Switchblade

4). Ponyboy is the youngest member of the gang so he follows the footsteps of his brothers. This means that he stays out of trouble because he does not know what to do. Ponyboy loses his innocence when he sees Bob dead, and Johnny with a bloody switchblade. The book says that “Johnny,” I nearly screamed. “What are we gonna do? They put you in the electric chair, for killing people!” (pg. 50). He is no longer innocent as he may be…

Do any of you guys have any noteworthy encounters with the police, Good or Bad? please share This will be long ass shit, FYI I 'll start: around September 2013, I was working as facilities engineer, which is a dirty job. I pretty much carried around an entire toolkit with me most days, i.e a hammer, screwdriver, boxcutter, drywall patch and etc. As I 'm heading home for the day, listening to music, two men grabbed me from behind and tried to drag me down to the curb. I did what anyone would…

experienced a lot of discrimination in her hometown of Tulsa Oklahoma. She wrote the Outsiders because she was angry about the different groups. It’s obvious that the Greasers were viewed as outsiders. During biology Ponyboy pulls out a switchblade, and a socs girl says “they are right you are a hood.” This stereotypical statement show that the Greasers were viewed as outsiders. Another example of this discrimination would be when Ponyboy states that he was…

In one fast, fluid motion, the man was on his knees in front of Kalyssa. Several of the men retreated to a safe distance. She kept her attacker on his feet. Her fingers fisted in his greasy hair, his head pulled back, she pushed the point of the switchblade into his throat.…

Sierra Fischer Exam 3 Answer According to the Fourth Amendment, an officer must have probable cause or a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed in order to search and seize an individual. Speeding, as well as having tinted windows and a taillight being out is enough reasonable suspicicion to pull Lil Flet over and inspect the car. As breaking the law gives an officer a reasonable belief that there may be evidence of a crime located within the vehicle. Additionally, identifying the…

1.Symbolism is a big part of the short story Flight. The entire story leads up to the death of Pepe which symbolizes that he has entered man hood. In the Bloom article it says “No longer able to run, he stands high on top of a rock and faces his pursuers’ bullets head on. Thus, according to the precepts of his family and his culture, Pepe dies a “man” (Werlock). 2.Death has a significant role in this story. Pepe father died when he accidently fell on a rattle snake. This is significant because…

Two-Bit Two-Bit is a very easygoing character, from his jokes to his deep gray eyes, from his black-handled switchblade to his unfathomable liking of school. Two-Bit is a dynamic character. While not appearing in the story too much, he is a main part of the protagonists: The Outsiders. Two-Bit is laid-back, even in school. “He was still a junior at eighteen and a half and he never learned anything. He just went for kicks.” (Hinton, 10) This shows that Two-Bit is not stressing anything, that…

In the Novel The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton is about 2 social groups. The greasers and Soc. who were fighting to show dominance over one and another. Johnny Cade and Dally Winston, They were around 17 years old.Dally was Johnny's role model and Dally also protected Johny so nothing could hurt him. Dally had a rough child hood, His dad was hard on him while he was growing up. were around the age of 17. They were inseparable they watch you got each others like brothers do.dally grew up in…

The movie “12 Angry Men” was a movie that was mainly in a jury room. The movie was about twelve men who were in a jury, trying to decide if the kid was guilty or not guilty for killing his father. There were multiple plot twists and interesting things about this movie. Henry Fonda played a character that stood against all of the people at the beginning and started arguing that the person was not guilty. Lee Cobb plays a character that is emotionally involved. Cobb is angry and screams at…

In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Ponyboy is a member of the greasers, a low level clan that dwells on the east side of Tulsa, Oklahoma who have endured conflict with the Socs, who reign on the opposite side of town in riches. Every day that goes by for Ponyboy is another day he must live in fear of the Socs because they physically berate greasers for pleasure. A lack of judgement on his walk from the movie theatre leads to experiencing firsthand the relentless brutality of the Socs. Ponyboy…