments made here and the valid points that are enacted into serious consideration, for which we are making the decisions that will impact a multitude of people within this country. Let us begin our civic duties with indignation in our hearts by starting with this question: should we let a boy who had assassinated his father quite innocuously, walk free among the innocent people in the streets? A product of the slums who deliberately murdered his own father out of pure rage by manipulating a switchblade knife, walk free to his undeserving…

Violence, gangs, and cults have always been a problem in society. There are various reasons why people join gangs. However, sometimes in order to turn a life around after being stuck in a gang, inspiration needs to come from somewhere else to inspire a person for a better life. Gangs give children and adults alike a sense of family or home. They feel like they belong to something bigger than themselves, thus, giving them a reason to live. In the novel The Cross and the Switchblade, author…

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.…

babies because that would mean that he would be getting slaves for free. Mr. Tom can’t own Alice because she is also a free black because her mom is free. “‘Her runaway sister. I wonder what you’re worth.’” (41) The patroller thought that Dana was the runaway sister because he had never seen her before. Dana looked like a runaway to him since she was black and she was wearing clothes that looked like a man. Dana is unable to prove that she was a freewoman because she had no papers. Anything…

Throughout Human history, humans have always been in conflict. The same idea is seen throughout the book The Outsiders. Except without nations and armies, it is shown with the Greasers and Socs. Two groups of people divided by social class and appearance. In the novel, Johnny kills one of the Socs to protect his friend from dying. Johnny is justified in what he did and is not guilty. Johnny carries the knife because he had been beaten severely by Socs in the Past. Next, Johnny kills Bob to…

The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hilton and released on 1967 was a compelling novel. The book depicted the violence between two gangs, the Socs and the Greasers, as well as discrimination of the poor and lower class. The Socs were described as upper class snobs that always got what they wanted. The greasers were described as long haired kid-brothers that always stuck up for each other but couldn’t stop getting into trouble. Later in 1983 The Outsiders novel was created into a movie. Although both…

a saturday afternoon in the chandlers stayed at home instead of making their traditional trip into town on saturdays. Luke went out by the barn and started throwing pop flies, this created a crowd and commotion and eventually the Mexicans, hill people, and some of the chandlers were at the barn. Cowboy was a breathtaking pitcher, he had a true skill. Hank batted up against him and was struck out multiple times in humiliation. Hank angered by this threw the ball with all his might threw the ball…

In the Outsider’s, a novel by S.E Hinton, two rival groups fight out their anger and compete to become the most superior. Socs viewed Greasers as outsiders, and the Greasers seemed to have a mutual feeling. Tensions were high, conflicts appeared left and right, and people viewed fights as normal until they realized the similarities both groups shared. Ponyboy saw shocking events leading to a change in spirit at the end of the novel. Towards the end, the story felt like it was hinting at an idea…

When Cherry said, “ Things are rough all over”, she meant that the not only the greasers or socs have problems as a gang, but people in general have their own problems. Pony boy “But after the night of the beating, Johnny was jumpier than ever, Johnny never walked by himself after that.” (Hinton 34) This quote from the book said by pony boy, helps us understand that things are rough all over by introducing Johnny saying that he was terrified after one incident. This quote explains that things…

There is no doubt that I’ve been through a lot. Only 9 years old, and Atticus says I’ve been through more than any adult ever has or should. I can tell he’s worried about me. He thinks I’m emotionally scarred or something. After all, I’m still his little girl, the one who would crawl into his lap and learn to read the newspaper with him. He’s the one who gave me the idea for this memory box in the first place. Atticus said that it would help me cope with everything I’ve been through, if I put…