Switchblade

Johnny and Dally, Different Characters With Similar Problems How can a character that is rough and mean and a character that is small and sensitive share some strong similarities? It seems unlikely that a tough hardened criminal would share have anything in common to a undersized kind child, but in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton there are two characters that fit those descriptions. Johnny Cade and Dally Winston are similar because they both have neglectful and abusive parents and place little…

Bella The book I read was “Nightlight: A Parody” by The Harvard Lampoon.This is a book similar to the book and the movie “Twilight” and the plot is slightly different because it is a parody. It was about a 17 year-old named Belle which moves to Switchblade, Oregon to live with her dad. She meets a guy in high school named Edwart and falls in love with him. Throughout the story, she gets to know more about Edwart’s family and she finds out that he and his family are vampires, but she does not…

character Pip in how both of them are judged harshly due to their lesser status by those above them and this shows how Ponyboy feels distanced from others due to his status as a greaser. In class, Ponyboy does not think about it when he pulls out a switchblade to dissect a worm, but his classmates immediately label him a “hood” just because he is different from them (Hinton 15). Another important, if not the most important, literary allusion in The Outsiders is presented in the form of Robert…

Guilty or not guilty is a life threatening question for an eighteen-year-old boy in the film 12 Angry Men who has been tried for a first-degree murder. The eighteen-year-old boy has been accused of stabbing his own father and the case has been left in the hands of a twelve-man jury in which a guilty verdict mean the automatic death of the boy. Throughout the film, we are able to recognize various communication skills that the twelve individuals display. Leadership There are two types of leaders…

People tend to keep company with one another based on opinions and qualities that they share. That being said, no two people can be entirely identical. This is certainly the case with Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston from the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Johnny and Dally are in similar situations due to them both having neglectful parents and placing minimal value on their lives. Despite their similarities, Dally and Johnny have very different opinions on how Ponyboy should be and on the…

typically inhabited by inmates and criminals in Baltimore. Freddie Gray was a person whom was treated harshly due to the community he came from and how he looked, he got arrested for making eye contact with the officers, running away, and carrying a switchblade in his pocket. Later on he got put into a police van , the police officer did not buckled him in and all six police…

bully who hurt them for fun. All they had ever seen Bob do was look down on them and act as if he was more superior than them. In fact, he and his associates had been the one to attack Johnny and scare him enough for him to start carrying around a switchblade for protection. “He was wearing heavy rings… Johnny’s face had been cut up by someone wearing heavy rings” (44). When Pony became acquainted with Bob’s girlfriend, Cherry, he began learning a little bit more about the way Bob acted when he…

All men are born with evil in their hearts. Only the truly strong can overcome it. I have never been one to back down from a fight, since I was young I have learned to fight strong, fight mad, and fight dirty. Such is the way when you live in the less fortunate areas of Zrenjanin, Serbia. Unfortunately, the adage of “might makes right” inevitably leads to making some enemies, and other than my own demons, my enemies revolve around Viktor Kirov, whom I have clashed with on multiple occasions.…

Police brutality is the malevolent use of unnecessary force, usually physical, but also common in forms of verbal attacks- by a police officer. Common police brutality exists in many countries, and it has recently become a huge problem in the United States. A major case that really highlighted police brutality was Rodney King, who was caught by the LA police in 1965 and pulled out of his car and brutally beaten by several police officers. Police officers are legally allowed to use of force, and…

Jury Duty Court Cases The Constitution of the United States guarantees to all the right to “Trial by Jury” when certain legal interests or liberties are at stake. The following essay contains jury duty and criminal cases. Part 1: A. Although not all people have served jury duty, almost everyone holds their own unique opinion and interpretation of what it signifies. While working one day at my job as a hostess, I caught up with my boss, Anthony, who shared with me his opinion of jury duty. He…