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    person who sacrifices for the good of others. They demonstrate courage, selflessness, and caring to help those around them without receiving any benefit. The characters Johnny Cade, Dallas Winston, and Darrel Curtis could be considered heroes in the novel, The Outsiders, for several reasons. The character, Johnny Cade, can be considered a hero for his many good qualities, but his heroic actions in saving children from a church fire, ultimately resulted in his untimely death. The character, Dallas Winston

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    using the 8th grade themes of Order and Chaos. Specifically in English, students have examined both literary and real-life heroes which have either worked in areas of chaos or in order. In English, students read novels written about heroes in areas of chaos and order. Personally I have learned the nature of heroism through chaos and order by reading the book, The Outsiders. Ponyboy, the main character, has acted as a hero in a time of chaos when he saved the children from a church on fire. Ponyboy

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    The Outsiders Essay Sukhdip Singh The Outsiders by S.E Hinton follows the lives of two groups of young adult’s set in 1950’s America. The groups are the “Greasers” and the “Socs”. Greasers is a term used to class all the boys living on the East side, which was the poor side of the town they were mainly known for their long and greased hair. The rival gang, the Socs short for Socials, are "the jet set, the West-side rich kids," who are from upper-middle-class families. Ponyboy explains that the

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    Not all heroes wear capes and tights like Superman. Sometimes heroes are regular people or people that the world thinks are troublemakers. Ponyboy in The Outsiders is that kind of hero. Ponyboy is a hero because he always helps his friends, even when he might get hurt or in trouble. He is brave when he saves the kids from the fire and he is loyal to his friends when he runs away with Johnny. Ponyboy shows he is a hero when he helps his friends and he would even fight for them, no matter what

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    of heroes? Is it a person dressed up in a costume? Is it a person with superpowers? NO it is a person that helps people and wants to change the world for the better, and that is what Johnny and Ponyboy are trying to do.S.E Hinton wrote this book based on kids she knew in her school. Hinton was a teenager as she wrote this book about her boyfriend. She became a wonderful author that wrote many book. Also she connected with a director and made a movie about the book. In the Novel The Outsiders Ponyboy

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    Based on writer Mark Waid, “As far as the characters, the biggest difference is that the Marvel characters are all human, whereas the DC characters are gods,” (Naraghi, 1). Marvel heroes are all about the human condition with flaws, although DC heroes such as Wonder Woman have god-like abilities. She got her powers granted by Aphrodite. On the contrary, most Marvel characters go through bizarre accidents. Marvel and DC are different because of the sources of their powers, the characters perspective

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    obstacles. The purpose of having heroes is so that people will do the right thing and make a difference in the world. Heroes are the ones who help us get treated the same way. If people were not treated the same there would be racism and lots of arguing. Heroes fight for what they believe in and then people would follow them. There for heroes never give up is the most important about heroes because if heroes just gave up, there would

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    Hero In The Outsiders

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    courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.” Found from the always wonderful dictionary.reference.com. in my opinion a hero is a special per son that would risk their lives for you or me. In the novel the outsiders many of the characters were heroes to me. Some of the characters were Pony boy Curtis, Johnny Cade, Dallas Winston, and Cherry Valance. Pony boy Curtis, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston was a hero by saving the children out of the burning building

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    The Outsiders Essay The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about two groups of kids the greasers and the Socs. The Socs are the rich kids who drive expensive cars and wear expensive clothes and the greasers are considered the bums. They don’t have money and they don’t get whatever they want, they also have to work extra hard to get to where they want to be. If you are considered a greaser you are a muffin and the Socs are the cupcakes. Everybody would prefer a cupcake over a muffin, but in this story

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    once again, highlights the heroic qualities in Ponyboy. Ponyboy had the initiative to realise that Johnny needed a father figure in his life as was struggling without one. Ponyboy took this responsibility upon himself. This is significant because heroes often identify others needs and take the responsibilities upon themselves. Ponyboy fit this description, therefore, making him a hero. This along with all other qualities means Ponyboy is the main hero in ‘The

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