The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton shows the importance of quality communities. A community is a group of people who live near each other or have something in common and support one another. Communities provide a sense of belonging and support for their members in times of need. However, communities can also hurt individuals by excluding people. Also, other people sometimes form stereotypes or prejudices about certain communities. Larger communities such as towns or cities can sometimes be divided…
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Kaitlin CaldwellDivided communitiesWhile some believe the strongest theme of The Outsiders is childhood innocence, I believe the strongest theme is divided communities. I support this by S.E. Hinton’s use of dialogue, description and conflict.I believe the theme is supported by dialogue in the book. This supports how the author has the characters use more slang if they are a Greaser than if they’re a Soc, for example “not like the Socs who bump greasers and wreck homes and throw beer blasters for…
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attention that recent plans have been released to hold a festival highlighting the plight of individuals who might be considered outsiders in our society. This letter is to propose that the plays “Medea” by Euripides, and “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams be included the festival. Both of these pieces showcase the detrimental and worrisome effects of being an outsider of society while providing an outstanding and engaging performance. The play “Medea” focuses on the discrimination that a…
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What community are you apart of, or are you apart of any community? A community can help you or hurt you; it can be good or bad for you. In the story, The Outsiders there are two communities, “The Greasers” and “Scos”. The two groups can work together or work against each other in life. Also, the Greasers and the Scos have good and/or bad influence within each group. These two groups in ‘The Outsiders” show loyalty, love, and influence towards one another. In The Outsiders, each group shows loyalty…
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establishes himself and all black community is as an emotional appeal. Furthermore, King describes you never understand because you never felt the stinging a small of isolation to say “wait”, because of black color. Also, he explains many examples of obstacle that black community face every day. For example, six-year-old black person daughter which can’t go public amusement park. Because only one reason, she is black. King tries to explain segregation of black community does not go anywhere; it lives…
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How the concept of the Outsider is represented in Shakespeare’s Othello Shakespeare’s Othello clearly represents the concept of what an outsider is by comparing and contrasting the two main characters Desdemona and Iago. Through Shakespeare’s Othello the concept of being an outsider is questioning how society’s representation of an outsider is formed, why people become outsiders and the consequences of being an outsider. An outsider is a person who is not accepted by or who is isolated from society…
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This example of the Jewish assimilation into the Greek culture shows how the Greeks transformed the Jewish culture from its early monotheistic roots, which evolved their language and culture (Ibid 52). Myers also uses the example of when the Jews were exiled in Babylonia in the sixth century BCE the Jews acquired the language of the empire called Aramaic where they needed to adapt to the local language as they did in many other diaspora communities for social interactions, trade…
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Introduction Culture is an important part of International Business. Culture is defining the collection of values, beliefs, behaviours, customs and attitudes of the member in the society. Culture is the behaviour that people act in the community. The characteristic of culture is also reflects learned behaviour that is transmitted from one member to another in society. There are also basic elements cultures such as social structure, language and religious. So the foreigner who wants to operate…
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like strangers, the outsiders and the individuals who are alienated and disaffected. In Lois Simmie’s novel, The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson, the story centers on this new type of hero: the stranger. As a stranger, the title character, John Wilson, engages the reader in a different way. For the reader, it means to go beyond just seeing the qualities of a stranger to the more challenging task of understanding this mysterious character completely. John Wilson is an outsider and also a stranger…
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the clergymen’s want for peaceful negotiations. King pushed for any form of peaceful resolution, but what the clergymen were asking for was completely hypercritical. In His letter, Martin Luther King explains how the white community never tried to have talks with the Negro community. “On the basis of these conditions, Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the latter consistently refused to engage in good faith negotiation” (King). From his prospective, their refusal to have negations…
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