The Outsiders- Final Essay

Author's Note: This is my final essay for the book, The Outsiders. I am working on organization, idea development, and content. Feedback would be great. 

How much does your family affect your life? Have you ever thought about how your life would be without them? Is there a difference between parents that died, parents that are abusive, and parents that abandoned you? There is definitely a difference, and readers can see this difference through the characters of The Outsiders.

Darry is a son of parents that died. He was 18 when his parents died. Darry was athletic, smart, and had scholarships to colleges, but he had two brothers to take care of. He gave up the idea of going to college for his family.  His parents didn't abuse, hurt, or abandon him and you can't control death, so there was nothing to be mad at. Since he had good parents he will end up a good person.

Johnny had abusive parents. He had his parents his entire life and they always abusive so bad that he doesn't want to go home. He sleeps in the park if he has to. Johnny was always the nice that held the gang together. I think that Johnny is so nice because he doesn't want to become like his parents. Unlike Darry, he never had a family to love him.

Dally barely knew his parents because they left him when he was so little. At the age of 10 he was already in jail. He lived by himself for most of his life. Jail made him tougher than the rest of the gang. Ponyboy said about Dally, "He was tougher than the rest of us- tougher, colder, meaner."His Parents left him with something to be mad at for the rest of his life.

Family can make a huge difference on your life. In the outsiders everyone's parents were different and every single person turned out differently. The one with the worst parents had the worst life. Just something to remember if you ever read The Outsiders.

Nothing gold can last forever

Author's Note: This was a poem in the outsiders. I will be writing  about what I think it means.

I think that the poem means that everything good can't last forever. I think this could refer to Darry. He was super athletic, smart, and had scholarships to colleges. He could went but his parents died and he became the guardian of his 2 brothers.

Conflict - The Outsiders

The conflict that the Socs were attacking Johnny and PonyBoy. Bob was drowning Ponyboy, then Johnny pulled out his knife and killed the Soc. They had to run away or else they would get the electric chair.

Dally

Dally is a Greaser. A rough kid in the gang. He is from New York. He stands out from the greasers, because he is a lot tougher than others. "He was tougher than the rest of us-tougher, colder, meaner." -The Outsiders

The Tell-Tale Heart

So tell me is he insane? I think he is. He may say that he is sane, but some of the things he does really makes me doubt that. I believe that he is insane.

There is this guy (his name was not mentioned) who works for this old man. This is no ordinary old man because he has the Evil Eye. The man decides to kill the man to destroy the evil, because that is the most sane thing you can do.  The man suffocates the old man with a mattress. Then he chops in up into little pieces and hides them underneath the floorboards.   

First of all why kill someone just because their eye. Why would you kill someone in the first place. Then chop them up into little pieces. What is wrong with this guy? This guy is definitely insane.

Patriot's Pen

Are you proud of your country? I am proud of my country. They started this country from 13 small colonies; defeated England to win our freedom and worked up from nothing to make this great nation named America. In this you have your own rights and you can choose what religion you are. I am not saying everything the US did was perfect, but I would say we are a pretty great country.  

Conclusion Practice

Author's Note: This was our assignment to practice writing conclusions for a fiction short story. I thought it was a good ending because of the twist. Feedback would be great. 

On her way to deliver the poison apple to Snow White, the Evil Queen got hungry. She was so hungry she was about to faint. All she had was the apple; it looked so perfect. Her hand started shaking. Her face started sweating. She starts to lift the apple towards her mouth. Right as she's just about ready to take a bite………………DOMO jumps out of the bush, slaps the apple out of her hand, and throws her off the Grand Canyon!!        THE END